Sobig.F. and Blaster Worms Underscore the Importance of Virus Protection for E-Mail Lists; L-Soft and F-Secure Stopped the Proliferation of 2.6 Billion Virus-Infected E-Mails in August.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ISPCON ISPCON Internet Service Provider Convention (The Golden Group, Inc.) Fall 2003 SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2003 L-Soft and F-Secure Stopped the Proliferation of 2.6 Billion Virus-Infected E-Mails in August L-Soft develops and sells software and outsourcing services for managing e-mail newsletters, discussion groups and marketing campaigns. Since the integration of F-Secure's Antivirus technology into L-Soft's LISTSERV Mailing list management software from L-Soft international, Inc., Landover, MD (www.lsoft.com) that runs on Windows, Mac, OpenVMS, VM (mainframe) and various Unix machines. LISTSERV scans e-mail messages for the words "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" to automatically update the list. (R) product line in 2001, billions of LISTSERV(R) messages have been safely sent virus-free. August 2003 marked an unprecedented rise in viruses, with both the Sobig.F. and Blaster worms crippling online activity throughout the world. "In August, we saw one of the worst virus weeks in history with major virus outbreaks as well as some completely new techniques and motives behind viruses and their propagation. Hundreds of millions of computer users suffered from network problems, slow computers and overflowing spam e-mails," said Mikko Hypponen, Director of Antivirus Research at F-Secure Corporation. "It is not just school boys who write them anymore, but more often organized criminals behind these incidents. It is therefore extremely important that every device and connection is properly secured." "Sobig finally convinced the rest of the management it was time to upgrade to LISTSERV 1.8e," said Glenn Darwin, Information Technology Manager at National Corvette Museum The National Corvette Museum is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, off Interstate 65's Exit 28. It was constructed in 1994. The museum showcases the Chevrolet Corvette, an American sports car that has been in production since 1953. , which runs 48 lists about Corvette-related topics with approximately 27,000 subscribers and 33,000 daily messages. "I installed it and the anti-virus software anti-virus software n → Antivirensoftware f . It works like a charm." The number of viruses stopped by the Antivirus feature on one of L-Soft's servers is listed below. The numbers compare the month of August to the largest month of virus attacks in the six months previous to that, which was June. PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. The Peach server hosts both discussion and announcement lists for all types of organizations. It has around 1.5 million list subscriptions. June 2,553 - viruses found - the number of messages found infected by a virus. 60,364,617 - viruses stopped - the number of subscribers that would have received the message with the virus. August 108,418 - viruses found - the number of messages found infected by a virus. 2,647,370,398 - viruses stopped - the number of subscribers that would have received the message with the virus. More information about LISTSERV virus protection: http://www.lsoft.se/products/default.asp?item=secured-by-FS About L-Soft international L-Soft develops and sells software and outsourcing services for managing e-mail newsletters, discussion groups and marketing campaigns. Founded in 1994, L-Soft has been instrumental in the proliferation of e-mail marketing Email marketing is a form of direct marketing which uses electronic mail as a means of communicating commercial or fundraising messages to an audience. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing. thanks to the popularity of its flagship software, LISTSERV(R). Since then, L-Soft has expanded its portfolio of products and services to include e-mail delivery, outsourcing and consulting services. Recognized in 2003 as Maryland's 37th fastest-growing technology company by Deloitte & Touche, L-Soft's products deliver about 35 million messages a day to more than 130 million list subscriptions. The company serves approximately 3,000 clients worldwide, including Microsoft, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, AOL-Time Warner/CNN, Dow Jones/The Wall Street Journal, The United Nations, the U.S. Senate and Harvard University. For more information visit www.lsoft.com or contact L-Soft via e-mail at: info@lsoft.com or call +1-800-399-5449 or +1 (301) 731-0440. About F-Secure Corporation F-Secure Corporation is the leading provider of centrally managed security solutions for the mobile enterprise. The company's award-winning products include antivirus, file encryption and network security solutions for major platforms from desktops to servers and from laptops to handhelds. Founded in 1988, F-Secure has been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges Helsinki Exchanges (HEX) The Helsinki Exchanges (HEX Ltd., Helsinki Securities and Derivatives Exchange and Clearing House) was formed at the beginning of 1998 following the merger of the Helsinki Stock Exchange Ltd. and SOM Ltd. (HEX: FSC FSC See: Foreign Sales Corporation ) since November 1999. The company is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. headquarters in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , as well as offices in Germany, Sweden, Japan and the United Kingdom and regional offices in the USA. F-Secure is supported by a network of value added resellers and distributors in over 90 countries around the globe. Through licensing and distribution agreements, the company's security applications are available for the products of the leading handheld equipment manufacturers, such as Nokia and HP. More information for Service Providers: http://www.F-Secure.com/solutions/sp.shtml Reference customer list (Europe): http://www.f-secure.com/products/pex/sp-list.shtml Additional information about F-Secure may be found at www.F-Secure.com or by calling 408.938.6700. (C) 2003 F-Secure, Inc. All Rights Reserved. F-Secure is a registered trademark of F-Secure Corporation. PersonalExpress and Security as a Service are trademarks of F-Secure Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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