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Zombie activity...accounts for 85 percent of the spam circulating the Internet.
New sophisticated spamming techniques overcame traditional anti-spam methods, such as content filtering, heuristics, and IP address blacklisting...
Zombie activity...accounts for 85 percent of the spam circulating the Internet
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Ferris Messaging Analyst Richi Jennings says: New botnets are employing content-morphing tricks that are fooling many vendors' content filters, so more spam reaches the inbox.
Michael Osterman reviews Commtouch's IP Reputation as a solution to combat the growing spam problem.
An increase in spam attacks in the third quarter was spotted by Commtouch. The bulk of the uptick came from image spam and zombie-generated spam. Image spam accounted for half of all spam in Q3, versus 30 percent the previous quarter. As many as 3.5 million attack patterns were spotted in a single day, with each pattern comprised of up to tens of thousands of e-mails.
On average, image-based spam accounts for 30 percent of all spam. Since it is typically five to eight times larger than text spam, total bandwidth consumption and redundant storage necessitated by spam has more than doubled since the beginning of the year.
The Commtouch anti-spam technology met and exceeded all of our expectations. The solution is the best fit for our customers, especially since it proves most effective in screening email containing double-byte Asian language characters. Commtouch also offers protection against all the latest trends in spamming, such as image-based spam, that other filters can't catch.
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Without blocking image-based spam, it would probably lead to a 25% increase of storage space and bandwidth, said Stephen Laughlin, director of information technology at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Los Angeles organization that hands out television's Emmy Awards. "Email storage space is already at a premium, so there's not a lot to give up. People want as much as they can get."
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The survey shows that even though every enterprise has some form of anti-virus (AV) protection in place, 93 percent of companies have been infiltrated by at least one type of Malware. Since signatures are fully effective once they are released, this level of vulnerability is primarily due to exposure before new signatures are released (zero-hour exposure).
Spammers are being cleverer in how they're sending and coding the images, [Ferris Research analyst Richi] Jennings said. In the past, for instance, spammers would add random dots to their messages or put a border of dots around a message that contained random dots."
While using images in spam is not a new concept, changing the image in real-time in each delivered spam message is a relatively new capability that the spammers have acquired. This is due to the development of a new software that randomizes images in a high-performance fashion and allow spammers to send millions of those every hour. This randomizing technique creates unique spam messages and makes their detection and filtering virtually impossible.
Virus attacks are much more aggressive and sophisticated than in the past, with zombies distributing rapid, broadly based attacks, with multiple variations of each virus, said Michael Osterman, principal of the research firm. "The best way for companies to avoid being hit is to implement a proactive virus protection solution that does not rely on signatures."
Commtouch's Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Protection software successfully detects malware outbreaks during the crucial early hours of an outbreak, often well-before new anti-virus signatures or heuristics rules to block the virus are available.
If your business has been breached by e-mail-based malware, you're not alone. In fact, according to a study...nearly nine out of 10 businesses have felt the impact of viruses, Trojan horses and worms.
Declude has integrated Commtouch's Zero-Hour virus protection and real-time spam blocking capabilities into its Email vulnerability detection solution.
Michael Osterman discusses Commtouch's findings about Image Spam.
The cost of storage becomes a crucial factor for large organizations that save all of their email, especially in the age of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and HIPAA compliance.
Commtouch reports on seven new OEM agreements and new management appointments.
The company expanded services to over forty OEM partners around the globe.
Commtouch of Mountain View, a provider of virus protection technology, named Ron Ela chief financial officer.
The World Cup is a field day for beer advertisers, travel agents, and now, it seems, junk e-mailers: soccer spam has popped up in almost every language.
While the football forwards are playing offense on the field, spammers are making offensive maneuvers of their own, trying to leverage the World Cup for their own gain.
World Cup spam has emerged in almost every language, and while some of it is actually related to the month-long football games taking place in Germany, most of it mentions the World Cup in order to sell typical spam offerings such as mortgages, online gambling and travel.
Football fever is at an all time high with FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany and spammers are trying their best to leverage the World Cup for their own gain. Commtouch, a provider of anti-spam software, has identified tens of thousands of FIFA World Cup-related spam messages, with some containing what appear to be fraudulent offers.
Commtouch's Recurrent Pattern Detection technology uses a variety of sophisticated algorithms that can detect image-based spam, including variations in the same message.
