Spam Cube screens spam and viruses before they make it to your box

We're used to seeing a bit of plug-and-play hardware firewall protection, but spam and virus protection usually takes some fiddling around with software and a bit of our precious computerly resources. Well, Spam Cube hopes bring the hurt on spam, viruses (email ones at least), and phishing with a new box that stands between you and your broadband modem, flagging or deleting email messages before they get to your Mac or PC's mail program. Spam protection is free, but for the "Security OnDemand" services you'll have to fork over $52 a year. The Spam Cube goes for $150, comes in many colors (hows about a blue/yellow and pink edition?), and should be available in a month or so.

[Via TG Daily]

[Brandon @ Mar 3rd 2006 9:53AM]

o come on! take your spam like a man...just delete it...we all know you have no friends. alls your waiting for is that one personalty quiz that you were supposed to get last week by your gr.9 english partner JOSH "the nose picker" O'brian. But what you didnt know is that "JOSH" is a dumb ass and he constantly "breaks" his computer.ie: downloaded too much porn. "come on JOSH!!! im still waiting on that quiz, and i dont care that you moved to michigan so stop calling my house and just send that e-mail!"

ps.my anger managment classes start next week.

[Jerome @ Mar 3rd 2006 10:01AM]

I wonder if this will be useful when Window Vista come out? Bill Gates told everyone one that spam would never exist in 2010 or something. ( is that correct? )

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Windows Vista is engineered to be the most secure version of Windows yet...
:P

[thispaceforsale @ Mar 3rd 2006 10:22AM]

Where does the spam go? Does the spam processor output cubes, like bouillon, or do you periodically have to replace the clogged filter?

[Dana @ Mar 3rd 2006 10:25AM]

I use a Gmail/Outlook combo for my mail and the spam that ends up in my inbox per week is in the single digits. The software out there is already good enough. Why do we need this box?

[Nate @ Mar 3rd 2006 10:32AM]

You'd think they'd call it the ANTI Spam Cube :P

[Ben Sinclair @ Mar 3rd 2006 11:00AM]

I think the real question is what does this small, $150 box run on, and what can we turn it into?

[kenny @ Mar 3rd 2006 11:03AM]

agree with Dana...

It is my hope that most people are using online Mail services...wasn't there a rumor at one point that Microsoft was going to drop Outlook Express for the sole reason the online email systems were better?

but then we look at businesses that depend on Outlook/ect programs, and well this looks to be the solution...even though they should already have a gateway/router/ect that scans what comes into and out of the work place?

[Anansi @ Mar 3rd 2006 11:14AM]

Hard to see how this product got funded. Most users already get some degree of spam filtering from their ISP or their webmail provider. This combined with the spam filter in the mail tool would render this thing a needless space heater (assuming it even has a fan).

[Louis @ Mar 3rd 2006 11:17AM]

Or you could just get a mac...

[x23 @ Mar 3rd 2006 11:33AM]

macs can't get spam? that's a new one. and i've used macs since the late 80s. and work in a mac-centric office.

[untitled @ Mar 3rd 2006 11:34AM]

Am I the only one that first looked at this and said, Electronic Talking Scale?

[bt @ Mar 3rd 2006 11:50AM]

Do people really get that much spam that they need hardware to sift through the mountains? I use a combination of Mail.app and Gmail, which already does a great job of identifying legitimate email.

I like my $150 better than the half a minute I spend once or twice a week with spam.

[Michael Reyes @ Mar 3rd 2006 12:11PM]

"From The Creators of Spam Comes The Spam Cube"

[Bandito @ Mar 3rd 2006 12:16PM]

Seems sketchy to me. I was thinking this might be a good solution in a small office environment with 10-20 PCs, however on the product page it says it supports up to 4 PCs (how does it know how man are connected behind the router?). Also, there doesn't seem to be any way to ask technical questions short of phoning. The "Live Chat" link doesn't do anything, and the email link takes you to a form requiring a serial # for a purchased Cube. You'd think they'd be willing to answer pre-purchase questions. Very very sketchy.

[Mike @ Mar 3rd 2006 12:44PM]

Macs and spam-

I get more spam from my .mac email than anything else. 10-20 per day - you'd think that for $99 a year, they'd at least include some sort of spam filter.

[John from Buffalo @ Mar 3rd 2006 12:52PM]

Um, or you can simply invest in a Cobalt Qube from Sun Microsystems for 12x the cost, but its a 1 time cost.

[Wisin y Yandel @ Mar 3rd 2006 2:03PM]

It is a cool idea but most email companys already block spam.

[Jimmy @ Mar 3rd 2006 3:01PM]

Just get Blue Frog, it's free, and it does the same thing. When you get spam in your e-mail, you check it and hit report and Blue Frog reports it to your e-mail provider (hotmail, yahoo, whatever) and then it stops coming to your e-mail. Works great! I have it as an extension for Firefox, but I believe it works with other browsers too, just google Blue Frog

[Karen @ Mar 3rd 2006 3:20PM]

True but this is a piece of hardware. Not software, i can't tell you how much security software im fed up with it eats cpu + ram. software sucks!

[evo @ Mar 3rd 2006 8:27PM]

Given the name, I think they missed the biggest packaging design opportunity in history with that sleek silver cube. By God, if I have a Spam Cube on my desk, it damn well better look like a big cube of processed meat!

[russ @ Mar 4th 2006 1:10AM]

wow. this post has had some of the (intentionally) funniest comments I've seen on endgadget..

i'd agree this box has pretty questionable uses. what sort of hardware is it - can someone hack it to play doom, operate as a PVR, and missile guidance system (all at once)?

[joe @ Mar 10th 2006 5:54PM]

I tried to order this on their website online,from my buddy computer thats already hooked up A SPAM BOX, but i wasnt able to recieve the conformation email, because it was blocked and tagged as spam..how ironic


GREAT PRODUCT GUYS , WHATS NEXT A CARTON OF PRE-ROTTEN MILK?

[Oliver @ Mar 30th 2006 12:26AM]

PC World reviewed the spam cube they said it was pretty good. Anyone here buy it yet?

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,125180,00.asp