According to Hostway’s director of marketing, John Lee, as of 4:00 pm Tuesday, the company’s spam and email filtering system CleanMail had blocked an average of three MyDoom attacks per email account.
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CleanMail, free of charge to customers, was integrated into Hostway’s Web hosting offerings last week.
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Meanwhile, Montana-based Modwest also reported successful blocking of the MyDoom virus today.
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“We’re filtering nearly two thousand per hour, making the MyDoom/Novarg worm one of the hardest-hitting worms that we’ve seen,” said John Masterson, vice president and co-founder of Modwest. “The system is handling the increased load, and no viruses or worms are getting through.”
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Modwest includes virus filtering free of charge for all its Web hosting plans. For managed server accounts, the service is a paid option.
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The MyDoom virus began spreading on Monday, January 26 at around 9:00 pm GMT. The virus has become the fastest-spreading in history, and is believed to have already caused more than $3 billion in economic damage worldwide.
