Archive for December, 2005

Microsoft and Computer Security in 2005

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

In the ongoing challenge to deliver a safer, more secure computing experience for PC users, Microsoft and its industry partners in 2005 made considerable progress on the security front with achievements such as greater customer awareness of the existence of spam, viruses, spyware and other security threats, as well as the availability of more effective […]

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C&W Offers Spam Blocker

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Cable & Wireless (C&W) has introduced a new free spam and virus blocker to reduce the number of unwanted emails that customers receive, the company said today.
C&W says the new service is in response to an increasing number of concerns from its internet users regarding unsolicited emails they?ve been receiving through their candw.ky email […]

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Mail-Filters Offers Free Anti-Spam Filtering

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Mail-Filters.com, Inc., the global leader in OEM anti-spam solutions providing technology for its OEM partners filtering billions of messages a day in more than 100 countries and over 30 languages, announced today that during the holiday season it will be offering charitable organizations of all sizes free anti-spam filtering technology through the end of 2006. […]

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Turn off Outlook Express preview

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

Q:I USE Outlook Express for e-mail. Does that window at the bottom that shows the selected message make me more vulnerable to computer viruses?
A: Outlook Express has had its share of security problems over the years, and there have been malicious threats that take advantage of its preview pane, which displays the contents of […]

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Spam law works, claims FTC

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

Obviously they don’t have an internet connection
THE US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has made a bizarre claim that the Can-Spam Act has been a major deterrent in stopping “spam”.
While the FTC admits that more than 70 per cent of email is still spam, it says that the figure is levelling off.
Director of the FTC’s […]

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LimeWire Spam Filtering

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

p2p news / p2pnet: “Although file hashing has been instrumental in the development of P2P networking, Limewire hopes its latest efforts are just as ground breaking,” says Slyck. “A result of the initial efforts of a Frostwire developer, Limewire has brought spam filtering to their latest public release.”
LimeWire was significantly affected by the Grokster decision […]

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Outlook Spam Guard

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation’s consumer protection agency, some fraud artists are taking advantage of the disaster to rip-off people who want to help victims or who are looking for news about the hurricane. A good Outlook spam guard can be of great help however.
Katrina News Spam
Some computer hackers are […]

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Anti-Spam Software For Outlook

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

Have you gotten unsolicited email asking for a donation to help victims of Hurricane Katrina or with news about the disaster? If so, you may have been the target of a scam. Anti-spam software for Outlook can help thwart these by spam stopping in outlook express.
Charity Spam
One hurricane-related scam involves requests for donations to bogus […]

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Apollo Hosting Launches Barracuda Networks Spam Filter

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

Leading web hosting company, Apollo Hosting, has introduced a powerful email filtering service from its newest partner, Barracuda Networks. The premium service protects users against the full range of threats to an inbox, including spam, viruses, and spyware.
The Barracuda solution was chosen after an exhaustive evaluation to determine the most powerful and flexible filtering system […]

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Spam sliced by US law, filters

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

The flood of unwanted E-mail or “Spam” appears to be subsiding in the United States as a result of a 2003 law and technological advances, according to a government report.
The federal trade Commission report said yesterday that an avalanche of Spam remains a major issue for internet users but that most indications are that […]

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