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Article: Red Condor Announces New Strategy to Fight Spam-Generating Botnets.
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- Business Wire
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- December 18, 2007
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ROHNERT PARK, Calif. -- Red Condor's president and CEO, Ron Longo, described a new email security technique to battle the growing threat of botnets that spread malicious email spam and viruses. He talked about the issue during an interview on the nationally syndicated radio program, "America Back on Track," hosted by Tony Seton.
"A primary vehicle for spam today is the proliferation of 'spam machines,' also known as botnets or zombie armies," Longo said. "Spammers are building botnets that take over personal computers on an undetected basis, and then use them to spew out malicious email and viruses. Botnets are a major contributor to the $50-billion annual ...