Drop in virus infected e-mail and rise in spam reported by FrontBridge

Internet Business News, July 13, 2005

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FrontBridge Technologies Inc, a provider of secure managed messaging services, has revealed that during the month of June 90% of traffic on its network was blocked as spam before these messages could consume customer server space, network bandwidth and employee time.

In addition, FrontBridge also reported decreases in the amount of virus laden e-mail bounced from its network. In all, 36m messages were rejected or quarantined for carrying viruses, as compared to the 319m messages in May. The decrease in viruses can be attributed to no coordinated attack last month such as that brought on by the Sober.S worm.

June also saw a new development in malware, the Fantibag Trojan. The Trojan installs a packet filter that blocks incoming and outgoing traffic for a wide range of security related websites, preventing infected users from accessing anti-virus updates. Other viruses found in low levels in June include the Kedebe.F worm, which used false and e-mail message texts to entice recipients into opening the infected attachment.

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