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June 2005
  News
+ Linux is now a mobile player

+ Trojan holds PC files for ransom

+ Enterprises Tout Linux's Cost, Performance Benefits

+ ZombieMeter keeps tabs on hacked PCs

+ Linux on the Picturebook

+ Spam And Privacy
 
  Featured Article
TECH TALK: The Mobile Phone Platform: The One Device to Rule Them All

The mobile phone is rapidly becoming the uber-device - the one device that seems to have it all and becomes even more indispensable than it is now. The mobile phones have already started functioning as more than just communications devices. Already, mobiles serve as watches and alarm clocks. Even with the limited free games that come with basic phones, they are already good for 'time-pass'. They can also function as calculators. In unfamiliar neighbourhoods, they tell us where we are. The address book and contacts list on phones is our social interface. Without the phone, many of us would be quite lost in connecting with other people! The calendar function on the mobile phones can help us track our lives. Phones can also function as radios. For some, the mobile phone also becomes a notepad – send an SMS to oneself and make it a reminder service. Owners also have tended to customise phones with their own ringtones, themes and wallpapers.

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  Emergic CleanMail Security Update

Spam Statistics
Mumbai -01/06/2005 82.02% of mails for corporate India were spams for the month of May. Overall 70% of mails were blocked due to its origin from an Open Relay or a Zombie machines. May was the month of of Sober worm which caused a huge influx of Nazi Spams from infected machines. Also some new variants of Sober, Mytob and MyDoom kept the traffic high on the Internet.   

Latest Virus
W32.Mytob.CU@mm

W32.Mytob.CU@mm is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself as an email attachment to addresses gathered from the compromised computer. It uses its own SMTP engine to spread. The virus has a high damage and distribution capabilities.

Top 5 virus in India

a) W2.Mytob.DW@mm- 39.79%

b) W32/Netsky.P@mm - 21.74 %

c) Worm.SomeFool.P 15.95 %

d) W32.Mytob.DZ- 13.48 %

e) Worm.Mytob.BZ - 6.35 %

The statistics in this report are estimated on the basis of the mail traffic arriving on the Netcore's Emergic CleanMail servers with an average of 1 million mails hitting the servers daily. The statistics represent the mail traffic for Corporate Indian Clients and doesn't account for traffic to free email addresses.

  Testimonial
Netcore has provided us with the Emergic CleanMail Services which is in use for the last 3 months in our company. We are happy to quote that all expectations from the service have been met satisfactorily. It is an easy way to get rid of spam and viruses and is a great tool for corporates. We look forward to more such developments from your team.

Mr. Krishnan Kutty
Manager- Information Technology
Infomedia India Ltd


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