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- SMBs Beware: Spam Levels on the Rise
- SonicWall extends family of email threat protection solutions to …
- Hosted Service delivers outsourced anti-spam protection.
- Watch out for shopper scams online
SMBs Beware: Spam Levels on the Rise
eWeek NY
“We fully expect spam will resume in large volumes eventually. Although Hay called the shutting down of McColo the “most significant singleevent” in the fight against spam small and midsize businesses without large ITbudgets or staff are particularly susceptible to malware and spamming. MX Logic a Denver based e-mailprotection provider conducted a survey of SMBs in 2006 that found the smallerthe company the more likely it was to be vulnerable to e-mail threats. Fortunately there is a growing selection anti-virus and anti-spam technologyavailable to SMBs.
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SonicWall extends family of email threat protection solutions to …
AME Info United Arab Emirates
SonicWall’s new offering integrates with SBS in just a few mouse-clicks without complex reconfiguration. Users benefit from having no additional devices to manage and no additional servers to purchase for lower cost of ownership. • The innovative SonicWall GRID Network provides the most accurate and up-to-date protection against new spam attacks. SonicWall actively gathers vital learnings from an expansive network of millions of users and sources and updates SES for SBS every five minutes. • SonicWall’s best-in-class spam filter and end-to-end email attack monitoring optimizes the blockage of spam from ever reaching or disrupting SBS. SonicWall conducts rigorous testing and evaluation of millions of emails every day and constantly updates SES for SBS with this spam-blocking intelligence. Customers benefit from the reduction in email volume on SBS and improved performance.
Hosted Service delivers outsourced anti-spam protection.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) NY
“Small companies want to focus on their business – not on fighting spam. Our goal was to develop an anti-spam solution that was customizable yet easy to setup and maintain and one that would fit a small company budget. With Hosted CanIt small organizations can now enjoy anti-spam protection and options previously only available to large enterprises. Hosted CanIt is a software as a service solution (cloud computing) hosted by Roaring Penguin Software. The client points their MX Record at the Hosted CanIt server and their spam problems disappear. Hosted CanIt is available through Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) for their Small and Medium Business customers in North America. Hosted CanIt pricing starts at $1.
Watch out for shopper scams online
Houston Chronicle United States
Discover Card offers consumers the following safety tips to avoid becoming a victim of credit card fraud when shopping online:• Verify that the Web site is legitimate and not a “dummy” site. • Keep at least two separate sets of user names and passwords so that you are using one set for financial data and another for consumer purchases. • Install e-mail spam protection programs and antivirus software to defend yourself against spyware. • Enroll in e-mail reminder alerts so that you are flagged if there is any suspicious activity to your credit card account. But don’t let your guard down after Monday which is only the beginning of increased online shopping. “There’s a misconception that Cyber Monday is the heaviest online spending day of the year similar to what Black Friday is for retail” said Andrew Lipsman a senior analyst at comScore Inc. an Internet research firm in Reston Va.