In the perpetual battle against spam, Avinti has thrown its hat into the game with its email gateway plugin. Reading through the article presented a very generic description of the tool: Called NEWT, for Neutralize E-mail-Web Threats, the software is designed to block URLs and IP addresses embedded in inbound spam messages that link to known malware sites, according to company officials. How does a tool like this stack up to the likes of SpamAssassin or Spamhaus's DROP list? Does Avinti's database of known malware links scale to today's amount of incoming spam? . The link for this article located at Network World is no longer available. . Explore the advantages of Avinti's NEWT plugin as it targets spam reduction and effectively barricades malicious URLs.. Avinti NEWT, Email Gateway Plugin, Spam Protection, Malware Defense. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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