One component of the spam always stays the same: It is sent en masse...Even if there are changes in the message, [Commtouch] can identify it as part of the same outbreak.
The combined solution would provide F-Secure's customers with immediate protection against virus outbreaks, and will improve productivity and save IT costs by reducing spam.
Although better technological controls have provided some measure of relief, spam still is responsible for about 70 percent of mail to consumers, according to the security firm Commtouch. For businesses, who tend to have better protections in place, the statistic is better, but not by much: almost half of the entire e-mail traffic into a company is spam, spam, spam.
We're bombarded on an almost daily basis with news of new threats to our computer systems. The year 2006 started with a deluge of new viruses, according to the Commtouch Detection Center's presentation at the RSA Conference in February. And installing a good antivirus program and keeping it up to date isn't enough; other forms of attack--from spyware that infects individual computers to denial of service attacks that bring down whole networks--are on the rise, too.
The "average anti-virus" program didn't do a very good job last month of preventing computers and networks from being infected, a company that markets such programs reports.
Commtouch Software Ltd. of San Jose, Calif., found that each anti-virus program "completely missed 6.2 viruses."
Monitoring more than 2 billion e-mail messages during January from 130 countries, Commtouch said the attacks "succeeded in reaching many of their targets, despite the presence of traditional anti-virus programs." The firm expressed surprise at the speed and volume: "Massive attacks take as little as 5.5 hours to spread in hundreds of millions of e-mails."
The Israeli anti-spam company COMMTOUCH said that during the month of March, 59 percent of messages reaching the average Israeli's inbox were junk mail, according to a report on the Hebrew news Web site Ynet.
Of the spam messages, 36 percent were political, COMMTOUCH said, and the majority of those came from the Labor Party and the Shinui Party, the site said.
The Israeli anti-spam company COMMTOUCH said that during the month of March, 59 percent of messages reaching the average Israeli's inbox were junk mail, according to a report on the Hebrew news Web site Ynet.
Of the spam messages, 36 percent were political, COMMTOUCH said, and the majority of those came from the Labor Party and the Shinui Party, the site said.
Labor ended up winning 20 seats in the 120-seat Knesset on Tuesday, while Shinui, once a significant force in Israeli politics, failed this year to clear the vote threshold required to enter the Knesset at all.
A large chunk of the spam -- 56 percent -- was shopping related. Of this portion, a full 30 percent was dedicated to shopping for the upcoming Passover holiday in Israel, the news site said.
COMMTOUCH's research results showed that the worldwide average among 130 countries was 46.4 percent spam in the inbox, but some users reported that as much as 71.5 percent of their e-mail was junk, the site said.
Though Israelis suffer a particularly high spamming rate, much of the junk content actually comes from the United States, the news site said -- 43.7 percent of it. Another 13.6 percent of the spam comes from China, while Germany, Korea, France and Britain each send between 2 percent and 3 percent of Israelis' junk mail, according to the news site.
TEL AVIV, Israel, March 29 (UPI) -- Israelis receive a lot of spam e-mail, but in the month leading up to Tuesday's general elections the amount spiked due to political messages.
The Israeli anti-spam company COMMTOUCH said that during the month of March, 59 percent of messages reaching the average Israeli's inbox were junk mail, according to a report on the Hebrew news Web site Ynet.
Of the spam messages, 36 percent were political, COMMTOUCH said, and the majority of those came from the Labor Party and the Shinui Party, the site said.
Commtouch, developer of technology for real-time anti-spam and Zero-Hour(TM) virus protection, today announced spam and computer virus statistics for the month of February 2006. The data is based on information continuously gathered by the Commtouch Detection Center, which analyzed more than 2 billion messages from over 130 countries during the month of February.
...Of these nine attacks, four were rated "low intensity," three were rated as "significant," one attack was rated as "medium-high," and another as "massive."
Anti-virus engines demonstrate problematic response time: The amount of time it takes for a virus to be distributed varies, though typically the fiercer attacks are also spread more rapidly: 'Low Intensity' attacks took 7 hours to 2 days; 'significant' attacks took 1 hour to 1 day; and 'medium' to 'massive' were swiftly spread in 3 to 5 hours.
Commtouch(R) (CTCH), the developer of the ground-breaking RPD(TM) technology for real-time anti-spam and Zero-Hour(TM) virus protection, today announced spam and computer virus statistics for the month of February 2006. The data is based on information continuously gathered by the Commtouch Detection Center, which analyzed more than 2 billion messages from over 130 countries during the month of February.
