According to the SANS and other lists that I participate in, there is a huge increase taking place. Part of the reason is a ton of open proxy compromised systems ended up getting either taken off-line or fixed due to the Mblaster infection, and the spammers are scouring the entire net looking for vulnerable systems with which to install proxies and spew the spam. It seems they are finding a number of candidates, and WindowsXP seems to be the most vulnerable system.
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