Mail.com's Leading Anti-Virus Service for Businesses Intercepts Over 10,000 Viruses During the First Quarter.Business/Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2000 Company Identifies Top Computer Viruses Threatening Thousands of Corporate Enterprises Mail.com, Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MAIL) a leading global provider of Internet messaging services for businesses, announced today that its leading anti-virus service, MailZone, has intercepted over 10,000 viruses during the first quarter of 2000. In March alone, nearly 4,400 viruses passed through MailZone, an increase of almost 29 percent from February. Mailcom's MailZone is a fully outsourced e-mail firewall service, used by more than 1,000 companies nationwide for their network security. MailZone acts as a firewall that prevents computer viruses, inappropriate attachments, unsolicited bulk mail or spam, and offensive or threatening content from reaching the network where they negatively impact both network and employee performance. "Companies must face the fact that corporate acts of sabotage are not going away and take as much precaution as possible to protect the integrity of their networks and information," said Aaron Fessler, president of Mail.com's Allegro subsidiary. "As market leaders, we're committed to quickly detecting viruses and preventing them from penetrating and damaging the business-critical networks of our customers." To help companies stay informed about the most active viruses threatening their businesses, Mail.com Business Messaging Services has created a "Top Ten" virus list, which is available online at www.mailzone.net. Beginning in May, Mail.com will issue the "Top Ten" results publicly on a monthly basis. During the first quarter, one of the most frequently blocked viruses was W32/Pretty, a version of the PrettyPark Worm or Trojan Horse See Trojan. Trojan Horse hollow horse concealed soldiers, enabling them to enter and capture Troy. [Gk. Myth.: Iliad] See : Deceit (application, security) Trojan horse virus. W32/Pretty has been circulating since May 1999 and presents a serious threat to computer systems. The W32/Pretty virus infects computers through a program file attached to an e-mail. Once the file is executed, the virus opens a security hole by connecting to an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Computer conferencing on the Internet. There are hundreds of IRC channels on numerous subjects that are hosted on IRC servers around the world. After joining a channel, your messages are broadcast to everyone listening to that channel. server over which the author of the worm can obtain system information, including the victim's e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address , dial-up user names and passwords. Other viruses included among the "Top Ten" for the first quarter include the infamous 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. , which has reportedly cost at least $80 million in damages and recovery expenses to date. About Mail.com Business Messaging Services Mail.com Business Messaging Services is a leading global provider of outsourced messaging solutions for businesses. Our solution set includes hosted Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. , Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. , Novell GroupWise GroupWise is a cross-platform collaborative software product from Novell, Inc. offering e-mail, calendaring, instant messaging and document management. Summary GroupWise can operate on a number of server and workstation platforms. and Web/POP3-based e-mail services; hosted e-mail firewall services such as virus scanning, spam blocking and content filtering See Web filtering and parental control software. ; and a full range of Web-based, desktop and production Internet Fax Using the Internet to send faxes. Fax servers accept an incoming fax message and route it to a fax server in the same locality as the destination fax machine. The fax server then makes a local telephone call to send the fax. solutions. Used by 8,500 corporations worldwide, Mail.com is the Company more enterprises turn to for outsourced messaging solutions. Further information about MailZone is available at www.allegro.net or at the Mail.com corporate Web site: http://corp.mail.com. About Mail.com Mail.com Inc. is a one-stop resource for Internet messaging services, providing reliable feature-rich e-mail and Internet fax services to businesses, ISPs, Web sites and direct to consumers through its flagship Web site: http://www.mail.com. Mail.com has a technology infrastructure of IP network facilities in 20 key countries and currently serves more than 14.4 million e-mailboxes and 8,500 corporate customers worldwide. Information about Mail.com (NASDAQ:MAIL) is available at http://corp.mail.com. This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the future events or the future financial results of Mail.com. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in Mail.com's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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