Latest Spam Filter For Lotus Notes By SpamFighter

New anti-spam tool offers instant protection, seamless integration and worry-free administration for IBM Lotus Domino Platform.

SPAMfighter, the company backed by the world’s largest spam fighting community, recently announces the immediate release and availability of SPAMfighter Domino Module version 1.0 for Lotus Notes.

Designed exclusively for the IBM Lotus Domino Environment, SPAMfighter new Domino Module seamlessly integrates with the Lotus Domino Server allowing for fast, headache-free installation and maintenance, while keeping Lotus Notes user inbox free from persistent spam and phishing e-mails.

The SPAMfighter Domino Module is comprised of a robust core engine powered by signature based filters and algorithms, complemented by a unique community-based filter that is supported by a global community of over six million spam fighters from over 224 countries.

By combining community-based spam filtering capabilities to its core engine, SPAMfighter enables users to be part of the solution and to have greater control of their inbox, empowering them to actively report and eliminate spam in real-time.

SPAMfighter Domino Module features and benefits include:-

- Works immediately with no required configuration

- Instant protection against spam and phishing

- Simple installation, administration and reporting

- Ultra low false-positives with close to 100% accuracy rate

- Automatic real-time updates powered by community of 6 million spam fighters

- Advanced image analysis and language filters

- Name Address Book (NAB) scanning agent

- Guaranteed privacy and security – emails stay in network

- Unique platform support and Lotus Domino optimization

- Low total cost of ownership (TCO)

- Free 90-day trial

In addition to being one of the most powerful and accurate spam filters on the market, SPAMfighter Domino Module is worry-free, meaning it does not require client-side software and is configured via a lightweight Lotus Notes Application so only one installation, one administrator and one version is ever required – saving IT departments both time and money.

Furthermore, the Domino Module has a built in agent that regularly scans the name address book (NAB), which gives the administrator the option to easily assign or remove new users as and when necessary.

The Domino Module also offers added reporting features enabling administrators to proactively monitor the volume of filtered spam e-mails, number of enabled users and trends, allowing administrators to spot potential threats and warn users within their organization to be more vigilant against the latest spammer techniques and malware-related spam.

“Our goal is to make an easy worry-free anti-spam solution for business which requires very little upkeep and enables users to benefit from the power of SPAMfighter no matter where they are in the world, or what machine they are using,” says Martin Thorborg, co-founder and CMO of SPAMfighter.

“SPAMfighter Domino Module is simple to configure and works immediately after installation.

An administrator only needs to download the module, assign users and set spam filter sensitivity.”

Administrators please see http://www.spamfighter.com/Server_Spam_Filter_Lotus_Domino.asp

Source : SPAMfighter

Trend Micro is The Leader in Antispam

Spam has become increasingly malicious and companies need better overall antispam to protect their business. In independent antispam tests, Trend Micro had the highest spam catch rate.

In a comparative test of ten antispam products, both of the Trend Micro solutions tested received the
highest antispam catch rates.

Trend Micro InterScan™ Messaging Hosted Security had the highest catch rate at 96.71 percent, followed closely by Trend Micro InterScan™ Messaging Security Suite at 96.48 percent.

The test applied out-of-box configurations for all products so the results would mimic what a customer experiences when they first install the product.

No antispam training was conducted on any of the products tested.

Although both Trend Micro products use the same antispam technologies, Trend Micro
provides continual updates and tuning for its hosted service, explaining the better catch rate upon deployment.

Both solutions are part of Trend Micro™ Enterprise Security, designed to provide immediate protection with less complexity and close the vulnerability window before damage is done.

Given the dramatic rate of spam increase in the last few years, customers need this type of proactive security they can manage across their organizations.

The test, which was conducted by West Coast Labs over a six day period, included appliances by Barracuda, Fortinet, Ironport and McAfee; software programs by Microsoft, Sophos, Symantec, Trend Micro and Websense; and a SaaS offering by Trend Micro.

