Thursday, 29 May 2008
Thursday, 22 May 2008
22.05.08
Today we looked at internet hoaxes and spoof e-mails.
I also looked at and compaired two internet security suites, Symantec Norton 360 and ZoneAlarm Security Suite.
I also looked at and compaired two internet security suites, Symantec Norton 360 and ZoneAlarm Security Suite.
Thursday, 15 May 2008
15.05.08
Today we looked at some more kinds of virus' (eg. macro virus', time and logic bombs and mail bombs).
Thursday, 1 May 2008
1.5.08
Today I looked at 2 spam fiters, SPAMfighter: Spam Filter Outlook/Outlook Express 6.2.41 and Spam Bully for Outlook Express 4.1.0.12.
SPAMfighter:Spam Filter Outlook/Outlook Express 6.2.41 is downloadable from download.com. It got an average user rating of 4 and a half stars. It is free to try for 30 days but is $29 to buy. This program blocks spam and phishing e-mails. SPAMfighter has almost 5 million users, when several of them report spam from the same e-mail address, the e-mail address is automatically blocked for all users.
Spam Bully for Outlook Express 4.1.0.12 is also downloadable from download.com. It got an average user rating of 3 stars. It is free to try for 14 days, but costs $29.95. Spam Bully allows you to block and allow e-mail addresses, IP addresses, and words or phrases. And also but country and language. It can also report spammers to their hosts.
It can forward good e-mails to your mobile phone, and automatically delete spam as it downloads.
I also looked at 2 proxy servers, CC Proxy Server 6.5 and Proxy+ 3.0.
CC Proxy Server 6.5 can be downloaded from download.com. It received an average user rating of 4 stars. It is free to try (3 user trial) and is $69 to buy. It supports dial-up, ISDN, DSL, and DDN connections, and helps you to build a proxy server. It can also act as HTTP/FTP/SOCKS/mail/news/telnet proxy servers as well. It has content and web filtering and bandwidth control.
Proxy+ 3.0 can also be downloaded from download.com. It received an average user rating of 4 stars. And it is completely free to use for 3 users. It has a a full SMTP mail server, proxy cascading by ICP protocol, and Socks server support for ICQ.
SPAMfighter:Spam Filter Outlook/Outlook Express 6.2.41 is downloadable from download.com. It got an average user rating of 4 and a half stars. It is free to try for 30 days but is $29 to buy. This program blocks spam and phishing e-mails. SPAMfighter has almost 5 million users, when several of them report spam from the same e-mail address, the e-mail address is automatically blocked for all users.
Spam Bully for Outlook Express 4.1.0.12 is also downloadable from download.com. It got an average user rating of 3 stars. It is free to try for 14 days, but costs $29.95. Spam Bully allows you to block and allow e-mail addresses, IP addresses, and words or phrases. And also but country and language. It can also report spammers to their hosts.
It can forward good e-mails to your mobile phone, and automatically delete spam as it downloads.
I also looked at 2 proxy servers, CC Proxy Server 6.5 and Proxy+ 3.0.
CC Proxy Server 6.5 can be downloaded from download.com. It received an average user rating of 4 stars. It is free to try (3 user trial) and is $69 to buy. It supports dial-up, ISDN, DSL, and DDN connections, and helps you to build a proxy server. It can also act as HTTP/FTP/SOCKS/mail/news/telnet proxy servers as well. It has content and web filtering and bandwidth control.
Proxy+ 3.0 can also be downloaded from download.com. It received an average user rating of 4 stars. And it is completely free to use for 3 users. It has a a full SMTP mail server, proxy cascading by ICP protocol, and Socks server support for ICQ.
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