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usinesses in USA and worldwide
lose billions of dollars annually due to loss in employee productivity
caused by viruses and spam.
Losses are not limited to businesses alone as almost everyone who uses the Internet is bombarded with unsolicited email. There is no end in sight for this problem in spite of efforts to make browsing a safe
experience.
In this section, we will review the threats and notable solutions available in the market today.
- Email considered Spam: 40% of all email
- Daily Spam emails sent: 12.4 billion
- Email address changes due to Spam 16%
- Annual Spam in 1,000 employee company 2.1 million
- Users who reply to Spam email 28%
- Users who purchased from Spam email 8%
- Corporate email that is considered Spam 15-20
Ref: http://spam-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/spam-statistics.html
•Estimated Spam increase in 2007: 63%
Virus and spam images curtsey of: http://www.messagelabs.com/threats
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