In the wake of a study report on spam mails by Internet
Society of China, Security experts from
MicroWorld Technologies urge for greater awareness
among authorities and enterprises towards the growing
concern of productivity loss caused by spam mails.
The Chinese report estimates a staggering $760m lost
in productivity caused by spam mails, for the Asian
economic giant. Chinese receive an average of 20 spam
mails a week, ISC informed at an Anti-Spam conference
held in Beijing this week. The figures do not take
into account of other ramifications of spam mails
like misinformation and phishing.
“The amount of spam encountered by Internet
users in US, UK and alike, is many times than that
of the Chinese figure. And their potential fallout
will run into billions of dollars being drained away
in terms of loss of productivity and wastage of time,”
observes Govind Rammurthy, CEO, MicroWorld
Technologies.
The leading developer of Security Solutions, MicroWorld
has produced the most powerful spam fighting software
in the world, named ‘X-Spam’.
Their other security products eScan and MailScan too
have advanced spam killer features to safeguard enterprises
and home users.
‘X-Spam’ provides dual level protection
for a corporate email system. First, it filters the
mail at the mail protocol layer before accepting it.
That means, if a connecting Mail Server is listed
in a Spam sending blacklist then that mail is discarded
immediately. The mail that passes through this level,
is again checked with a series of advanced filters
to enforce a second level of spam control.
A reverse DNS check is performed to see if the connecting
IP resolves to a valid domain name. This method ensures
the authenticity of the domain that sends the mail.
Most of these spam killing features are available
in MailScan
for SMTP Server too.
“Spam delivers many body blows to enterprises.
At the first level, it’s about the productivity
loss. At the second level, it’s about the online
fraudulent schemes and malice that they distribute.
One just can’t think about securing online business
communication without fighting the spam menace at
the root of it,” points out Govind Rammurthy.
MicroWorld
MicroWorld (www.mwti.net
) are the developers of the world's first Real-Time
AntiVirus and Content Security software eScan
for desktops and servers. Its communication security
software, MailScan
is the first comprehensive e-mail scanner for your
SMTP/POP3 Mail Server.
MicroWorld Winsock Layer (MWL) is
the revolutionary technology underlying these products,
powering them to several certifications and awards
by some of the most prestigious testing bodies, notable
among them being Virus Bulletin, Checkmark, TUCOWS,
Red Hat Ready, and Novell Ready. Combining their powerful
scanner with MWL technology, MicroWorld solutions
provide a Real-Time Proactive security for your systems.
For network security of enterprises, eConceal Firewall
is the latest powerful offering from MicroWorld.
To learn more, kindly visit http://www.mwti.net.
