Viagra Spam Overload

The problem of spam emails advertising cheap Viagra is not abating as predicted by Microsoft and other large computer technology firms but is actually growing. Research done by the University of Edinburgh shows that of the 1.5 millions emails that make their way to the inboxes of the people who study and work there only 125,000 of them are actually bona fide emails and the rest are spam, meaning that less than 10% are of them are relevant.

Other research suggests that out of 30 million emails that are delivered to the United Kingdom everyday only 6million are wanted and the rest are spam, the vast majority of which are for the erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra.

The fact that Viagra is a household name is partly to do with the spammers that send emails to virtually everyone who has a computer and an online connection. In fact these days when people mention the word Viagra it is very often to complain about these emails offering the cheap and fake versions of the impotence medicine.

Companies and individuals often set up software programs in the hope of blocking out the spam and these can be very effective but the problem is they sometimes also block out and prevent you from receiving important emails as well. It is very difficult to program software to get it exactly right and many people still have to check the spam folders of their email programs to check that they are not losing relevant emails.

The other problem with these Viagra emails is that they put the worldwide web under strain, as it has to deal with far more traffic than is actually needed. One company that monitors the amount of spam claims that in the UK the amounts of spam has increased 50% since July of 2006 which means that the problem is getting out of hand.

The spammers will do anything to get there Viagra adverts out there and are always a step ahead of the software makers that are struggling to keep up with the new methods of evading detection.

Ukmedix warns its customers never to by Viagra from a website that does not ask for a prescription or one that advertises very low prices as the likelihood is that you will be getting a fake and illegal version of the Viagra erectile dysfunction drug. Recent reports in The Times newspaper have shown that some men have harmed their health and become ill after using fake Viagra.