Berlin, 02 December 2009 - eleven, the leading German e-mail security provider, introduced its Spam Calendar today.  E-mail users can visit www.spam-calendar.com to discover which events have either generated waves of spam in past years or are likely to unleash spam campaigns in the future.  The Spam Calendar is intended for both private and business e-mail users and includes holidays, sporting events, and political functions – and warns e-mail users of events likely to generate suspicious e-mails.  The calendar also catalogues the most important causes for spam in the last months.  Entries are founded on analyses carried out by the eleven Research Team, following the development of spam over the years.

The Spam Calendar is reflective of a trend that demonstrated continued growth in 2009: the creators of spam and malware e-mails are increasingly turning to popular events and occasions as the basis for deceitful e-mails.  For example, in 2009, massive spam waves followed Michael Jackson’s death or the release of the "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" films, in addition to the increasingly typical surges occurring around popular holidays like Valentine’s Day and Halloween, and in the weeks preceding Christmas.  The eleven Spam Calendar therefore warns users about dates that are likely to be used as a pretext for large-scale waves of spam or malware.

“Spam is becoming an increasingly seasonal business that takes advantage of many people’s interest in political, cultural, and sporting events, as well as special occasions like holidays.  The eleven Spam Calendar is meant to raise e-mail users’ awareness of the dangers and growing prevalence of event spam,” states Robert Rothe, the founder and managing director of eleven.

eleven – e-mail security made in Germany

eleven is Germany’s leading e-mail security provider. eXpurgate is the world’s only spam filter and e-mail categorisation service that offers reliable protection against spam and phishing e-mails, recognises potentially dangerous e-mails and differentiates between individual e-mails and any kind of bulk e-mail.  What’s more, eXpurgate also offers a powerful e-mail firewall and a comprehensive range of options for protecting against viruses.

More than 30,000 businesses of all sizes use the eXpurgate service. eXpurgate checks and categorises over 1 billion e-mails every day.  Alongside ISPs and carriers such as T-Online, O2, Vodafone and freenet, eleven’s client base includes many well-known companies and public institutions such as Air Berlin, the Association of German Banks, DATEV, the Free University of Berlin, Landesbank Berlin, Mazda, RTL, ThyssenKrupp and Tobit Software.  Further information can be found at www.eleven.de.

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