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- Spam
- E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" UCE, "unsolicited bulk e-mail" UBE, "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun...
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- SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop (32-bit version) 6.0 (Windows)
- SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop delivers client-based anti-spam, anti-phishing protection for Outlook, Outlook Express, or Windows Mail e-mail clients on Windows-based desktops or laptops. With SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop, e-mail once again becomes a tool to enhance productivity--instead of a source of user frustration and administrative dread. SonicWALL has engineered costs out of...
- Tags: Desktop, 32-bit, SonicWall, SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop, Anti-Spam Desktop, Phishing, E-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Cyberthreats, Spam, Groupware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Microsoft Office, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems
- Software downloads 2009-06-30
- Michael Jackson's death themed malware campaigns spreading
- The sudden death of Michael Jackson quickly opened a window of opportunity for cybercriminals to capitalize on. With a malicious spam campaign, blackhat SEO search results poisoning which is serving scareware within the first 100 search results for Michael Jackson's death, and an opportunistic participant in Zango...
- Tags: Malware, Social Engineering, Spam, Michael Jackson, Malware Campaign, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Panda Internet Security 2009 14.0 (Windows)
- Panda Internet Security 2009 protects you from viruses, spyware, rootkits, hackers, online fraud, identity theft and all other Internet threats. Thanks to the improved Collective Intelligence Technology, the solution is now much faster than previous versions. You will also have at your disposal Tech Support 24h-365d, 24h-SOS service and the...
- Tags: Anti-spam, Microsoft Windows, Collective Intelligence, Panda Security, Panda Internet Security 2009, Rootkits, Identity Theft, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spam And Phishing
- Software downloads 2009-06-26
- Virtual Spam Prevention 2.1.2 (Windows)
- Stop spam, not mail. Experience a new breed of spam-fighting mail gateways, that consider outbreak behaviour rather than content. They also protects against phising, viruses, zombie attacks and outgoing distributions. VSP, the virtual machine spam prevention gateway runs on any machine since its virtual. Version 2.1.2 may include unspecified updates,...
- Tags: Gateway, Microsoft Windows, Halon Security, Spam, Cyberthreats, Desktop Virtualization, Security, Spam And Phishing, Hardware, Virtualization
- Software downloads 2009-06-26
- AntiSpam Sniper Pro 3.0 (Windows)
- Spam wastes time, clogs mail servers, and is very difficult to get rid of. AntiSpam Sniper Pro is a software tool that was designed to help you get free of all those annoying automatic messages. Version 3.0 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
- Tags: Anti-spam, Microsoft Windows, Best Security Tips, AntiSpam Sniper Pro, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
- Software downloads 2009-06-22
- SPAMfighter: Spam Filter for Outlook and Thunderbird 6.6.47 (Windows)
- If you are looking for an Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird spam filter to remove spam and phishing e-mails from your Inbox, Spamfighter is the spam filter you are looking for. Spamfighter is using the power of 6 million people that instantly report if they receive a...
- Tags: SPAMfighter, Mozilla Thunderbird, Spam Filter, Microsoft Windows, Spam, Cyberthreats, Phishing, Microsoft Outlook, Security, Spam And Phishing, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-06-22
- MailWasher Free 6.51 (Windows)
- MailWasher is a program to help you get rid of spam and viruses in your e-mail. MailWasher allows you to preview all aspects of your e-mail on the server before you download it to your computer, thus protecting you from spam, viruses, phishing attacks, and other nuisances. You can then...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Virus, Firetrust, MailWasher, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing
- Software downloads 2009-06-17
- Phishing: A Primer on What Phishing Is and How It Works.
- Phishing is just one of the many ways that the Internet can be used to get people to unknowingly provide their personal financial information to fraudsters. A phishing attack is most often initiated with a special type of spam unsolicited email containing a link to a misleading domain name, which...
- Tags: DigiCert, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2009-06-12
- Spam reduced following Pricewert shutdown
- Spam reduced following Pricewert shutdownTemporary benefitLike the McColo shutdown, other bad actors will pop up to take their place. It is encouraging to start to see these shutdowns become a more common occurrence.No change for gmailIt hasn't slowed to spam to my gmail account,which was flooded the day...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, spam, Pricewert
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- Spam reduced following Pricewert shutdown
- It's been almost a week since the FIC shut down rogue Pricewert ISP and it seems like the Internet has indeed been a safer, or slightly less dangerous, place. It's been almost a week since the Federal Trade Commission had the allegedly rogue Pricewert...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Pricewert, Cyberthreats, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, spam, FTC, Dong Ngo CNET News
- News items 2009-06-10
- MessageLabs - The Dark Art of Spam
- Quite simply, MessageLabs anti-spam solution provides businesses with the quality of protection they urgently need if they are to stay a step ahead of the spammers - and the increasingly dark arts they deploy.
