Lavasoft Spyware: an Industry Leader fighting for youWritten by Spy Killer
Spyware is a frequently occurring word in technology circles these days, with menacing undertones. Spyware is software that downloads onto your computer piggybacked onto other downloads you requested. Spyware software comes in many forms: adware, malware, and pop-up ads. Each of these forms to about same thing: they infect your computer no matter how new and complex your firewall or virus blocker happens to be. They slip by these protections because they look just like a part of program you requested. They infect your personal computer and can contaminate important system files. Spyware retards rate at which your computer runs, making it very slow and difficult to use. Spyware can crash your system, ruining important data and possibly ruining your system forever. Spyware relays where you spend time browsing on internet, profiles your internet shopping habits, and will even transmit your credit card and social security numbers back to publisher of spyware. If they choose not to exploit your personal information themselves, they may choose to sell it to a third party, at whose discretion you will be victim. Fortunately, Lavasoft spyware protection can protect you from infringement of unwanted parasites on your machine.
| | IKANO Acquires Assets of Washington-Based Internet Service Provider AmerionWritten by Debra Labelle
Salt Lake City (March 23, 2005) - IKANO Communications, world’s largest provider of private-label Internet services, has acquired subscriber base and certain related assets of Amerion, a Pasco, Washington-based Internet company providing dial-up, DSL, wireless, fiber and dedicated Internet to customers located primarily in western United States (http://www.amerion.com). “This acquisition will give subscribers a number of Internet service enhancements at no additional cost,” said Henry Smith, president and CEO of IKANO Communications. “Our business model and goal is not only to keep local ISPs in operation, but to strengthen them and allow them to flourish within local or regional market in which they operate. We will keep Amerion name and build on strength of Amerion brand.” As a result of this agreement, subscribers will have available to them a sizable array of features and services that were not previously offered. Subscribers will have access to nationwide IKANO network featuring over 3,400 unique dial-up locations (20,000+ local access numbers) throughout U.S. and Canada. In addition, Amerion subscribers will be able to purchase PowerDSL, a new competitively priced nationwide DSL service with all extras. Subscribers will also have option to add more e-mail accounts than they could before transaction with more storage space per account. In addition, each account will include 100 MB of personal web space and access to PageProducer Web page creation tool, two features that were not previously offered.
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