Electric Mail Co.'s Anti-Virus Solution Only Instant Internet Filter for Melissa.VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1999-- Electric Mail(VSE See DOS/VSE. VSE - Virtual Storage Extended :ELE ELE equine leukoencephalomalacia. .) The Electric Mail Company (VSE:ELE) today announced its E-mmunity(TM) Service is one of the only Internet solutions providing an instant "labor-free" filter for stopping auto-generating viruses like the rampant W97M W97M Microsoft Word 97 Macro Virus _Melissa and Papa. Electric Mail Co.'s E-mmunity(TM) Service eliminates the workload and cost of installing and updating hundreds of individual desktop clients with anti-virus software anti-virus software n → Antivirensoftware f , as it filters attachments for viruses before they reach the corporate network. Businesses who subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; E-mmunity(TM), will be protected from these and other virus outbreaks without having IT staff on call. Commenting on the virus outbreak, Violeta Iova, Technical Services Manager of Intrawest Corporation said, "As soon as I found out about the Melissa virus A Word macro virus that was unleashed in the spring of 1999. It sent an e-mail message with a list of pornographic Web sites to the first 50 names in the user's Microsoft Outlook address book. , I called Electric Mail Co. to find out how we could protect our WAN against it and they activated E-mmunity for us. I'm surprised at how many viruses the service has detected and eliminated already in less than a day. E-mmunity is worth every penny to help protect our organization from Melissa and all other viruses." Cathy Munn president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Company said, "Our phone has been ringing off the hook since the weekend with businesses that require immediate protection from these and other email viruses. Our E-mmunity system acts as remote Internet filter See Web filtering and firewall. that doesn't require any installation or maintenance from the company - making it one of the easiest and fastest anti-virus solutions in the marketplace. Melissa and Papa were an early April Fools day joke on corporate networks worldwide and we're happy to be providing a proactive solution for our new and existing clients." Commenting on the increase in email attachment virus infection, Munn stated, "One in every five hundred pieces of mail we process is infected by different virus strains which represents a 50 percent increase from last month. In the last three weeks alone we stopped over 750 viruses dead in their tracks. Melissa and Papa are the first of a new kind of virus that we are certain to see increase." For the corporate e-mail user, E-mmunity(TM) offers hassle-free and cost-effective peace of mind with monthly fees starting as low as $35US for up to 30 users. About The Electric Mail Company Incorporated in 1994, The Electric Mail Company Inc. (VSE:ELE) delivers value-added e-mail services including: turnkey Internet e-mail connectivity and administration, spam and virus filtering. The Electric Mail Co.'s services address a range of key business Internet e-mail needs including security, remote administration and addressing management for Microsoft Mail, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, and Novell GroupWise. Electric Mail Co. serves major corporations located throughout North America including Placer Dome, Fujifilm Canada, Intrawest Corporation and Ballard Power Systems Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD, NASDAQ: BLDP), located in Burnaby, British Columbia -- a suburb of Vancouver -- is a company that designs, develops, and manufactures zero emission proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells. . |
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