Junk mail down 1/3 since Rustock botnet takedown

[jamescv7]

Global spam volumes dropped by a third following the takedown of the infamous Rustock botnet earlier this month, according to MessageLabs.

Prior to the dismantling of its command and control servers on a takedown operation led by Microsoft, Rustock accounted for 13.82 billion spam emails daily, the majority of which advertised unlicensed pharmaceutical websites.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/29/rustock_takedown_spam_stats/