Spammers are using Internet service providers to spread spam and warms over the internet. spamhaus, a group that tracks unsolicited commercial e-mail released a list of top 10 ISP’s that are favorite of most of the spammers. Microsoft one of the largest software vendor has a been ranked at number 6 previously Microsoft holds the number 9th position. This shows spammers are really loving Microsoft internet resources including Live services and other services.
Although all networks claim to be anti-spam, some network executives factor revenue made from hosting known spam gangs into corporate policy decisions to continue to sell services to spam operations. Others simply decide that closing the holes in their end-user broadband systems that allow spammers access would be too costly to their bottom lines.
The majority of the world’s service providers succeed in keeping spammers off their networks and work to maintain a positive anti-spam reputation, but their work is undermined daily by the few networks who, out of corporate greed or mismanagement, choose to be part of the problem. The world’s worst spam problem networks today are:
| The 10 Worst Spam Service ISPs | As at 23 November 2008 | ||
| Rank | Network | Number of Current Known Spam Issues |
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1
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cncgroup-hn | 34 | |
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2
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gilat.net | 30 | |
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3
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hostfresh.com | 30 | |
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4
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vsnlinternational.com | 29 | |
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5
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sistemnet.com.tr | 27 | |
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6
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microsoft.com | 27 | |
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7
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cnuninet.com | 26 | |
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8
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ecommerce.com | 25 | |
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9
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colocentral.com | 24 | |
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10
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xo.com | 23 | |
Source : Spamhaus Statistics : The Top 10
