What Are The Things You Know About Anti-spam Firewall? (08 Dec 2007) An anti-spam firewall application will, to an extent, help in keeping viruses at bay. There is, however, no firewall that is 100% hacker proof - there are too many ways in which viruses can be embedded in a software download or regular data, for a firewall to detect and catch them all. However there are some relatively effective firewall programs available on the market, and some of them are actually free for your personal use.
Phishing For Your Identity (08 Dec 2007) Who hasn't received an email directing them to visit a familiar website where they are being asked to update their personal information? The website needs you to verify or update your passwords, credit card numbers, social security number, or even your bank account number.
Spam - The Internet's Biggest Virus (08 Dec 2007) We all know that virus's cause our computers to crash, and unfortunately at times rendering them completely unusable. That's why we have virus shields and scanners that can take care of these mechanical viruses for the most part. Well there is a virus that has long been attacking the internet itself, and it is not mechanical-it is completely organic and it has a brain. This virus is called a spammer.
Avoid The Pointy End Of Executive Spear Phishing Attacks (22 Jul 2007) Rapid growth in targeted executive spear phishing requires enterprises to defend themselves. The best way is to teach executives to not click on links in unexpected emails or instant messages or, to open documents which are attached.
Are You Unwillingly Helping Cyber Criminals? (21 Jul 2007) Many PC users are involved in criminal activities without even knowing. Are you one of them? Find out by reading... Are you unwillingly helping Cyber Criminals?
What Is A Spam Filter? (28 Jun 2007) A Spam filter looks at the body of an email and uses a set of rules to decide whether or not it is spam. For example, if the email has the word "Viagra" in it -- it is spam.
How is it different than a Spam Blocker?
A spam blocker looks at the header (e.g., To:, From:, IP Address, etc.) and based on a list of known spam header characteristics, decides whether or not it is spam. For example, if the email comes from a known spam address - it is spam.
Spam Firewall (28 Jun 2007) With the ever growing amount of spam email that hits millions of inboxes every day, many companies are considering some sort of spam filtering device. This article is an introduction to a relatively new network appliance called a "Spam Firewall".
