Following several recent publications documenting increases in Spam, and more importantly malware present in Spam. We have been making a determined effort to assist our customers by developing more sophisticated, less obtrusive anti-spam measures.
As standard, all mail passing through Sonassi Hosting’s mail servers is subject to several security sweeps. But we have felt it necessary to add in another layer of protection. This will be run on a trial basis to see how it effects overall performance and mail delivery – but initial testing has shown great improvements, but time will tell.
To further complement this post, we will be adding a guide on how to better filter your mail using Sonassi Hosting’s excellent webmail facility – watch this space!.
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Spam Spotlight: Implications of the Increasing Malicious Spam Recent data suggests that the percentage of spam containing malware has increased. In September 2009, an average of 1.3 percent of all spam messages contained malware. When compared with August 2009, this equates to a nine fold increase in the number of messages containing malware month on month. The number of messages containing malware actually hit a peak of 4.5 percent of all spam at one point during September.
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Excerpt from Symantec