Q2 2008 Email Threats Trend Report

Zombies, Spammers, Fraudsters and Malware Writers

This July 2008 report from Proofpoint and Commtouch reviews spam and malware levels which remain high as millions of zombie computers actively sent spam and email-based malware everyday during Q2 2008. Spam levels throughout the second quarter averaged 77%, ranging from a low of 64% to a peak of 94% of all email towards the end of the quarter.

On average, nearly 10 million zombie computers actively sent spam and mail-based malware everyday during Q2, 2008.

Download this free report and learn about the rapidly changing state of malware distribution and why signature-based anti-virus protection alone cannot fully protect today's enterprise.

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About Proofpoint Zero-Hour Anti-Virus

The Proofpoint Zero-Hour Anti-Virus™ module, a component of the Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway™ and Proofpoint Protection Server®, protects enterprises against new viruses and other forms of malicious code during the critical first hours after new viruses are released and before anti-virus signatures have been updated.

To protect large organizations from emerging virus attacks, Proofpoint Zero-Hour Anti-Virus combines global analysis of Internet traffic patterns with local containment of suspicious messages and attachments.

Proofpoint Zero-Hour Anti-Virus constantly analyzes millions of Internet messages for anomalies that indicate a potential virus attack. Advanced pattern recognition technology is used to identify new viruses within minutes of their mass distribution over the internet with greater than 95% accuracy.

At the customer’s site, Proofpoint Zero-Hour Anti-Virus analyzes incoming messages for similarities with suspected virus messages. Messages and attachments that exhibit recurrent pattern characteristics of the emerging virus are automatically quarantined at the enterprise gateway where they can be held until the availability of a production-ready virus signature.

Learn more about protecting your enterprise from zero-hour threats by downloading this free whitepaper from Proofpoint, Inc.