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Brightmail IQ Services
Brightmail IQ Services
Leverages Symantec’s Brightmail Operations to present comprehensive worldwide spam data.
Sender IP Lookup
Search for current reputation data for up to 100 IP addresses, separated by commas.
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Spam Content Types
Symantec’s Brightmail operations monitors and categorizes spam coming into the probe network 24/7/365, providing Symantec with an up to date view of the spam landscape. Click on a specific date in the Spam Volume chart to view the Content Type data for that day.
Spam Categories
Brightmail technicians monitor and categorize spam coming into the probe network 24/7/365, providing Symantec with an up to date view of the spam landscape Each category of spam is presented here as a percentage of total spam. Click on a specific date in the Spam Volume chart to view category data for that day.

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Threat Sample
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Submit a Malware or Phishing False Positive report, or dispute a Security Risk classification or Download Insight rating
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