Unsolicited messages have increased by up to 300 per cent over the past four months as criminal gangs step up their attempts to contact computer users.
The gangs have secretly taken control of up to one in twelve computers in British homes. The machines are being used to send out thousands of e-mails every day promoting prescription drugs, cheap shares, money-laundering schemes and even wives.
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