Andrew Lochart
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Andrew Lochart
buddy efficient extremely fast issue problems public subject
The issue of IM is that it's being used on the public networks. IM is subject to all the same problems as e-mail. It's extremely fast and efficient at propagating to a buddy list.
discovered hackers playground
Hackers have discovered IM; it's the new playground for them.
computer sober spam turns
One of the things Sober does is it turns your computer into a spam zombie.
activity finally
I think we're finally going to see some activity from the ISPs to do something about this.
aol avoid legitimate merchant reduction spam
This is not a spam reduction measure. It is a way for a legitimate merchant to avoid getting a false/positive in an AOL spam filter.
aware checking files log mail might performance slow unless
Unless you're checking the log files on a mail server, you're not going to be aware this is happening. What you might be aware of is slow performance on your mail server.
activity advantage companies security solutions start takes virus
We're going to see some virus activity there that takes advantage of that. I think we'll also start to see more companies recognizing that they need to put security solutions in place.
boring shook sober year
We thought we were going to have a boring year in viruses, and Sober really shook that up.
budgets companies dedicated double fewer large regardless smaller
What makes it a problem, regardless of why, is that smaller companies are the ones who have fewer defenses in place. There are no large dedicated IT staffs in place, or large budgets for technology, so it's a double whammy.