Tag archive: e mail addresses

“It propagates itself via e-mail contact lists when the attached file is opened and could render infected computers more vulnerable to spammers or hackers. The worm spread overnight across 18 European countries, including Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy, but was not expected to make waves in the United States. The Europe-U.S. time difference gave antivirus companies stateside some breathing room.” Read more at… Read More

With the Motorola i860, Nextel is the first national cellular service provider to offer two exclusive features that make communicating more integrated, convenient and intuitive. The Nextel Direct Send contacts feature allows a user to send contact information, including names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses, to another user's Motorola i860 phone with the simple press of the Push To Talk (PTT) walkie-talkie button. Additionally, a… Read More

Brightmail, which has filters on around 25 percent of the world's e-mail addresses, is used by both TelstraClear and Telecom New Zealand Ltd.'s Xtra and so covers around 85 percent of New Zealand's e-mail. Brightmail vice president for Asia-Pacific, Garry Sexton, says that with the introduction of anti-spam legislation spammers have developed a “damn the torpedoes” approach. Read more at IT World.

The developing framework, known as Sender Policy Framework (SPF), would prevent the spoofing of e-mail addresses and hijacking of SMTP servers, common tactics used by spammers to remain anonymous to the millions of addresses to which they send unsolicited e-mail. Read more at eWeek.com.

Customers can get the Netscape unlimited Internet access service for just $1 per month until March 1, according to a registration page on the Web site of AOL, a division of New York-based Time Warner. After that, the price will go up to $10 monthly. The service includes nationwide access, personalized e-mail addresses for customers, and a search service powered by Google, according to the site. AOL today offers unlimited dial-up access… Read More

The worm, dubbed Ganda-A, spreads by sending itself to e-mail addresses on an infected machine and tries to disable anti-virus and other security software and infect certain files on the hard disk, according to Sophos. Ganda, which does not appear to be spreading and is rated low risk, sends e-mail in English or Swedish. It is signed by “Uncle Roger in Hornsand, Sweden,” who complains in a message about being… Read More