Users of Microsoft's (Quote, Company Info) wildly popular e-mail service Hotmail have long had the frequent displeasure of punting various unwanted e-mails from their inboxes -- some 8 out of every 10 e-mails messages sent to Hotmail accounts are believed to be spam. Well, Hotmail users: help is on the way. Like the Orkin army does against insect pests for homeowners, Microsoft has enlisted the aid of security software specialist McAfee (Quote, Company Info) to help battle the deluge of spam flooding inboxes. The Sunnyvale, Calif. security service provider has provided its SpamKiller application to the 110 million Hotmail users who desire to eradicate unsolicited e-mail.
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