Anti-virus engines demonstrate problematic response time
The amount of time it takes for a virus to be distributed varies, though typically the fiercer attacks are also spread more rapidly: 'Low Intensity' attacks took 7 hours to 2 days; 'significant' attacks took 1 hour to 1 day; and 'medium' to 'massive' were swiftly spread in 3 to 5 hours.
...virus writers have taken to using several new distribution strategies--so-called short-span attacks and serial-variant attacks. Sometimes they use a combination of both.
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Swift Virus Attacks Continue to Gain the Upper Hand
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... One attack, also noted in Commtouch's January report, turned out to be a multi-wave attack that has been ongoing for three months. Its overall intensity is defined as 'medium-high,' bordering on 'massive' (the highest rate).
"This malware is continuously evolving," commented Lev. "It keeps changing the way it disguises itself from traditional signature-based and even heuristics-based anti-virus solutions." According to Commtouch and AV-Test.org data, this attack was completely missed by 12 (36%) of the tested anti-virus products.
Swift Virus Attacks Continue to Gain the Upper Hand; Signature-Busting Viruses Penetrate Before Anti-Virus Signatures Are Updated
Commtouch (NASDAQ: CTCH) today announced spam and computer virus statistics for the month of February 2006. The data is based on information continuously gathered by the Commtouch Detection Center, which analyzed more than 2 billion messages from over 130 countries during the month of February.
Nine signature-busting attacks were observed out of the 25 new viruses detected by Commtouch in February. Signature-busting attacks are those with a distribution mechanism engineered to break in before anti-virus companies recognize, create a patch and update computers running anti-virus software. The nine threats ranged in intensity, four were rated "low intensity;" three registered "significant;" one reached "medium-high" threat status and another was classified as "massive" by the security firm.
Sendmail Strengthens Mailstream Manager and Sentrion Appliance with Recurrent Pattern Detection Technology
The Firebox X8000 is a multitalented firewall that offers remote connectivity and centralized management of distributed networks.
With its latest firmware, Fireware Pro version 8.2, WatchGuard introduced a new spam-blocking service in partnership with Commtouch (www.commtouch.com). The new Fireware Pro antispam component doesn't require signatures to detect junk e-mail. Commtouch's "Zero-Hour" service scans Internet traffic on an ongoing basis and analyzes the sources of malicious outbreaks. In turn, the Firebox queries the service about each incoming message and discards any that have been associated with a spam outbreak, thus rejecting malicious traffic before a signature would be available.
The data is based on information continuously gathered by the Commtouch Detection Center, which analyzed more than 2 billion messages from over 130 countries during the month of January.
The numbers are indeed concerning: 19 new email-born significant virus attacks, of which a troubling 8 (42%) were graded "low intensity", 7 (37%) "Medium Intensity" and 4 (21%) were massive attacks -- a rare phenomenon for a single month.
The WatchGuard Firebox X8000 is the flagship firewall in WatchGuard's Firebox X Peak line of UTM (Unified Threat Management) appliances.
...With its latest firmware, Fireware Pro version 8.2, WatchGuard introduced a new spam-blocking service in partnership with Commtouch (www.commtouch.com). The new Fireware Pro antispam component doesn't require signatures to detect junk e-mail. Commtouch's "Zero-Hour" service scans Internet traffic on an ongoing basis and analyzes the sources of malicious outbreaks. In turn, the Firebox queries the service about each incoming message and discards any that have been associated with a spam outbreak, thus rejecting malicious traffic before a signature would be available.
An unusual number of virus attacks succeeded on a large scale in January, according to figures released last week, with an increasing number of viruses managing to wreak havoc before anti-virus vendors could respond.
Israel-based Commtouch Software, which makes spam and virus protection technology, says there were four "massive attacks" in January, out of 19 new, significant e-mail-borne virus attacks. Eight of these were graded "low intensity" and seven were "medium intensity", the company says.
January at a glance: Vicious and Varied
The numbers are indeed concerning: 19 new email-born significant virus attacks, of which a troubling 8 (42%) were graded
Last month, there were four "massive" virus attacks on Windows, according to Commtouch, an antispam and antivirus vendor. Indeed, viruses are now so aggressive, they routinely outpace attempts by antivirus companies to distribute protective signatures.
This state of affairs is now so common, I hadn't noticed -- and I work for a technology news site. "Virulent computer virus infects millions worldwide, other non-news at 11."
