SpamByte: Game Over, Spammers/Computer Crackers....

New email filtering technique makes spam and malware sent by email 'almost impossible'.

Flint, MI (PRWEB) August 16, 2004 -- In an effort to stop the poliferation of spam and malware sent by email by Microsoft Windows-based computer systems, programmer Bryan Taylor has released two award winning (1) software programs (2) that automate the process of rejecting, identifying, and deleting spam and malware sent by email. These programs will benefit anyone with an email account--upwards of 945 million Internet users worldwide in 2004 according to Computer Industry Almanac Inc (3).

As of July 2004, 65% of the total Internet email traffic has been identified as spam according to Brightmail Incorporated (4).

This deluge of unwanted email communications resulted in $1,934 worth of lost productivity per employee according to a Nucleus Research Inc. survey released June 7, 2004. (5) Existing measures such as the CAN-SPAM Act (6) and Bayesian filtering (7) have proven ineffective in significantly reducing the flow of spam as spammers continue to ignore established antispam laws or craft their emails to slip by filters.

Enter SpamByte--a method of email filtering that cannot be subverted by current techniques that are used against Bayesian filters.

"My approach identifies the eight most prominent characteristics of spam." Taylor said. "They are each given a numerical value based on their potential 'spamminess'. Incoming new email is scored against the eight criteria and the final value is compared against a similar value set by the email user. Quite simply, any email containing content unwanted by the email user is treated as spam. This method is fast, simple, effective, and doesn't use lots of resources like Bayesian filtering does."

Used together, both of Mr. Taylor's programs will make the transmission of spam and malware an exercise in futility.

"The SMTP mailserver application has been programmed from the ground up to be fast, simple, efficient, and tough on spam and malware." added Taylor. "All emailed messages, including any spam received by the mailserver, gets additional useful email headers, all harmful email content rendered dormant and safe to handle, and a SpamByte tag on the message subject line. This tag will allow POP3 clients to filter email at the header level without downloading the whole email itself--a potentially time consuming action. The POP3 email client application is the last line of defense for the email user as it downloads and computes a SpamByte value for each email and takes the appropriate action based on the user-supplied SpamByte value.

This program would make it impossible for spammers to use fraudulent SpamByte tags to mark their spam as an otherwise harmless message and fool all other existing email clients."

It is Taylor's strong belief that the use of his programs will significantly reduce unwanted and potentially harmful email traffic on the Internet by automatically rejecting, identifying, and deleting spam and malware sent by email. This will result in substantial savings in time and money for governments, institutions, organizations, businesses and individuals alike.

References:
(1) http://www.cf13.com/
     http://www.sofotex.com/img/5.gif
     http://www.sofotex.com/CF13-SMTP---CF13-POP3-download_L21654.html
     http://www.sofotex.com/CF13-POP3-download_L21655.html

(2) http://www.cf13.com/game-over-spammers.htm

(3) http://www.clickz.com/stats/big_picture/geographics/article.php/5911_151151
     http://www.c-i-a.com/methodology.htm#internetuser

(4) http://www.brightmail.com/spamstats.html

(5) http://tinyurl.com/5er9h - redirect to eweek.com
     http://tinyurl.com/695wk - redirect to eweek.com

(6) http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040630.gtspamjun30/BNStory/Technology/

(7) http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html
     http://tinyurl.com/6k428 - redirect to wired.com

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Contact: Bryan Taylor
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