why not roll it out in a business environment? IS put it on my production workstation in conjunction with newest ad aware, I also use it on my test box at work (State ISP) and all my boxes at home. I have even started putting it on anyones machines I do work on, and recommend it to anyone who asks. As for mail, I have been moderately satisfied with mailwasher www.mailwasher.com which is another freeware program you can use to bounce and blacklist emails back at offending spam servers-and now supports web based mail clients like hotmail. When I first started using mailwasher, it DRASTICALLY reduced the number of spam messages I got everyday. (from about 70+ to less than 30)
""Wilmes, Rusty"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > compelling indeed! I wish someone would make an enterprise level spyware > remover (or integrate one into virus scanning). The best one I've seen is > spybot but it's not exactly something I'd rollout in a business environment > (of course, it might be easier to manage that than to manage gator on every > 9x client. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740] > > > There's a compelling argument for scheduled virus and spyware > scans/updates.. > > > Brian > > The path to a desireable destination > is often more difficult than the path to stay where you are. > > On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Wilmes, Rusty wrote: > > > I've been trying to scrounge up the time to build one of these... > > > > http://lawmonkey.org/anti-spam.html > > > > combination of bayesian and razor on openbsd acting as an MTA. > > > > About 1/2 our staff installed freeware screensaver (read: gator) on their > > computers and our spam has gone through the roof. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:36 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740] > > > > > > Reimer, Fred wrote: > > > > > > It is an attempt by the SPAMers to avoid SPAM software that > > > takes a hash of > > > the SPAM and blocks SPAM on machines based on these hash > > > values. There are > > > some anti-SPAM "solutions" out there that basically relies on > > > the users to > > > mark email as SPAM. When they do, the client machines send the > > > hash of the > > > SPAM up to the service provider, which shares these hashes with > > > all other > > > subscribers. So, if the same exact SPAM is sent to another > > > user it would > > > automatically get blocked. These random characters change the > > > hash value, > > > and hence this method of blocking SPAM is ineffective. > > > > > > Use a Bayesian filter program for your SPAM. I have 3755 > > > emails in my "Junk > > > Mail" folder now, and I empty it out last on July 18th. Check > > > out > > > www.Junk-Out.com. > > > > > > Fred Reimer - CCNA > > > > Someone should develop a SPAM filter that looks for certain types of > > randomness within a message. This would be difficult, but certainly not > > impossible. You'd have to be pretty creative about it but it ought to be > > possible to devise an algorithm that could detect that sort of random > > line--often found in the subject line--and flag it as SPAM. > > > > I haven't heard of a Bayesian filter before. I'm going to go find out more > > about that right now. > > > > John > > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: > > http://shop.groupstudy.com > > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: > > http://shop.groupstudy.com > > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: > http://shop.groupstudy.com > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: > http://shop.groupstudy.com > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=74838&t=74740 -------------------------------------------------- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html