- Tags: MessageLabs Ltd., Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2009-06-10
- No Spam Today for Servers 3.2.3.1 (Windows)
- No Spam Today! is an SMTP/POP3 proxy spam filter. Acting between the Internet and your mail server, incoming mail is accepted from the open internet and checked for spam and viruses. NoSpamToday! uses the award-winning SpamAssassin engine to flag spam mail in the subject line and add a filtering report...
- Tags: Tagging, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing
- Software downloads 2009-06-10
- Clyton 2.1 (Windows)
- Clyton is an email client with advanced security and spam filtering features. The spam filter is highly configurable and supports DNS blacklist checking DNSBL. Expect 85% of spam to be eliminated with the default configuration. Email that is suspicious but not obviously spam can be quarantined for 24 hours and...
- Tags: Spam Filtering, Microsoft Windows, Gammadyne, Clyton, E-mail, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing
- Software downloads 2009-06-09
- Netgate Internet Security 2009 2.0.205 (Windows)
- Netgate Internet Security, a bundle comprising of FortKnox Personal Firewall and Spy Emergency, is a complete security protection solution against all of the most serious Internet threats, including spyware, viruses, adware, trojans, worms, rootkits, phishing, spam and hackers consisting of anti-spyware, anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-rootkit, anti-phishing and firewall technologies. With built-in...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, NETGATE Technologies, Phishing, Firewalls, Cyberthreats, Internet, Security, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Rootkits, Spam And Phishing, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-06-08
- Attachment Spam - The Latest Trend: Spammers Using Common File Formats as Attachments for Pump and-Dump Scams
- This white paper explains what makes spam such an unbearable problem and how spamming tactics are evolving daily to beat anti-spam software. In the space of two months, spammers have switched from image spam to using PDF, Excel and ZIP file attachments. By using these attachments to send images instead...
- Tags: Spammer, GFI Software Ltd., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2009-06-05
- Solve the spam problem: Independent test report proves new approach achieves 99.997% spam catch rate
- As the volume of spam continues to rise and the sophistication of spammers increases, e-mail security persists as a leading concern for corporations and service providers. The effectiveness of conventional spam filtering technologies is limited and cannot keep up with the latest and evolving attacks of spammers. What is needed...
- Tags: Abaca, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications
- White papers 2009-06-04
- On Twitter: Difference between spam and noise
- On Twitter: Difference between spam and noiseSpam record?I signed up to Twitter this morning, before going to work... By the time I got to work, I was being followed by a couple of pr0n spammers. Although I've just seen they've stopped following me. ;)RE: On Twitter: Difference between spam and...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Twitter, spam
- Discussion threads 2009-06-03
- On Twitter: Difference between spam and noise
- Last week at 140 | Twitter Conference I attended a panel on Twitter strategies and real-world case studies. Overall it was a solid panel with some talented speakers (Jeff Pester, Bryan Rhoads, Warren Whitlock, etc). Unfortunately, amid the good stuff, there was one not-so-little thing that made me twitch: the...
- Tags: Spamming, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- SplashID Desktop for iPhone/iPod touch 4.6.1 (Windows)
- SplashID is a secure database for all of your sensitive information. Anything you need to remember and keep with you at all times should be stored safely in SplashID. If your phone is lost or stolen, the data is protected and cannot be access without knowing your SplashID master password....
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Apple iPod, SplashData, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPod Touch, SplashID, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
- Software downloads 2009-06-02
- Technological transmogrification: the evolution of language
- Technology is an ever-growing and developing social construction - from the Archimedes screw to the Blu-ray disk. Not only with technology, our language has evolved to a point where entirely new dialects and words have been plucked out of nowhere and thrust into everyday life; unlike Icelandic which is one...
- Tags: Word, Virus, Meat Product, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Security, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Spam And Phishing, Hardware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-05-23

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