ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- SpamStopsHere, Inc., the
industry leading provider of e-mail security and spam filtering solutions,
announces the detection of a new spam tactic in which MP3 files are used to
promote stocks.
In the first multi-media spam, spammers have begun attaching MP3 files
which are named after popular recording artists and songs. After a
recipient has opened the attachment, an electronically enhanced voice
delivers a message promoting a stock for a particular company. The message
is designed to encourage the recipient to invest in a particular company.
The spam perpetrators then sell their shares after the stock price has
risen briefly. This is typically known as a "pump and dump" scam.
To listen to an actual MP3 spam message, please use the following URL:
http://www.spamstopshere.com/spam.mp3
The majority of antispam solutions on the market have difficulty
recognizing the actual content of e-mail attachments and spammers are
taking advantage of that. While SpamStopsHere relies on URL reputation and
other filtering methods to detect spam, it has also developed tools to
instantly detect any new type of spam and quickly block it. Its 24/7
support staff used these tools to successfully block MP3 spam campaigns
within two hours. SpamStopsHere was the first anti-spam provider, last
year, to successfully block the then new image spam.
"I believe that what we are seeing right now is just a test by spammers
to determine the effectiveness of MP3 spam," said Ted Green, President of
SpamStopsHere. "I don't believe that MP3 spam will be the wave of the
future. It is unlikely that people will fall for an MP3 spam more than once
or twice, whereas text and image spam is hard to ignore because it's in the
body of the e-mail. I don't think that MP3 spam on iPods is feasible, but
spammers certainly are looking to target the new Apple iPhone."
SpamStopsHere leads the industry in accuracy and is the only hosted
Enterprise-level precision e-mail filtering solution on the market today.
With its unique databases of known spam and spammers (updated every
minute), SpamStopsHere blocks 99% of spam without blocking
business-critical e-mails. SpamStopsHere achieves this industry leading
accuracy "out of the box"; there is no tuning or maintenance required!
Implementing SpamStopsHere's managed solution requires no hardware, no
software, no updating by IT staff and is ideal for any Enterprise ranging
from 10 to 50,000 end-users.
About Greenview Data: Greenview Data, Inc. has been providing its
critically acclaimed SpamStopsHere network security solutions to clients
across the globe since 2002. Greenview Data also created and developed the
powerful VEDIT(TM) text editor, which has been licensed to over 150,000
users since 1980. EBCDIC to ASCII conversion makes up the third division of
Greenview Data, providing conversion solutions through turn-key contracting
and consulting. Through the growth of their SpamStopsHere hosted service
and exciting R&D projects, Greenview Data is looking to the future and
another successful 27 years. Greenview Data is headquartered in Ann Arbor,
Michigan.
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