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About 99main and What We Offer
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99main Internet Services is a Norwich, Connecticut based Internet Service Provider, established in 1996. It is our mission to provide fast, reliable and affordable Internet access and technical support to home and business users across Connecticut. As a member of both the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut and the Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce, we continue to grow by offering our high quality Internet services to residential consumers and businesses alike.
99main uses all-digital, T1, fiber-optic technology for both our dial-in lines and our Internet trunks, affording the cleanest possible connection to our customers. We support Windows 3.11, Windows 95/98/ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac, and Unix. We can help you set up any browser or SMTP/POP3 E-mail program you choose. We have dedicated servers for World Wide Web, DNS, E-mail, FTP, and Usenet News. To find out more about our services, see our Account Options.
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2008 Monday, May 5 - AVG Releases Update to Free Anti-Virus Software
GRISOFT has announced an update to their AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. The new Program update AVG 8.0 contains over a dozen new and enhanced features to deliver exceptional threat detection, usability and scanning efficiency. Also, the new version now incorporates protection against spyware through a new combined antivirus and antispyware engine. You can learn more about the new release of AVG Free by visiting the GRISOFT Website.
2008 Thursday, April 24 - Microsoft May Rethink Retiring XP in June
Steve Ballmer of Microsoft released a statement today that hints on extending the life of Windows XP beyond the projected end date of June of this year. There is an interesting article discussing this at InformationWeek.com. You can read the article by clicking here.
2008 Thursday, April 24 - Microsoft Releases Vista SP1
The first service pack for Windows Vista has been released. Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) went onto Microsoft's Download Center website earlier this week. According to Microsoft, the service pack will be pushed out via automatic updates to all Vista users next month. Vista SP1 is a roll-up of previous updates that have been pushed out to users of Microsoft's latest operating system since its release. The updates supposedly improve Vista's performance, although Microsoft admitted on its Vista team blog that users may still experience problems with drivers. For more information on this, please see Microsoft's support page by clicking here. If you are unfamiliar with Windows Update, please contact your System Administrator or Microsoft directly before downloading and installing any of Microsoft's products.
2008 Friday, March 28 - Adobe Now Offering Free Version of Photoshop Online
Adobe has launched a basic version of Adobe Photoshop available for free online. Photoshop Express will be completely Web-based so consumers can use it with any type of computer, operating system and browser. According to Yahoo! News, Adobe says providing Photoshop Express for free is part marketing and part strategy to create up-sell opportunities. It hopes some customers will move from the free version to boxed software like its $99 Photoshop Elements or to a subscription-based version of Express that's in the works. You can find more information at Adobe's official Photoshop Express site by clicking here.
2008 Tuesday, March 4 - Don't Forget about Daylight Saving Time Adjustment on March 9, 2008
Daylight Saving Time kicks in earlier this year, on March 9, 2008. Don't forget to "spring forward" an hour, or you may end up being late for church on Sunday, or your job on Monday! You can also check to be sure your computer is ready for DST by visiting Microsoft's page on this issue. Machines that are currently running Windows Vista are not affected, since Vista was finalized after the 2005 law to extend Daylight Saving Time was passed.
2008 Friday, February 8 - Search Engine Spam is New and Very Sneaky
The newest cyber-trick that spammers are using is Search Engine Spam, and it is generating loads of unwanted online advertisements by including valid-looking Google links for users to click on within E-mail messages. The tactic seems to be working, as one-fourth of all spam sent in January was “search engine spam,” according to e-mail security firm MessageLabs. The technique is sneaky and will often bypass spam filters because most current filtering tools can't filter out every e-mail with a Google link. Doing that would would cause too many legitimate e-mails to be rejected. Be wary of this new technique and simply ignore these types of links in E-mail. If the spammers have found new ways to infiltrate your Inbox with advertising, it is a sure bet that virus infections distributed in the same manner will soon follow. You can find more information by clicking here. Remember to be very careful with any E-mail attachments and links that are contained within your messages. If you don't know the sender, don't click on it! Keep your anti-virus program up to date, and if you don't already have a spam filter, sign up for 99main's Spam Filtering Service today!
2008 Wednesday, February 6 - Europe Now Generating Tons of Spam
There is an interesting article located on the ARS Technica web site that describes how Europe is now responsible for generating the bulk of spam worldwide. You can read more by clicking here. Remember to be very careful with any E-mail attachments and links that are contained within your messages. If you don't know the sender, don't click on it! Keep your anti-virus program up to date, and if you don't already have a spam filter, sign up for 99main's Spam Filtering Service today!
2008 Thursday, January 17 - Storm Worm on the Rise Again
The Storm worm first appeared in January of 2007, hiding in e-mail attachments with the subject line: "230 dead as storm batters Europe." Those who opened the attachment became infected, their computers joining an ever-growing botnet. This particular version of the Trojan arrived in your Inbox with an attachment and a subject line that was meant to lure you into opening the file, such as a political event of great interest.
Recently, as reported by the SANS Internet Storm Center, a new variant of the worm has begun to arrive. At the moment, the attack seems lazy, as the infected e-mails simply contain a Valentine's Day subject with only an IP address in the body. Once clicked, end users are sent to a web site that displays a heart and a message that "Your download should begin shortly." Those of you whose downloads might not begin shortly as advertised, are advised that clicking "here" and choosing "run" will begin the infection process launch the download.
To protect yourself against these types of attacks, the best advice is simple: keep your Anti-Virus programs up to date, make sure your operating systems are updated with the latest patches, and don't open any attachments or click on any links unless the message is from a trusted sender. For more information, please visit the SANS Storm Center by clicking here.
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