FTC Looking For SPAMicide Against Zombies

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) got a little help from its friends in attempts to fight the proliferation of spam. The Operation Spam Zombie program plans to wipe the undead er un-Internet menace out of the computing world. Much like an epidemic disease, spam mail runs rampant through computers all over the world and cuts down on the efficiency of the Internet by leaps and bounds. Some people receive thousands of emails a day, which in turn not only creates huge levels of traffic and slows the transfer of legitimate email but it also reduces the productivity of companies and employees who wade the junk to see if anything is valid. It compromises security issues and as more and more stories come out about people holding companies hostage with things like emails to crash websites and the like, spam protection becomes as essential as having an armed guard doing rounds in the warehouse.