An unusual number of virus attacks succeeded on a large scale in January, many of them wreaking havoc before antivirus vendors could respond, according to figures released last week.
Israel-based Commtouch Software, which makes spam and virus protection technology, said there were four "massive attacks" in January, out of 19 significant new email-borne attacks. Eight of the remainder were graded "low intensity" and seven were "medium intensity", the company said.
One outbreak consisted of seven variants, the first launching around Christmas Day, with subsequent variants growing into a massive outbreak late in January.
2005 was a very positive year for the company from a technological, marketing and sales standpoint, stated Gideon Mantel, CEO of Commtouch. "We were very encouraged to see that the company achieved positive cash flow from operations during the fourth quarter."
Commtouch reports the January 2006's virus and spam statistics. Its summary said there were four massive virus attacks (including a multi-wave attack of 7 variants) and the most aggressive attacks penetrated before the average antivirus (AV) solution could even release a signature.
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While spammers make every effort to use diverse domains, in a sample of 256 mln messages, CommTouch found that some domains are being used significantly more than others. Leading the list are hotmail.com (4.7 mln), yahoo.com (4.2 mln), msn.com (2.1 mln), cisco.com (1.9 mln) and gmail.com (1.5 mln).
52.46% of spam sent in January 2006 was related to pharmaceutical products, CommTouch says. Distant second was gifts with 14.08% (this category includes such all time spam favorites as fake Rolex watches), followed by enhancers and diets with 13.38%, finance with 7.57% (refinancing and mortgage offers), software with 6.34% (mostly unbelievable deals at OEM prices), porn & dating with 5.28% and phishing fraud with 0.88%.
The Commtouch Detection Center monitors spam distribution patterns on a global level. January 2006 spam statistics show that 43.18% of global spam is sent from US-based sources (down from approximately 50%). China is also a significant 'launching pad' for 12.89% of the spam. Korean and German sources distribute about 4% of global spam, and the rest of spam originates from around the globe.
If January's any indication, one antispam vendor thinks 2006 will be a banner year for spam.
According to CommTouch, the month had "four massive virus attacks," which, they said, is "a rare phenomenon for a single month". Topics were the usual: pharmaceuticals, gifts, enhancers, diets, re-fi, software, porn, local dating, etc. And the spammers still love to use Hotmail, Yahoo, MSN and GMail.
Four massive virus attacks in January, including a multi-wave attack of 7 variants
- Four massive virus attacks in January, including a multi-wave attack of 7 variants
- The most aggressive attacks penetrated before the average AV solution could even release a signature
The data is based on information continuously gathered by
Commtouch, the developer of the RPD technology for real time anti-spam and Zero-Hour virus protection, today announced spam and computer virus statistics for the month of January 2006.
Commtouch reports the January 2006's virus and spam statistics. Its summary said there were four massive virus attacks (including a multi-wave attack of 7 variants) and the most aggressive attacks penetrated before the average antivirus (AV) solution could even release a signature. The data is based on information continuously gathered by the Commtouch Detection Center, which analyzed more than 2 billion messages from over 130 countries during the month of January 2006...
Sendmail Partners With Commtouch to Combat Spam and Viruses at Zero-Hour; Sendmail Strengthens Mailstream Manager and Sentrion Appliance With Recurrent Pattern Detection Technology
"With the worldwide growth of spam, and increasingly threatening virus outbreaks, we need the most advanced technology to defend our customers' email infrastructures," said Richard Kreysar, CEO, Sendmail, Inc.
According to Commtouch, January 2006 was a shocker in relation to spam and viruses, based on their analysis of over 2 billion email messages. Key findings - 19 new significant email virus attacks, with four considered to be "massive" attacks - The average response time by anti-virus companies to release an update was just over 8 hours ......
Anti-virus engine statistics -- is your AV up for the challenge?
Based in part on a reliable third party lab test, Commtouch was able
to compare detection times of 21 leading AV engines against 19 new
viruses in January. The results:
-- On average, each AV completely missed 6.2 viruses (the attack was
completed, and a signature was not yet available).
-- The average response time to new viruses among all AV engines was
8.12 hours.
"The data should be of great concern to AV vendors and IT managers
alike," said Lev. "An eight hour response spells a simple truth -- a
traditional AV solution does not stand a chance against massive
attacks that end before a signature is even released."
