Even when you've got the tools in place, it's something you want to be vigilant about. |
Hackers have discovered IM; it's the new playground for them. |
I can only guess that this is one of those sort of anti-Microsoft sentiment things that's going on here. |
I think we're finally going to see some activity from the ISPs to do something about this. |
If you are in publishing, you get more spam sent to you than anybody else. |
It's bad enough to get a virus like Sober that turns your PC into a zombie, but at least with that you can disinfect it. |
It's still an amazing amount of garbage overall. |
Not surprisingly, 85 per cent said spam and virus protection had been their number one concern in 2005. |
One of the things Sober does is it turns your computer into a spam zombie. |
Support of the TLS protocol is built into all the modern mail servers. It simply needs to be turned on. |
That's an exceptional number for a virus in a 24-hour period. Things quieted down a little bit after a tremendous outbreak last week, but now this thing has gone back to pegging the needle. |
The increase in spam was due to an increase in tax preparation offers and other financial service offerings that are more prevalent as we approach April 15. |
The issue of IM is that it's being used on the public networks. IM is subject to all the same problems as e-mail. It's extremely fast and efficient at propagating to a buddy list. |
The issue with those systems is -- and this is just starting to change -- is that those are just LAN-based systems. Your employees can IM each other, but they don't help you communicate with customers, people outside of their domain. |
The source of the vast majority of spam doesn't come from legitimate business entities. They [the plans] don't actually prevent spam, and they ask legitimate senders to pay for the sins of the real spammers. |