Monthly Archives: August 2003

The Case for Managed Anti-Spam Services

This paper looks at the benefits of adopting a managed anti-spam solution.... read more »

Symantec’s New Norton AntiVirus 2004 is the World’s First Comprehensive Antivirus Solution to Protect Consumers from Spyware

Symantec announced Norton AntiVirus 2004, the newest version its antivirus solution. Key enhancements: core protection against certain emerging non-virus threats such as spyware and keystroke logging programs, expanded threat detection capabilities to include scans for programs on the user’s computer that can be used with malicious intent to compromise the security of a system, spy... read more »

Email Archiving Products: Key Trends

We discuss how email archiving products will evolve over the next five years. Senior technologists and product planners from leading vendors such as Documentum, Educom, IXOS, KVS, and Legato share their views on the key trends. Topics are likely to include such issues as storage scalability, improved searching, and rapid retrieval of messages. Speakers The... read more »

Proofpoint Protects Corporate Email From Recent Fradulent Spam “Phishing” Epidemic

Proofpoint announced an update to the Proofpoint Protection Server software that blocks “phishing” email scams. Phishing is an attack where spammers impersonate well-known organizations in email, using their logos and communication formats, to trick users into providing valuable personal data such as ATM numbers and bank account information. read more »

Cross-Organizational Calendaring and Scheduling: Tutorial

This brief defines calendaring and scheduling, outlines the history of electronic calendaring within organizations, and discusses key calendaring and scheduling standards. It also assesses support in leading products today, and details current issues and problems with cross-organizational calendaring and scheduling. ... read more »

The Cost of Spam False Positives

It’s damaging when bona fide email is incorrectly identified as spam. This paper identifies the major costs involved, emphasizing the quantitative side. Understanding the cost of false positives is helpful when evaluating anti-spam solutions.... read more »

Wireless Access to Email and Collaboration: Tutorial

This report forms the foundation for a series of reports addressing wireless access to messaging and collaboration systems and applications.... read more »

Zone Labs Introduces Security Tool for Instant Messaging

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Zone Alarm Makers Target IM

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Team Fights E-Mail Annoyances

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New variant of W32/Sobig virus is being sent by email

A new variant of the W32/Sobig virus is being sent by email. Called the W32.Sobig.F@mm, it is a mass-mailing, network-aware worm that sends itself to all the email addresses it finds in the files that have the following extensions: .dbx, .eml, .hlp, .htm, .html, .mht, .wab, and .txt. The worm uses its own SMTP engine... read more »

Network Associates releases McAfee SpamKiller for WebShield appliances

Network Associates released McAfee SpamKiller for WebShield appliances, its integrated solutions that combine anti-virus and content management software with performance-tuned hardware. Provides enterprise customers additional anti-spam protection for the McAfee WebShield e250, e500 and e1000 appliances and runs alongside the McAfee WebShield existing content management and anti-virus technology to stop spam at the perimeter. Available... read more »