The products with the lowest detection rates were McAfee and Fortinet, with catch rates at less than 80 percent.

The false positive rates were minimal across all solutions, except Microsoft, which recorded a significant false positive rate of 0.71 percent.

Richard Thomas, senior test engineer, West Coast Labs concluded that, “Overall, both of the solutions provided by Trend Micro for this test demonstrated better protection rates for end users using this live test set against the other solutions tested.”

Spam Volume Will Continue to Grow

According to TrendLabs(SM), 115 billion spammed messages are being sent everyday.

Ninety-nine percent of spam comes from compromised computers, including those with malicious communication to and from remote users.

Spam is all about numbers as the more spam sent, the greater the chance users will click.

Spam will not go away but it will increasingly employ social engineering techniques to improve its conversion rates.

As one of the primary vehicles for spreading blended Web threats, spam has consistently risen over the years and the U.S. continues to be the “most spammed” country, receiving 22.5 percent of all spam, while Europe is the most spammed continent.

While malicious spam attachments have been infecting users for years, 2008 saw a huge increase in spam that employed social engineering techniques as cybercriminals find new and corruptive ways in targeting victims for profit.

Stopping malicious spam is critical in maintaining corporate network security and protecting essential business data.

Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Suite provides comprehensive spam, phishing, malware and virus protection, as well as flexible policy-based content filtering, and easy-to-use management tools to help monitor and control SMTP and POP3 traffic at the messaging gateway.

It helps safeguard against the loss of intellectual property and confidential information, integrated with Trend Micro™ Email Encryption Gateway.

In addition, InterScan Messaging Security minimizes server congestion, and helps maintain employee productivity. InterScan Messaging Security leverages Trend Micro Control Manager™, a platform-independent management tool, for centralized updating, consolidated reporting, and remote configuration capabilities.

Trend Micro’s hosted email security solution , InterScan Messaging Hosted Security stops spam, viruses, spyware, phishing and other email threats before they reach the corporate network, helping customers reclaim IT staff time, end-user productivity, bandwidth and mail server storage.

As a hosted solution, it requires no hardware or software to install and maintain, and Trend Micro’s worldwide team of experts manages all hot fixes, patches, updates and application tuning to continuously optimize security and performance.

Third Parties Demonstrate the Value of Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network

Trend Micro, in a separate test conducted by another lab, also exceeded competitors McAfee, IronPort, Websense, Blue Coat, SurfControl in blocking malicious URLs that are associated with Web threats.

Utilizing Trend Micro’s Web reputation technology, which is part of the Trend Micro Smart Protection
Network, provided up to 11 percent better protection than the next competitor.

In addition, a recent report found that Trend Micro Smart Protection Network helped reduce malware-related customer support calls by up to 75 percent.

A cloud-client security architecture designed to stop Web threats, Trend Micro Smart Protection Network provides instant, real-time protection, and a smarter way to combat Web threats compared to traditional methods of protection.

West Coast Labs Test Methodology

West Coast Labs used their live corporate enterprise spam feed, multiplexed across each of the products, so that each solution received the same emails.

Testing was conducted over a total of six days with subsequent analysis.

For the West Coast Labs Executive Summary report, please visit: http://go.trendmicro.com/antispamreport

About West Coast Labs

Part of the Haymarket Media Group, West Coast Labs is a global leader in technical research, testing and the Checkmark Certification of information security products and services.

With market-leading technology and testing facilities accredited to ISO17025 in the UK, USA and India, West Coast Labs’ services and the Checkmark Certification System are being used by the leading global brands to create market advantage and by large business enterprises for obtaining crucial technical insight into product performance.

About Trend Micro:

Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security, focuses on securing the exchange of digital information for businesses and consumers.

A pioneer and industry vanguard, Trend Micro is advancing integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity, personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the
newest Web threats.

Visit TrendWatch at www.trendmicro.com/go/trendwatch to learn more about the threats.

