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CubeCart Stores – Sending Spam – Urgent Information & Action

akis — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:57:10 +0000

URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Unfortunately we have found a number of CubeCart stores being exploited due to a CubeCart (3rd party software) security flaw related to the tell-a-friend feature which has recently come to light and we are now taking action on all AKIS Design+Host client CubeCart stores in order to stop this happening again in the future. Important – If you have a CubeCart store built by us then please read this announcement in full…

PROBLEM:
Installations of CubeCart v3 has a flaw which has now come to light and so is now allowing spammers/ hackers to exploit the “Tell a Friend” code contained within the script to send Junk mail to people. We have received reports from the SpamCop service that some client accounts are being used to send mass spam emails.

ACTION ALREADY TAKEN:
For those accounts confirmed as sending spam – we have disabled the files that control the sending of email via CubeCart. This will be affecting all emails sent out from those affected website stores at present and therefore we are taking urgent action to fix the problem and so reactivate site emails.

ACTION TO BE TAKEN ASAP:
Due to the exploited tell-a-friend feature we will be removing this feature from all AKIS Design+Host CubeCart ecommerce sites. This will not be reinstated.

We will keep you updated and individually advise each client if directly affected by the spam issue.

WordPress New Release – 3.0 Out Now!

akis — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:28:55 +0000

WordPress 3.0 has finally been released and is now available to upgrade/install – see info and download page here. We’ve now started the process of checking site themes for 3.0 compatibility and then upgrading sites – we hope to have all client sites updated over the next 7 days. Get in touch if you have any questions about this new release – or see the WordPress 3.0 info/blog page.

25% Discount to existing clients with pre-2010 websites

akis — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:30:00 +0000

Further to the announcement below regarding phasing out our revisions service for old sites, we are happy to confirm that for the duration of 2010 we are now offering a 25% discount to clients with existing ‘static’ AKIS websites built prior to 2010 if they wish to upgrade to a new website from our current range. Contact us if you are an existing client and would like to take advantage of this offer.

Advance Notice: Phasing out revisions service to pre-2010 sites

akis — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:16:27 +0000

This news post applies to all AKIS clients with websites built prior to 2010 – i.e. those with ‘static’ websites rather than a CubeCart ecommerce site or our new WordPress database driven websites. Please note that we are phasing out the provision of our update/revision services to these old style static sites at the end of 2010. From 2011 we will only be offering to carry out minor edits such as text changes or photo swaps – not the addition of new pages, major layout changes, etc. But we are now offering a 25% discount to clients with existing AKIS websites built prior to 2010 if they wish to upgrade to a new website from our current range – see separate announcement on this.

RoundCube Webmail Operation Help & Info

akis — Fri, 14 May 2010 10:55:43 +0000

RoundCube Webmail is a 3rd party interface system we provide to let you manage your email via the web from any internet pc (ie for when you don’t use or don’t have access to a pc based email program such as Outlook, thunderbird, etc.) It’s very easy to use but if you’re looking for some help and guidance on the basics of using it then have a look at RoundCube’s help page.

Internet Explorer market share drops below 60%

akis — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:35:39 +0000

Less than two thirds of surfers are now using Microsoft’s browser on the web as other browsers increase in popularity. Internet Explorer slipped below 60 per cent of the market in April – read more at The Register.