Mail-Filters' Technology Stops Spam Sent From Computers Hijacked by Viruses and Spyware Like Sobig

Mail-Filters' Technology Stops Spam Sent From Computers Hijacked by Viruses and Spyware Like Sobig

Technology That Filters Spam in More Than 100 Countries and 30 Languages Does Not Rely on Blacklists So It Catches Spam From Seemingly Innocent but Hijacked Addresses

SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Mail-Filters.com, Inc. provides technology for its OEM partners that filters billions of messages a day in more than 100 countries and 30 languages. This technology is completely immune to the spammer trick of hijacking innocent PCs and using them to send spam.

Ben Westbrook, CEO of Mail-Filters, describes how the trick works: "Spammers recognize that the majority of anti-spam solutions use a blacklist approach to stop their messages. As a result, spammers are getting more sophisticated and efficient and have all but stopped using their own blacklisted resources to send spam. Instead, they introduce code, known as Trojans, into innocent machines through spam, viruses or spyware. This enables them to remotely control these machines and use them to send spam using a legitimate email address. Computers with broadband internet connections are particularly attractive because they can be used to send out large quantities of spam messages at a time."

Mail-Filters' technology does not rely on blacklists or Bayesian techniques to stop spam. As a result, even as this spamming technique has become a significant industry problem, Mail-Filters' anti-spam technology has been completely immune to it, and those using Mail-Filters' technology are not being burdened. Mail-Filters combines two proprietary anti-spam weapons: the Bullet Signature Database created and maintained by both technology and human editors, and the STAR Engine that detects spammer tricks. This approach allows it to catch new types of spam, like embedded content, HTML, and foreign language spam, as well as spam from hijacked computers.

ABOUT MAIL-FILTERS

Founded in 2001, Mail-Filters focuses on providing its technology through OEM partners. Recognized as the global leader in the OEM anti-spam market, the Mail-Filters technology is currently deployed with over 30,000 enterprise customers, filtering millions of mailboxes, in over 100 countries and supporting over 30 languages. Mail-Filters processes billions of messages every day and is one of the only anti-spam companies to offer a guarantee on performance. Mail-Filters.com, Inc. is located in San Mateo, California. The company can be found on the Internet at www.Mail-Filters.com or reached in the USA at 650-655-7700, and in the UK at 44-0-7769-680819.

Mail-Filters, Mail-Filters.com Inc., SpamCure, SpamRepellent, Bullet Signature, STAR Engine, StarEngine SDK, StarEngine Enterprise SDK, StarEngine Desktop SDK, and StarEngine Embedded SDK are trademarks of Mail-Filters.com Inc. All other trademarks, product or service names, brand names, company names and/or logos appearing in this release are the property of their respective owners.

Contact: John Murden, VP Marketing of Mail-Filters.com, Inc. +1-650-655-7759, or jmurden@mail-filters.com.


Source: Mail-Filters.com, Inc.

CONTACT: John Murden, VP Marketing of Mail-Filters.com, Inc.
+1-650-655-7759, or jmurden@mail-filters.com

Web site: http://www.mail-filters.com/


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