We all know that a large amount of spam comes through personal computers which are connected to the Internet, and which have been hijacked - turned into “zombies” - by viruses, Trojans and the like.

But did you know that, according to SpamHaus, nearly 70% of all spam comes from hijacked Windows machines?

But, wait! There’s more.

According to sources at major ISPs, at least 80%… that’s right, 80% of all Windows machines out there are infected!

Think about it. Millions of computers that are either already silently spewing out billions of pieces of spam, without their owners knowing, or are waiting quietly on standby for the spammer with the keys to turn them into silent spamming machines.

What do we do about this situation? Obviously, user education of the home PC user isn’t working.

[What Do You Think ISPs Should Do About Their Customers With Infected And Infested PCs?, continued]