BitDefender Issues New Whitepaper on Fighting Image Spam

Report finds that new techniques used by spammers lead to an increase in image spam by almost 40 percent

[ClickPress, Thu Mar 15 2007] BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today the availability of a new whitepaper entitled “Fighting Image Spam.” The whitepaper details the sharp increase in image spam and the methods in which BitDefender detects image spam and protect consumers.

"Image spam has increased to 30-40% of the total amount of circu¬lating spam, with random noise changing with almost every image sent,” said Bogdan Dumitru, BitDefender CTO. “Detection rates have dropped even further, from more than 97% to almost 65-75%. “Because spammers are using new techniques of image poisoning to defeat spam filters, there is a great need for security vendors to develop more reliable detection methods. BitDefender has spearheaded the efforts at fighting image spam with its new SID (Spam Image Distance) filter, which ignores text within images and instead learns by experience some common characteristics of the images.”

To learn more about BitDefender’s SID filter, please download a complimentary copy of the company’s new whitepaper, “Fighting Image Spam,” at: http://snipurl.com/1d328.

About BitDefender®
BitDefender is a leading global provider of security solutions that satisfy the protection requirements of today's computing environment. The company offers one of the industry's fastest and most effective lines of security software, setting new standards for threat prevention, timely detection and mitigation. BitDefender delivers products and services to over 41 million home and corporate users in more than 180 countries. BitDefender has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Romania. Further information about BitDefender can be obtained by visiting: http://www.bitdefender.com.

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U.S. Media Contact:
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Phone: +1 781-404-2430
Email: BitDefender@TopazPartners.com

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