Avinti upgrade targets blended threats; Phishing scam targets Microsoft

Opinion
May 11, 20071 min

Latest antispam news.

Avinti upgrade targets blended threats, 05/09/07:  Avinti on Wednesday announced a new version of its e-mail security software designed to catch inbound messages with active content and embedded URLs that can expose recipients to Internet threats.

Nigerian scammers do a take-off on Three Kings, 05/08/07:  A twist on the classic Nigerian e-mail scam that steals from the plot of the George Clooney movie Three Kings is hitting inboxes, Symantec said Monday.

Phishing scam targets Microsoft piracy control warning, 05/08/07:  Symantec says it has identified a phishing scam that attempts to fool the victim by faking a Microsoft Windows piracy-control warning and demanding a credit card.