Just because I can :-)

I'm gone already.

I thought it was USA, Canada, Chine ten the rest of the world? (as prime malware sources. Maybe some sites bounce via china? I believe some Canadian sites used to bounce via Russia again to lose trail of the malware source).

I'm glad I stick to 192.168 networks.

I can't block them by AS number, I can't block them by AS name, give me the blasted IP address blocks so I _can_ block them!

netgeek

how about releasing the ip ranges of those networks so we can block them?

... spam-filters, whitelists, blacklists, the lot - it's all a complete waste of time. It's time to take this fight offline and into the IRL world.

There are only a small number of people engaged in serious spamming and virus attacks, and they all have names and addresses in the real world. The rest of us outnumber them a million to one. We should just kill them all. One quick night of the long knives, and the whole problem is solved for at least a generation.

Not surprising China gets a mention. After analysing the IP addresses of people trying to relay off my mail server I found that I could kill 95% of the problem by blocking addresses from this country. Subsequent checking of the logs shows all manner of IP detritus seeking to find "exploit nirvana" on my humble fixed IP.

Perhaps I have it all wrong and the friendly folk of that nation are just trying to reach out and touch the western community in anticipation of forthcoming olympic games!

There is an easy solution to get rid of phishing websites.

Just click on:

http://www.thisisnotaphishingwebsitehonestguv.com.eu:8982/stupidcnut.php

and input your bank details when prompted. Hey presto, all phishing'll stop. They sell really good viagra 'n all.

My guess is we will just acrrue a whole host of new problems!