Sendmail Strengthens Mailstream Manager and Sentrion Appliance with Recurrent Pattern Detection Technology
Sendmail Inc. and Commtouch, two leaders in email infrastructure and security technology, have announced the signing of a new OEM licensing agreement. Through this partnership, Sendmail will offer its customers cutting edge spam filtering and Zero-Hour virus protection services, based on Commtouch
Anti-spam and virus protection company, Commtouch, has announced spam and computer virus statistics for the month of January 2006. The data is based on information continuously gathered by the Commtouch Detection Center.
Amir Lev, President and CTO commented on the news, ''The number of massive attacks grew in January. In large part due to the speed of distribution, they succeeded in reaching many of their targets despite the presence of traditional anti-virus programs.''. The numbers are indeed concerning: 19 new email-born significant virus attacks, of which a troubling 8 (42%) were graded "low intensity", 7 (37%) "Medium Intensity" and 4 (21%) were massive attacks - a rare phenomenon for a single month.
The biggest virus attacks are the quickest, and fast-moving solutions are required. One of the factors measured by Commtouch is the speed of distribution. We consider attacks that peak within eight hours to have "short spans," since it takes an average of 8-10 hours for a traditional anti-virus vendor to release an updated signature blocking a new virus.
Computer virus statistics from the Commtouch Detection Center indicate that 40% of attacks during January met this profile. Also, there is a clear connection between the attack's speed and its intensity - the faster attacks are the biggest ones: while the average distribution time of low intensity attacks is a "leisurely" 27 hours and medium-intensity attacks can take 17 hours, massive attacks take as little as 5.5 hours to spread in hundreds of millions of emails.
Commtouch, a provider of anti-spam and virus protection technology, today announced its spam and computer virus statistics for the month of January.
According to the company, 43.18% of global spam is sent from U.S.-based sources. China is also a significant spam
Commtouch Software reported Wednesday that January saw four major virus attacks sweep through the Internet. The growth in available speeds on the Net helped spread the attacks, one of which included seven variants of a single infection, the security-software company said. "The number of massive attacks grew in January," said company President Amir Lev. "In large part due to the speed of distribution, they succeeded in reaching many of their targets despite the presence of traditional anti-virus programs." Commtouch's review of January activity found 19 new e-mail viruses making the rounds, most of which were classified as "low intensity," although four were rated as "massive attack." Lev said massive attacks was relatively rare, and one of them morphed from a low-intensity attack into a fast-moving massive event as subsequently released variants kept the attack rolling. Common spam traffic continued to flow across cyberspace as well, with the majority of the unwanted e-mails coming out of the United States.
Sendmail Partners With Commtouch to Combat Spam and Viruses at Zero-Hour; Sendmail Strengthens Sendmail Strengthens Mailstream Manager and Sentrion Appliance With Recurrent Pattern Detection Technology
A company which markets tools to prevent computers and networks from being infected by viruses reported the "average anti-virus" program wasn't doing very well last month. "Each AV completely missed 6.2 viruses," said Commtouch Software Ltd. Of San Jose, Calif. Monitoring more than 2 billion e-mail messages during January from 130 countries, Commtouch said there was a "massive" number of attacks and, "They succeeded in reaching many of their targets despite the presence of traditional anti-virus programs." The firm expressed surprise at the speed and volume. "Massive attacks take as little as 5.5 hours to spread in hundreds of millions of e-mails."
Commtouch said legitimate Web domains are used for distribution of millions of spam emails. Domains including hotmail.com and yahoo.com were among the most popular. "Spammers have deduced that to avoid being blocked by the simplest mail server rules, they need to use (such) a valid domain," the firm said in a statement. Commtouch reported 43% of spam is sent from US-based sources; China has become a "significant" launching pad for almost 13%.
Faster attacks take as little as 5.5 hours to spread in hundreds of millions of emails. Traditional antivirus engines do not stand a chance against massive attacks that end before a signature is even released.
Commtouch today announced spam and computer virus statistics for the month of January 2006. One of the factors measured by Commtouch is the speed of distribution. The company considers attacks that peak within eight hours to have "short spans," since it takes an average of 8-10 hours for a traditional antivirus vendor to release an updated signature blocking a new virus.
Four major virus attacks were recognized in January by software firm Commtouch. The firm identified 19 new e-mail-borne significant virus attacks. Eight (42 percent) were classified as low intensity; seven (37 percent) as medium; and four (21 percent) as high. Seven variants came from just one outbreak, which demonstrates a growth in sophistication.
