Clearswift Backs UN Calls for Crackdown on Sale of Drugs via Email; Clearswift Publishes Findings of Its February Spam Index.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4595957 SAN RAMON San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
Clearswift, the MIMEsweeper company, today declared its support for the UN's call to ban prescription-only drugs sales over the Internet. Clearswift's spam index for February clearly reinforces UN fears that the web has become an increasingly popular sales channel for drugs such as Viagra, Valium and Prozac. February's figures reveal healthcare spam now represents over 59% of all unsolicited email, a huge leap from the 18% since the spam index was launched 9 months ago, suggesting spammers are becoming increasingly successful at exploiting an unchecked route for drug sales. See the accompanying chart for actual results of the February Spam Index. March sees the 10th anniversary of the first spam email, posted to Usenet newsgroups A newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from many users at different locations. The term is somewhat confusing, because it is usually a discussion group. to promote a lottery in the States. Yet spam has evolved into an un-policed, black market industry, selling potentially dangerous goods
A dangerous good . Clearswift's Director of Research, Alyn Hockey cautioned, "As the spamming community celebrates its 10th birthday, we need to be more vigilant than ever in protecting against unsolicited mail. Organizations must be sure to both educate their employees against responding to spam, and duly configure their e-policies to combat the spammers' latest tactics." The International Narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. Control Board's (INCB INCB International Narcotics Control Board ) believes that the internet market in controlled medicines is specifically aimed at susceptible people, such as addicts. Particularly disturbing is the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition warning that terrorists could launch attacks by passing off lethal drugs as well-known brands, with potentially devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. results. Clearswift's recently released MAILsweeper(TM) Anti-spam Solution provides a policy-based, multi-tiered approach to stopping spam by providing intelligent software that learns to recognize spam, and can be tailored to an organization's specific needs. The Anti-spam Solution provides a high-level of spam detection while still allowing legitimate email to get through to intended recipients, without excessive administrative overheads. The multi-tiered approach combines: -- Market-leading MAILsweeper(TM) for SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. -- Clearswift's new anti-spam filter which employs Bayesian classifiers, heuristics heu·ris·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to a usually speculative formulation serving as a guide in the investigation or solution of a problem: and textural analysis -- spamActive(TM), a spam database feed which updates customers 8 times per day The figures, which were extracted from the thousands of unsolicited emails received by Clearswift on a weekly basis, are made up of spam generated by seeding email accounts email account email n → compte m (e-)mail and spam submissions forwarded to Clearswift by its 20 million users. About Clearswift Clearswift is the world's leading provider of software for managing and securing electronic communications. Clearswift solutions ensure business compliance through safe messaging, secure boundaries and best practice in electronic communications. Clearswift delivers the capabilities for organizations to protect themselves against email and web-based threats, meet legal and regulatory requirements, implement productivity-saving policies and manage intellectual property passing through their network. Clearswift product portfolio includes MIMEsweeper(TM), the world's leading family of content security products for email and Web, as well as a range of highly specialized security solutions for Government and Defense organizations. More information about Clearswift, its products and services is available at www.clearswift.com Clearswift, MAILsweeper, MIMEsweeper, spamActive and ENTERPRISEsuite are trademarks or registered trademarks, in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , United Kingdom and certain other countries, of Clearswift Limited. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged. MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4595957 |
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