A little about SPAM…
Spam is email that you don’t want and is usually from people trying to sell you stuff. Most people still think that receiving spam is harmless – after all if you don’t want to read the message all you have to do is simply delete it?
No big deal right? Wrong!
Spam IS a big deal for business. Spam messages can introduce viruses into your systems, paralyze your computers, gobble up disk storage space, the content is often offensive and worst of all it impacts the productivity of your team – according to the Anti-Spam Research Group, “each year spam costs companies $730 in lost productivity for every employee with e-mail” (we could not find similar research for the UK but the UK market closely mirrors the U.S. so we can assume the same sort of effects here – costs in GBP at $1.6 – £1 will be £465/yr. £465 per employee lost because of spam!).
So how Can I Stop Spam?
Having antivirus alone will not stop or prevent you from receiving spam – antiviruses are concerned with detecting and destroying a virus once it has hit your systems. To deal with spam you need to install some sort of spam filtering software at your email server’s gateway (where your emails come through before hitting your inbox) thereby tackling the problem at source.
There are many spam filtering software that you can use to stem the flow of spam to your inboxes. Some are Good, Some Bad and others Simply Ugly! Give us a call on 0800 001 5942 or email vip@supremesystems.co.uk to discuss your current situation and let us help you pick a solution that is right for your business.
And Viruses…
We tackle viruses by ensuring we are able to detect and eradicate viruses wherever they may strike!
1. Protecting Your Email Gateway: Eradicating viruses quickly and stopping spam is crucial to ensuring your business’s network is secure. One of the most common methods in which viruses can be introduced into your system is via emails so we implement IT solutions that will tackle viruses right at the Email Gateway way before they enter your systems.
2. Protecting Your Desktop: To prevent viruses and malware getting onto your computers we will only use tried and tested anti-virus solutions such as Symantec and Kaspersky. We will configure all our clients PCs to ensure that their desktops receive regular patches so they are protected from the latest virus and we conduct periodic PC MOTs to check the general health of your PCs
3. Protecting Your Servers: We apply anti-virus to your servers and employ 24/7 systems monitoring and patch management to ensure your servers are in tip top condition.
4. Web Protection: We also employ web filtering solutions to ensure that viruses are not introduces to your network that way.
Give us a call on 0800 001 5942 or email vip@supremesystems.co.uk for further information on our Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus solutions.