Spam detected in January primarily originated in the U.S. (43.18 percent); China (12.89 percent); and Korea and Germany (four percent, respectively). Spammers used prominent e-mail domains such as Hotmail.com(4.7 million); yahoo.com (4.2 million); MSN.com (2.1 million); Cisco.com (1.9 million); and Gmail.com (1.5 million). Use of established domains is one method spammers use to avoid being blocked by mail server rules.
Commtouch has announced spam and computer virus statistics for the month of January 2006. The data is based on information continuously gathered by the Commtouch Detection Center, which analyzed more than 2 billion messages from over 130 countries during the month of January.
Intoto Integrates Commtouch High Performance Anti-Spam and Zero-Hour Virus
Protection Technologies Into iGateway Software
Virus protection developer Commtouch has signed a licensing agreement with Intoto, a provider of network-centric, secure gateway software for networking and communications original equipment manufacturers. Commtouch's anti-spam and Zero-Hour Virus Protection technologies will be offered as an integrated module for Intoto's iGateway EX and RGS software platforms.
Richard Kreysar, CEO, Sendmail: "Commtouch's innovative, real-time detection approach to email classification, combined with our Mailstream Manager and Sentrion appliance adaptive policy framework, provides unmatched protection from spam, phishing, viruses, spyware and other malware."
Commtouch's Unique Email Security Technology Adds Ideal Protection for Residential Gateways and Enterprise Security Appliances
Commtouch's Unique Email Security Technology Adds Ideal Protection for Residential Gateways and Enterprise Security Appliances
Commtouch has signed a licensing agreement with Intoto, a leading provider of network-centric secure gateway software for networking and communications original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
Security firm Commtouch estimates that spam accounts for 67 percent of global email traffic. Furthermore, many users disable HTML rendering and image download, to defend against viruses and to avoid signalling to spammers that messages have been read. This is the context into which AOL and Yahoo have announced that they will introduce paid-for emails
T-Online, a Subsidiary of Magyar Telekom with over 2.7 Million Subscribers, Will Enhance Its Messaging Services with Commtouch Anti-Spam and Zero-Hour Virus Protection Technologies
"T-Online's choice is a very significant one. It indicates that integrating Commtouch technology into our product offerings was a wise decision, enhancing our products and boosting our business expansion. We are very pleased with our ongoing collaboration with Commtouch, and trust that Commtouch's front-running technology will continue to fuel VirusBuster's growth," said Peter Agocs, Development Director at VirusBuster.
The fact that an ISP with almost three million subscribers is offering services relying on Commtouch technology is added proof of the virtually unlimited scalability of Commtouch solutions, said Ronni Zehavi, Vice President of International Business Development at Commtouch. "T-Online's decision comes at the heels of several licensing agreements between Commtouch and other important vendors, reinforcing that our technology is a perfect match for carriers, ISPs and managed security service providers."
Commtouch(R) (NASDAQ:CTCH), the developer of ground-breaking Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD)(TM) technology for real-time anti-spam protection, announced today that its anti-spam and Zero-Hour(TM) virus protection technologies, integrated into VirustBuster products, will protect T-Online's 2.7 million mailboxes throughout Hungary.
Norwegian employees will in 2006 spend altogether 2.6 million workdays on deleting spam or junkmail, according to estimates made by Commtouch. The cost - nearly NOK 3 billion.
For the year 2005 Commtouch analysts have registered an increase in spam of up to 40 per cent.
Towards the end of 2005 there was a marked increase in spam advertising medical supplies, but before Christmas spam concentrated on gift advertising.
Experts point out that there are now tools available which will stop up to 98 per cent of the unwanted junkmail heading for your PC.
According to the December 2005 report of Commtouch (developer of Zero-Hour Virus Protection), data collected from over 130 countries showed that about 40 new viruses or variants appear during the preceding month. Viruses (along with their cousins, worms and Trojans) present a major security threat to almost all computers. Because most of today's PCs connect to the Internet, whether via a dialup account on a home machine or through a T-3 connection on a corporate LAN, a new infection can spread quickly through a local network or around the world.
Most computer users and IT administrators have learned -- many of them the hard way -- that some sort of antivirus protection is essential. But the AV solutions that work for a home or small business user may not easily scale to meet the needs of an enterprise environment. Let's take a look at how you can choose the right antivirus solution for your company network, and one that will grow with you as your network grows.
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