The News Review:
- Make a resolution to battle digital demons
- BullGuard Internet Security 8.5
- Jolley: Pilgrim’s Pride Is First Major Processor To File For …
- Two Weeks Out Spam Volumes Still Way Down
- Hosted Service delivers outsourced anti-spam protection.
- Apple encourages anti-Virus protection no word on if the …
Make a resolution to battle digital demons
Columbia Daily Tribune MO
This is a good start in theory but not always a great deal for consumers. Some ISPs give away basic virus protection software but upon closer examination it’s merely a trial version that constantly nags users to purchase upgrades. Other ISPs charge additional monthly fees for special editions of brand-name anti-virus protection. To get firewall spyware and spam protection you have to pay even more. Usually when you do the math you’ll save money – and have a more robust product – if you buy it outright yourself. The people targeted by these limited ISP solutions are those unable – or just plain unwilling – to invest the time to find a better deal of which there are plenty if you know what to look for. There are many anti-virus software publishers who earn their main revenue from corporate users then offer a free consumer-level version.
BullGuard Internet Security 8.5
PC World Magazine Australia
The firewall automatically approves apps that require Internet access so no prior ‘app scanning’ is required; the previous version required too much user intervention. Like the spam filter it also appears to be collaborative — unknown apps that you vouch for are reported to BullGuard. The other major improvement is a new spam filter which claims to offer ‘comprehensive phishing protection’ as well as better performance. Again the old version was less than perfect and the new version is much better. It’s collaborative so when you identify an e-mail as spam all other BullGuard users spam filters are sent the information. Like BullGuard’s anti-virus and anti-spyware the spam filter integrates with Outlook Outlook Express and Thunderbird checking all incoming and outgoing emails. We accessed our spam ‘honey-trap’ and BullGuard’s accuracy (before training) in sending spam to the Deleted folder was in the order of 99% – not bad.
Jolley: Pilgrim’s Pride Is First Major Processor To File For …
CattleNetwork.com KS
ended months of speculation when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for most of its assets yesterday. One of the largest poultry processors in North America the company excluded its Mexican business and some of its U. plants from the filing President and CEO Clint Rivers asked for court approval of $450 million debtor-in-possession allowing Pilgrim’s Pride to continue to fund its operations normally. Although Pilgrim’s Pride owes money to a long list of businesses the Bank of Montreal is the biggest potential loser.
Two Weeks Out Spam Volumes Still Way Down
Washington Post United States
Adam O’Donnell director of emerging technologies at Cloudmark an e-mail security company in San Francisco said those who did not see a drop in spam from the McColo shutdown likely subscribe to an Internet service provider that already does an effective job blocking 99 percent of junk e-mail. “People who had really good systems in place probably didn’t benefit from this while those who had more marginal spam filter protection likely saw a significant drop off in spam” O’Donnell said. By Brian Krebs | November 25 2008; 9:22 AM ET.
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.
Apple encourages anti-Virus protection no word on if the …
The Tech Herald IN
make sure you use email accounts that support spam and virus filtering such as Gmail Yahoo Mail or Hotmail” wrote Mogull. \n”Spam is one of the major vectors for malicious code propagation and gateway protection will reduce your risk should an email-driven Mac virus appear” he added. “Consider switching to the Firefox Web browser with the NoScript plug-in. NoScript selectively and non-intrusively blocks all scripts plug-ins and other code on Web pages that could be used to attack your system during visits. “\nThe Tech Note was published by Apple with little-to-no public notice but it is still nice to see that the company is taking security seriously and debunking the rumor that the Macintosh is simply immune from virus-related problems. \nYet one has to wonder if the new “I’m a Mac” commercials will mention this or if Microsoft will jump on this and spin it.
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