Some promising news on the spam front that no doubt none of you had noticed: spammers evidently have all but given up on the once highly effective gimmick of sending their love cures and get-rich-quick missives via PDF. According to security specialists at Sophos, spam messages sent as a PDF attachment has dropped off the charts in recent weeks. PDF spam had accounted for as much as 30 per cent of all spam at its height earlier this month. Now, it is nearly zero, Sophos reports.

"If PDF spam email messages have all but disappeared, there can only be one reason - they’re not working," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. Cluley cautions it is too early to tell if PDF spam is gone for good. Mousetrap Technology - Times Online - WBLG: A rare victory in the spam wars as PDF spam falters