McAfee also reported that spam levels continue to decline. Global spam during the quarter dropped to slightly more than one trillion messages. "A lot of that is because spam is a lot more accurate nowadays than it used to be," Wosotowsky explained.

When spam volumes were at their all-time highs, he continued, messages were being sent to lots of random addresses. "Now you can purchase these lists that contain legitimate e-mail addresses," he said. "For that reason, spam has become more accurate, so you don't have as much chaff in the spam world."

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