Seen that? – Anti-virus, pro-spam?
Anti-virus, pro-spam? I got Spam?!
The PCWorld contributor Erik Larkin published an interesting article telling us about the new AOL free standalone antivirus program called Active Virus Shield. He's concerned that by signing an EULA he's allowing AOL and its partners to send him spam: "You also agree to receive electronically from us periodic notices about Active Virus Shield and other services that may be of interest to you.",points Erik one part of the AOL [...] Read More
Judge Orders End to Weight Loss Spam Organization I got Spam?!
A U.S. judge has ordered a Las Vegas company to stop sending spam promoting it's weight-loss and anti-aging products. The judge also fined Sili Neutraceuticals nearly $6.2 million dollars for violating the CAN-SPAM Act and the FTC Act. Judge David Coar said the company violated the FTC act by claiming that users of their hoodia products would lose 40 pounds a month, and that using Human growth hormone would reverse [...] Read More
Sponsored Post: Multiple Levels of Spam Blocking Necessary I got Spam?!
Creating a spam free environment is a panacea; however the best approach of blocking spam may also be the most annoying to the end users affected by it. A number of anti spam vendors use several levels of protection, on the ISP, the network edge, the mail server(s) and on the users machines themselves, normally in the form of a plug in to the mail reader, other vendors promise to [...] Read More
Spam is here to stay The Search Engine Weblog
Spam has found a fertile dwelling and it is here to stay. Why? This is because eliminating spam is next to impossible. There are persons who receive 50 emails every day and they consider it part of their daily life. The fact is businesses – whether big or small – have a strong motivation to send bulk email. This is because compared to regular mails or hiring telemarketers, said method [...] Read More
Automating Virus and Spam scanning using Amavisd-new HackITLinux
To those who are using Linux on their mail server will find this tutorial useful. Whilst Linux is not really prone to getting virus unlike that other operating system from Redmond, more often than not, clients connecting to the Linux-based mail server run that OS from Redmond. It is important to add virus-scanning tool in the server to filter all viruses before they reach the client. In addition, spam is a [...] Read More
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