Anti Spam Software & Internet Filters Blog - Securence
News, resources & commentary regarding anti spam software, antivirus software, Internet filters, adware & spyware removal with posts by Securence.com staff.

Are virus scanners putting you at risk?
by Travis Carter
1 Nov 2005 at 1:30pm
Is it a bug or isn't it? A flaw in several virus scanners could let a malicious file evade detection, a security researcher has warned. But some in the industry dispute that it's a security bug. By adding some data...
New worms could be born from Samy.
by Travis Carter
27 Oct 2005 at 11:08am
The newly discovered Samy worm is one of the first to exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability, a technique security experts fear could be used to open a new front in attacks. Samy is a self-propagating worm that appears to have...
Anti Spam Software Provider Targets the Spam Bull?s-Eye
by Travis Carter
14 Oct 2005 at 2:42pm
Securence, a leading internet and email filtering service provider helps control the onslaught of spam and viruses. Minnetonka, MN, October 14, 2005 -- http://www.securence.com - Securence, Inc., a leading provider of anti spam, anti virus software and Internet filtering services...
Beware of the old classmate worm
by Travis Carter
6 Oct 2005 at 5:07pm
A new variant of the e-mail worm is masquerading as an old class photo sent by a schoolmate: "A new variant of the Sober e-mail worm has started spreading as an attachment that claims to be an old class photo...
AdWare targets major search engines
by Travis Carter
4 Oct 2005 at 12:05pm
ComputerWeekly reports that the major search engines including Google, Yahoo and MSN are being spoofed by adware called Premium search. Once the adware is installed, users visiting those search engines are actually viewing spoofs. Full story at ComputerWeekly. For protection...
Oklahoma Man Wins $10 Million Judgment Against a Spammer
by Travis Carter
3 Oct 2005 at 5:07pm
I'm sure it was a long and hard battle but an Oklahoma man wins a legal fight with a spammer. "On Thursday the 22nd, Robert Braver, an Oklahoma ISP owner who is a long time activist against both spam and...
New anti-spam efforts hampering email
by Travis Carter
26 Sep 2005 at 10:35am
According to a report by Bigfoot Interactive, email marketers who don't adjust for changes many broadband ISPs are making regarding limits on simultaneous SMTP connections and volume rates are in for some serious deliverability problems Providers, such as BellSouth, Comcast,...
Worm poses as Google
by Travis Carter
19 Sep 2005 at 12:40pm
What a target Google is. A new work is now posing as Google. When infected, users visiting Google are actually looking at a fake Google site. From InfoWorld: A new worm has been discovered that apes Google's search site and...
Yahoo helping spammers and phishers?
by Travis Carter
8 Sep 2005 at 9:18am
Yahoo is really catching a lot of negative press as a result of comments made by Spamhaus regarding the hosting of 5000 domain names that are used for phishing. "According to the Richard Cox, chief information officer of U.K.-based Spamhaus,...
Suckers For Spam
by Travis Carter
6 Sep 2005 at 5:49pm
It's amazing people still fall for email spam and phishing techniques. Here's an account of an unlucky record producer in CA that fell for the old Nigerian money transfer scam: Hard as it is to believe for long-time Internet denizens,...

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