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Commtouch Offers New Malware Outbreak Center
David Utter
Staff Writer
2007-11-06
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Email security company Commtouch unveiled its Malware Outbreak Center and associated tools today, to provide a look at various aspects of spam and viruses.
Commtouch delivered new goodies for security pros to play with on its website. The Malware Outbreak Center provides virus outbreak reports, spam outbreaks, and other services to visitors.
Their virus outbreak reporting shows email-borne malware that Commtouch has picked up on and blocked as it arrives at a mailbox it is protecting. By clicking on an entry in the virus outbreak report, the viewer can see details about the virus.
The report shows how quickly a number of common antivirus solutions had a signature available to combat the new threat. Some picked up on it right away, others took time to deploy a signature, while a few did not deploy a solution during the analysis period Commtouch used.
Commtouch's Real-Time Outbreak Monitor shows where new outbreaks of spam are taking place. Information from mousing over the outbreak location shows its location, subject line, and URL. They also graph the number of attackers and the massiveness of the outbreak.
Other features offered include a spam calculator, to determine how much spam costs a company based on the time it takes to delete it and other factors; and a set of spam statistics showing countries, domains, and other information about spam outbreaks.
About the Author:
David Utter is a business and technology writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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