Spam blacklist targets Telewest

Almost one million net addresses owned by UK cable firm Telewest have been blacklisted by an anti-spam group.

The Spam Prevention Early Warning System blacklisted the addresses because many of the machines using them have been hijacked by spammers.

The army of remotely-controllable machines have probably been recruited by viruses and worms.

Telewest said it knew about the problem and was working with customers to regain control of their home computers.

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