Aplus.Net
Protects Customers from Spam and Computer Viruses
[1st December 2003]
San Diego, California –December
1, 2003 - Aplus.Net, a leading Internet presence provider
to small and medium-sized businesses, announced today
that Aplus.Net customers receive top-notch protection
from spam and computer viruses as a free value-added
service.
“It is part of our mission to
provide the greatest value and customer-friendly service
in the industry,” said Ivan Vachovsky, chief executive
officer for Aplus.Net. “We provide several layers
of e-mail security, which is a huge convenience for
small businesses with minimal or no IT staff. Our proactive
approach helps our customers to avoid paying fees for
a professional to clean their PCs.”
According to industry experts, there
are currently over 12.4 billion spam e-mails sent on
daily basis, which accounts for over 40% of all e-mail.
The estimated yearly cost to U.S. businesses in 2002
was $8.9 billion. This figure will continue to grow
exponentially as spam is estimated to increase by 63%
by the year 2007.
Viruses are also wrecking havoc. The
recent 8th Annual ICSA Labs Virus Prevalence Survey
found that computer viruses are becoming more costly,
more destructive, and causing more real damage to data
and systems than in the past.
The dramatic impact of spam and viruses
is what prompted Aplus.Net to invest in spam and virus
filters to protect their customers from the economic
and productivity drain caused by these nuisances.
Aplus.Net’s spam protection has
two levels of filtering. There is a filter at the router
level to remove all messages that are undoubtedly spam
and a second filter at the user level. The second-level
filter is easily set up via Aplus.Net’s web-based
control panel and it gives Aplus.Net customers the option
to review spam-flagged e-mail before it is deleted.
Aplus.Net’s virus filter detects
and eliminates viruses before they ever enter the network.
This is especially important because industry research
has shown that many small businesses and home users
don’t use or regularly update virus software.
“Let's face it, businesses rely
on computer systems,” said Ronan Winter, executive
vice president of marketing and business development
for Aplus.Net. “They are vital to our daily businesses
operations and poor computer performance or downtime
caused by spam or computer viruses is not something
that small businesses can tolerate and expect to survive.”
About Aplus.Net (www.aplus.net)
Aplus.Net is a leading provider of Internet services
to small and medium-sized businesses. The company’s
headquarters are located in San Diego, CA with other
offices in Anaheim, CA, Sacramento, CA, Atlanta, GA
and Europe. Aplus.Net specializes in providing a complete
Internet presence, including domain name registration,
corporate identity on the Internet, matching e-mail
addresses, web design, web hosting, e-commerce, credit
card processing tools, and website maintenance. Aplus.Net
is among the ten largest privately held web hosting
and domain name registration companies in the USA and
is a facilities based provider. The Company owns and
operates its own data center and its own ICANN accredited
domain names registrar (Names4Ever.com).
For More Information
Ronan Winter
Marketing & Business Development
Aplus.Net
(858) 410-6908
ronanw@aplus.net
For
more information: http://www.aplus.net
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Jennifer Clark
Aplus.Net
10350 Barnes Canyon Road
San Diego , CA 92121 SUSA
jenniferc@aplus.net
www.aplus.net |
