Simple Hosting Online Blog: Everything Web Hosting » Web Hosting http://simplehostingonline.com/blog Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:03:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Why did spam on the internet drop this week? http://simplehostingonline.com/blog/why-did-spam-on-the-internet-drop-this-week http://simplehostingonline.com/blog/why-did-spam-on-the-internet-drop-this-week#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:45:15 +0000 Bob http://simplehostingonline.com/blog/?p=47 In the last few days it has been reported that a major spammer McCOLO has been shutdown. It was reported that this operations was responsible for 50% to 70% of all the spam on the internet. This is some of the best news that could be reported for everyone. I have seen charts that show the drop off of the spam that happened this past week.  Spam is a plague on the internet and will never go away. Don’t think that this one event, eliminated spam and malware on the internet. It didn’t. Getting rid of one helps a lot but there will more that will pop up to take their place. It will always be with us. It was just a dent into the problem. It happened to be a very large dent, but only a dent. It’s like any crime. Just because it may be outlawed, doesn’t mean that it will completely go away. They will regroup and reopen somewhere else. You always have to be aware and protect yourself from spam and internet attacks.

What should you be doing now? The same thing you were doing before. Protect yourself. Have a Virus protection program, run your anti-spyware program, block the spam before it get into your mailbox. Keep your programs up to date.

Update your operating system. This alone is one the most important this you can do to protect your computer. It doesn’t matter if you are running the Apple or Microsoft operating system. Keep your Windows computer updated with the most current patches. This may seem like work, but it is something that can prevent a lot of problem with your computer’s security. With Windows make sure do a Microsoft Windows Update. (Just open Internet Explorer and click on Tools then Windows Update. Do it now)

One of the easiest ways to protect your computer from spam is using Postini’s Virus and Spam protection. This is only available to you if you have your own domain name you receive mail at. Postini is better than amazing and what a fine job it does. Keeping the spam out of your mail box in the first place is the best way to prevent infecting your computer. The way Postini does this is to perform the filtering of all the mail prior to it getting your domains mailbox.

You should check out the web site  http://Postiniforyourdomain.com for more information on the Postini service.

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I would suggest you do this on your own.  Use GoDaddy, or Network Solution.  That way you have complete control of your domain name.  All you have to do then is point your name server to what your web hosting company tell you to use and your done.

Remember simple hosting is the what you want.

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