The latest report from MessageLabs reveals that 76.8% of all mails received across the globe are infected with spam while 71.3% of emails carry spam in the UK according to the survey conducted by the security firm by the end of May 2008

The research shows that nearly one-thirds of the malware received via internet was new in May which shows a decline of 5.8 percent as against April. The internet security firm has found that malware that include spyware and adware have been transmitted by 1,311 new websites per day and there was a significant rise in the number of websites that spread programs related to malware.

As for the spam, the survey shows that every one in 1.30 emails contains spam and there was a rise in spam by 3.3 percent when compared with last month.

As for the month of May, viruses infect every one email in 170 emails showing an increase of 0.13 % as against the last month. During the last month, phishing attacks, however, saw a decline. According to the report, 0.38 percent of all emails had been attacked by phishers.

Interestingly, spam has been widespread in many countries. By May, US reported to have 73.4% of all mails containing spam, while it is 77.7% in Canada and 71.3% in the UK. The steady increase in global spam has been attributed to the new techniques used by the spammers who use hosted services offered by Googles Docs, Skydrive and Calender to relay spams