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Introduction to Innovative Mail Filtering With AXIGEN

Email is not what it was supposed to be. Its inventors have not foreseen the dangers associated with this new form of communication. Means of protection were added later on, but do little to protect people's mailboxes. As a result, most of the mail traffic these days is unwanted: spam,...

Tags: Anti-spam, Antivirus, Anti-spam Filter, Antivirus Product, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing

White papers 2009-04-10

Additional Resources

Photo DVD Slideshow Professional 8.07 (Windows)

Photo DVD Slideshow Pro. allows you to create entertaining photo slideshows you can watch on TV, create Flash slideshow Flash for Video perfect for posting online to your website, generate MPEG video files for mobile devices such as Apple iPod, Sony PSP, cellular phone, build photo slideshow video ready for...

Tags: Slideshow, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, DVD, Music, Anvsoft

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Lataza Browser 3.9 Alpha (Windows)

Softouch's upgrade of Lataza Browser to Lataza Browser 3.x Alpha Edition means "A" rating. Lataza Browser has new and even more of skin designs. From the Spanish word "La taza" meaning "The cup" has functions like customization of its skin color, saturation and contrast, task manager, CPU Optimization, Anti-Freeze, Ad.Filter,...

Tags: KGL Softouch, Softouch, Lataza Browser, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Google exec calls for ISPs to get tough on botnets

I can't agree with a requirement for active A/V.I don't need nor want useless A/V software on my systems.Its inappropriate for an ISP to scan MY machine..for paid access to the interent (when they want to claim they are a "dumb pipe"). If I am spewing out malware - sure,...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Google Inc., Internet Service Provider, A/V, malware, operating system, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Scareware scammers hijack Twitter trending topics

Researchers from F-Secure and Sophos are reporting on an ongoing scareware serving campaign abusing the popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Hundreds of tweets using four different URL shortening services are currently spammed through the automatically registered Twitter accounts, relying on a pseudo-random text generation using Twitter's trending topics....

Tags: Twitter Inc., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-23

IT security defenses misdirected

In My Humble Experience...The biggest problem that I have, isn't viruses or phishing. Most people run at least basic AV protection on their machines. My problem is the users themselves.I run a pretty tight setup at the school where I work. Active directory with group policies, Symantec Endpoint Protection, a...

Tags: Cyberthreats, IT security, information technology, network, security, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-13

iPhone's anti-phishing protection offers inconsistent results

But Apple says just the opposite[i]it simply doesn't work.[/i]But Apple says its stuff "Just Works". Someone isn't telling the whole truth.At least they're trying...What about IE on the Windows Mobile platform? Or Opera? Or Fennec? None of them provide any form of anti-phishing at all. How does the anti-phishing...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Apple iPhone, phishing

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Windows 7's Achilles' heel - XP Mode

XP Mode is a crutch, for a wounded patient, that is supposed to get better.Microsoft is betting it will go away soon, and, like the Windows Ultimate Extras, disappear forever.I believe it will, as anyone serious about using XP will bypass the Windows 7 middleman.This is news?Is XP Mode not...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

10 bits of tech the back-to-school student should avoid

This is what they use at UoKBut have no idea of their infrastructure or how it works. http://www.bradfordnetworks.com/products/cm.htmlIt'll either be a software or hardware thingamajig - either way it's a third party solution to stop networks from being expanded in this way.I disagree...... about the wireless keyboard/mouse and the wireless...

Tags: Routers & switches, Keyboards, SECURITY, Network technology, Symantec Corp., router, laptop computer, wireless, monitor

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

China's porn obsession not just a coverup for political repression

China's porn obsession not just a coverup for political repressionOur children should be so lucky!If our government would protect our children from porn, maybe we wouldn't have may of the problems we have in our society with our children and sex!RE: China's porn obsession not just a coverup for political...

Tags: Chinese Government, porn obsession, repression, political repression, coverup

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Safe4Kidz 1.3 (Windows)

Safe4Kidz is a Parental Control software: put it on a PC and that PC is safe for kids; Intended for PCs which are primarily used by children; it complements anti-virus and firewall products; Easy for parents: provides immediate protection for children, no additional setup or configuration required; Great for kids:...

Tags: Children, PC, Parental Control, Microsoft Windows, 38thStreetSoftware, Safe4Kidz, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-06-23

Russian antitrust unit targets Microsoft over XP availability

Russian antitrust unit targets Microsoft over XP availabilityThe real reason Russia wants XP to remainMy guess is that the Russians are attempting to keep the older, less secure operating systems around as they have spent a great deal of time and money learning to hack those systems. Heaven forbid if...

Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, XP availability, operating system, antitrust unit, antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

What if the new name for Microsoft Live Search is ... Yahoo?

What if the new name for Microsoft Live Search is ... Yahoo?Google Search is just simply better, PERIOD.ntMicrosoft loses at auto-correctionEnter "rumplestilskdnin" at Live Search. It finds nothing and more importantly, doesn't say "Did you mean...".Enter the same term at Google and while it finds nothing, it makes a...

Tags: SEARCH, Web browsers, MS-search, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Live Search, search engine

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1

Photos:Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1Camera manufacturers seem to have chosen megazooms as their latest battlefield--and thankfully, the fight isn't just about who's got the biggest lens. In this case, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 incorporates several technologies from the Alpha DSLR products, including a 1/2.4-inch 10-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor (for 9-megapixel images) and...

Tags: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1, Sony Cyber-Shot, white balance, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-04-30

Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) leaked

Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) leakedHmmmI still think I will opt for the official download. That way I can get a key.... I'm assuming the beta keys will not be working anymore?RE: Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) leakedI find that the leak of this RC will be a...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Release Candidate, release candidate, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

NSA targeted Americans' domestic calls, tried to wiretap Representative

NSA targeted Americans' domestic calls, tried to wiretap RepresentativeGlad the wiretaps took placeWith the express purpose of preventing future terrorist activities, I'm glad the feds aggressively looked. With the current regime, I fear the future is going to be very different; an "enemy of the state" is now going...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Federal government, Big Government, domestic call, NSA

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

Study: IE8's SmartScreen leads in malware protection

A recently released NSS Labs study, claims that Internet Explorer 8 greatly outperforms competing browsers in terms of protecting users against web based malware. According to the study based upon a modest sample of 492 URLs, not only is IE8's SmartScreen Filter achieving a leading position against...

Tags: Apple Safari, Study, Malware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, IE8, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Web Browsers, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Are we responsible for content filtering at home?

I've been corresponding with some folks looking at 1:1 solutions for their schools and came across an issue to which I hadn't given much thought. When kids are at school, they are generally behind a content filter of some sort and can't access inappropriate websites (at least without some...

Tags: Malware, Content Filtering, Kid, Dans Guardian, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Texas Democrats push ODF standard

Texas Democrats push ODF standardMS view is anti-competitive when using an open standard Bet they would not say that if the bill supported their format.the bill is supported by smart TexansTexas gave us some of the best people in the nation.It is no surprise that astute people from there see...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, open standard, Microsoft Corp., ISO, docx

Discussion threads 2009-03-19