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/

Latest Maybank Malaysia Online Banking Email Scam

This is the latest scam targeting the Malaysian banking group Maybank users.

Please note that this email is a scam.

Though the email look like a legitimate email from Maybank2u.com, it’s not.

This email is a scam, please be careful.

Email From : maybank@security.com.my

Subject : Customer Verification

Dear Maybank customer,

We are hereby notifying you that we’ve recently suffered a DDos-Attack on one of our’s Online Banking server.

For security reasons you must complete the next steps to verify the integrity of your Maybank account.

If you fail to complete the verification in the next 24 hours your account will be suspended.

Here’s how to get started:

1. Log in to Maybank online account (click here).

2. You must request for TAC via Maybank online banking – your TAC will be sent via SMS to the mobile phone number you registered. ( you can find the “Request a TAC” button in the Utilities menu of your account )

3. Logout from your account and close the browser.

4. When you have received the TAC (Transaction Authorization Code) on your mobile phone, go to our secured verification server and submit the requested information (Username, password and TAC). (click here) to go on our secured server.

5. Please allow 48 hours for processing.

Please comply and thanks for understanding.

© 2001-09 Maybank. All rights reserved.

***This is an automated message, please do not reply***

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Please note that the above email is a scam.

Learn how to stay safe doing online banking at Maybank2u.com.my

Latest Aquamarine Gem Scam targeting the Malaysian people.

Please do not fall for this Aquamarine Gem Scam.

Email From : magreatm78@yahoo.com Stella Evans

Email Subject : YOUR KIND ATTENTION

Dear Friend,

Brief Introduction, Am Ms Stella Evans 32years old, citizen of London UK, a purchasing manager to a company in Uk called MCG COMPANY PLC, LONDON.

Kindly give attention to this letter, though it will bring surprise to you as it comes from a strange person.

Due to my condition now, i honorable demand for your co-operations, honest, reliablity and sincerely on this transaction as my Friend / business partner, i have deliberated it in my mind and decided to contact you and offer you this business proposal.

I have decided to intimate you personally and discreetly with this business proposal which will be of mutual benefit to both of us.

When i was perjuring through your profile, I became aware of your credibility, I use to come to Malaysia to purchase a certain product called AQUAMARINE GEM .

Now i will no more be able to make my trip to Malaysia as normal does because of my health, I have been diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer which was discovered very late, due to my laxity in caring for my health.

It has defiled all forms of medicine, and right now am on admission in the hospital that will take few months according to medical director.

Though my company have arranged to send my assistant for the mission to purchase the products on behalf of my company which i normally bought in Malaysia.

For the fact that i do buy the product ( AQUAMARINE GEM ) at the rate of ($2,500 u.s dollars) per a carton of six bottles and re-sold to my company at rate of ($4,000 u.s dollars)

The AQUAMARINE GEM is a new scientific chemical fluid substance manufactured in North Korea , its of lubricant, mainly used in the gemological laboratory for the purification of diamonds clarity treatment, it penetrate deep into diamond and vaporizes out black inclusion in diamonds and other precious stones listed below:-

(1) Tanzanite
(2) Citrine
(3) Pink topaz
(4) Aquamarine
(5) Ruby
(6) Sapphire
(7) Zircon (both blue and colorless)

These product are rare and highly demanded by my company in Britain, though not long it came to existence, it was introduce to our company by a Chinese friend, Mrs Jessy Chau, a gemologist in USA, who gave me a sample for text on my last visit to the United States.

After our companies research on this product, I discovered it in Malaysia and i have been going to Malaysia for the purchases .

Now i will no more be able to make my trip to Malaysia as normal does because of my health,

I have been diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer which was discovered very late, due to my laxity in caring for my health.

It has defiled all forms of medicine, and right now am on admission in the hospital that will take few months according to medical director.

My company needs this product now and they are arranging to send my assistant for the mission to purchase the products which i normally bought in Malaysia.

For the fact that i do buy the product ( AQUAMARINE GEM ) at the rate of ($2,500 u.s dollars) per a carton of six bottles and re-sold to my company at rate of ($4,200 u.s dollars) and i don’t want the company to know about this therefore.

I now wish to appoint you as my local agent in Malaysia, so that the assistant purchasing manager who will soon be in Malaysia will have to buy the products through you in other to protect my former dealings.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared to have a friend then in Malaysia but focus on my business as that was the only thing I cared for.

But now I regret all this as i now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all.

Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this my self for now.

I’am offering you 50% of the total proceeds ( profit ) from any of the deals whenever he comes to make the purchase of the products as its going to be a continuous business until i stand back on my feet while 40% is for me and 10% would be your local and international operational costs during each of the business transactions in Malaysia.

This transaction is completely risk free to you and will last a day or two days only.

I don’t want the person they will be sending to know the cost price that i have been buying the product in Malaysia.

The dealer of this product is a Malaysian lady, I want to introduce you as the dealer to my Company so that my representative will buy it from you as i will give you the contacts of the Malaysia lady so that you can contact her on your own and arrange, why the assigned purchase manager will meet you and buy it from you.

If you promise to be faithful to me by sending my percentage after the transaction with my company, i will now send you all the details you need for the business.

I need a trustworthy person that will handle this business for me until i stand back on my feet. I want truth & honest to be our watch word.

While waiting for your positive and urgent reply.

Warmest regards

Stella Evans

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This is another scam.

Please do not fall for this scam.

Email From : eeeeeee5@gmx.info Richard Blair

Email Subject : FINAL PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

On-paid Beneficiary,

It is obvious that you have not received your fund which is to the tune of $5.8million due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for their selfish reason and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the receipt of your fund.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the current president of Nigeria his Excellency President Umaru Yar’Adua to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other individuals and organizations who have been found not to have receive their Contract Sum, Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes.

Now how would you like to receive your payment? By Check or by ATM card?

ATM Card: We will be issuing you a custom pin based ATM card which you will use to withdraw up to $10,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on it.

Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your funds to your bank account.

The ATM card comes with a handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it.

Good if you do not have a bank account

Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to be cleared within three working days.

Your payment would be sent to you via any of your preferred option and would be mailed to you via UPS.

Because we have signed a contract with UPS which should expire by the end of February 2009 you will only need to pay $115 instead of $149.00 saving you $34.00! So if you pay before January 31st you save $34.00

Take note that anyone asking you for some kind of money above the usual fee is definitely a fraudster and you will have to stop communication with every other person if you have been in contact with any.

Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $115.00 nothing more! Nothing less!

And we guarantee the receipt of your fund within the next 3 working days after the receipt of payment

Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.

Name : Donna L. Vargas: UPS Tracking Number: 1Z757F991598420403 (www.ups.com)
Name : Rovenda Elaine Clayton: UPS Tracking Number: 1Z757F991596606592 (www.ups.com)

Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $115.

This is because UPS C.O.D (Cost on Delivery) service is not applicable to international shipping according to their terms.

To effect the release of your fund valued at $5.8million you are advised to contact this office and the following information:

Your full Name…
Your Address:…………….
Home/Cell Phone:……………….
Preferred Payment Method (ATM/Cashier Check):…………….

Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package is sent within 24 working hours.

Because we are so sure of everything we are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive payment/package within the next three days after you have made the payment for shipping.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Richard Blair
CC: Federal Bureau of Investigation
CC: National Central Bureau of Interpol

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