Trend Micro’s flexible solutions, available in multiple form factors, are supported 24/7 by threat intelligence experts around the globe.

Many of these solutions are powered by the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network, a next generation cloud-client content security infrastructure designed to protect customers from Web threats.

A transnational company, with headquarters in Tokyo, Trend Micro’s trusted security solutions are sold through its business partners worldwide.

Please visit http://www.trendmicro.com/.

SOURCE: Trend Micro Incorporated

Web site: http://www.trendmicro.com/

A look at the scourge of spam in 2008 and some predictions for spam in 2009.

Spam, oh spam — can we ever get rid of you?

2008 saw a promising blow to the endless sea of junk mail, but the relief didn’t last for long.

Now, spam experts say new forms of annoyances are on the way for the new year.

“Some battles have been won in 2008, but the war is far from over,” says Martin Thorborg, co-founder of SPAMfighter, a software development and spam research company.

So far, junk mail has managed to infiltrate only about 22 percent of its potential Internet territory, Thorborg says. That means more methods — and, yes, more headaches — are bound to be on the horizon.

The Spam Forecast

They may not have a doppler radar, but the SPAMfighter team has a full forecast — and it doesn’t look pretty. Here’s what’s topping the junk mail outlook for 2009:

More social network spam. Spammers started bringing their ways to networks in increasing numbers throughout ‘08, and that trend is expected to climb quickly in the coming months.

More complex networks behind the efforts. The shutdown of a Colorado hosting company in November had a significant effect because of its configuration: That single company served as the control center for the majority of botnets that were propagating unwanted messages.

Researchers think as much as 75 percent of all junk mail was tied to that one place. Spammers will be smarter in 2009, SPAMfighter says, building more resilient and less centralized systems.

More combined methods.

Spam will be partnered with spyware and phishing tactics to create new kinds of “blended threats,” SPAMfighter says.

An increase in “spear phishing,” or spam campaigns targeted to specific groups and interests.

These might include messages tailored to employees of a particular company or organization, or even just to members of certain online networks.

The messages are designed to look like official communications.

A general rise in creativity. In 2008, SPAMfighter observed things like phishing attempts disguised as warnings against phishing.

As even novice Internet users become more savvy, the disguises are likely to expand.

The Spam Equation

Many of the anti-spam precautions seem obvious — but, obviously, everyone isn’t taking them.

The good news?

The number of people still gullible is small.

A recent University of California study (PDF) suggests only one in every 12.5 million spam messages gets a response.

The bad news?

That tiny percentage is enough to generate $7,000 a day, or $3.5 million a year, for a decent-sized spam network, the study says.

What’s more, the activity could add as many as 8,500 new bots into the spam network every 24 hours.

While we’d love to track down those imbeciles actually ordering stuff from spam — if you’re one of them, please leave a comment below with your contact information — the more realistic action is just to spend a few minutes talking about proper cyberprotection. So, if you’re confident in your spam-fighting abilities, relax and enjoy a complimentary pumpkin muffin.* Otherwise, read on and reinforce your knowledge.

*Complimentary pumpkin muffins available only for PC World staff

Your Spam Protection Plan

Thinking about responding to an unsolicited message?

Maybe a pleasant request to be removed from the list? Don’t. End of story.

The same goes for “delivery failure” messages.

If you don’t remember sending the message being referenced, hit delete and move on.

Avoid giving out your primary e-mail address on any forum or blog site that you don’t absolutely trust.

Set up a secondary “junk” account for public distribution instead.

Similarly, don’t post your primary e-mail address on your own blog or Web site. Bots will find it and add you to their lists.

Never send money, either for a purchase or donation, to any entity you learned about through an unsolicited message.

This is old, but it still hasn’t hit home for some folks: DON’T CLICK ON LINKS IN UNSOLICITED E-MAILS.

If a message from your bank tells you to click to confirm your account, ignore it.

Open up your browser and type in the bank’s legit URL manually, then see if there’s any real issue to be addressed.

Source – SPAMfighter