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E-mail Virus Protection Handbook : Protect your E-mail from Viruses, Tojan Horses, and Mobile Code Attacks

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Just finished reading most of this book, and have found it very well done. I'm a sysadmin at a small company and part of my work is e-mail administration. This book will reside on my shelf at work, and will be used repeatedly. The neat thing about the book is that people who are looking for some e-mail support at home (or in a small office) will find many parts of it useful. Covers everything from Web based mail to Outlook to personal firewalls. An interesting and useful read. Well Done.

I purchased this book after my e-mail and web browser were getting hack attacks. The information in this book gave me alot of tools on how to plug up vulnerable points in my Outlook program, Outlook express and all other popular e-mail programs as well as web browser Active X and Java attacks and instant messenger attacks. It also goes into how the hackers get into your system and what the code looks like and how to search for it on your computer if they are stored on your hard drive. Very good book, I highly recommend it!

Picked this up a week or so ago, and have found myself referring to it on a number of occasions. The overall treatment is nice, as it delves into things needed for both the home user and email admin. I've especially enjoyed (and found useful) the chapters on Securing Win2K Server and Securing Red Hat Linux for email services.

I was extremely happy to find this book on Amazon, because of all the problems our company has had with e-mail viruses over the past several months. The book adressed almost all of the types of attacks that I've had to deal with, and many others that I've been trying to prevent. It's obvious that the authors know their stuff, and they do an excellent job of communicating their knowledge and experience. Highly recommended!

E-Mail Virus Protection Handbook is a great book for learning where your email software is vulnerable and how you can defend yourself against malicious code in your email. The authors provide a detailed overview of the various malicious code threats- viruses, worms, trojans, etc. They also discuss a range of email clients from Outlook and Outlook Express to web-based email programs such as Hotmail or Yahoo Mail. For each client they provide some common weaknesses and give detailed explanations of what you can do to protect your computer. Email is one of the most common vectors for malicious code attacks and it is important for everyone to be aware of how to guard against these threats. While slightly dated, I still recommend this book.

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This book is amazing, covering all aspects of email related issues and the ways to deal with. I pretty much enjoyed reading the chapter on web-based mail issues, which drives me to use hushmail than yahoo or hotmail.

Good topic for a book but like most Syngress books I've bought the editing is poor and too many errors slip by and make you wonder about the accuracy of the topics and examples.