Aladdin Announces New Version of the Award Winning eSafe Desktop and eSafe Enterprise 2.2.Business/High Tech Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2000 Aladdin Unveils the Latest Version of eSafe, Awarded PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Two Consecutive Years and Chosen as a Best of 1999 Internet Product Aladdin Knowledge Systems Aladdin Knowledge Systems NASDAQ: ALDN is a company that provides solutions for software digital rights management and Internet security since 1985. Its corporate headquarters are located in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Nasdaq: ALDN), a global leader in the field of Internet content and software security, today announced a new version of eSafe Desktop and eSafe Enterprise 2.2, the complete content security solution for corporations and home users. Aladdin's eSafe Desktop and eSafe Enterprise Client were awarded PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Award two consecutive years, and chosen by PC Magazine as a Best of 1999 Internet product. eSafe is the first content security solution to offer comprehensive protection from vandals (malicious mobile code, Trojans, Worms, VB/JavaScript etc.), viruses, data exposure and inappropriate content. eSafe Enterprise and Desktop are compatible with Windows95(R), Windows98(R), WindowsNT(R), Office2000(R) and now Windows 2000(R). eSafe Desktop is available to home users free of charge on Aladdin's website, and the eSafe Enterprise 2.2 upgrade is now available free of charge to customers under maintenance contracts. To download both products or for more information, please visit: http://www.esafe.com . eSafe Desktop and Enterprise 2.2 feature Sandbox A restricted environment in which certain functions are prohibited. For example, deleting files and modifying system information such as Registry settings and other control panel functions may be prohibited. II(TM), a new version of Aladdin's proactive virus and vandal quarantine technology The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. with enhanced security and transparency to users. The Sandbox is a proactive security module, constantly monitoring both your computer and Internet for hostile activity, ready to intervene the moment a potential threat is identified. When any form of malicious code attempts hostile activity, eSafe traps and quarantines the vandal within the Sandbox, alerting users to the vandal's activity and allowing you to take appropriate action without risk of damaging mission-critical information. Also in eSafe Desktop and Enterprise 2.2 are new protection features for the Personal Firewall module, eSafe's unique communications filter. New additions to the Personal Firewall provide increased protection against Internet vandals such as Trojans, Back Doors, Hacker Tools, and malicious Java and ActiveX designed to remotely hijack your computer. eSafe Enterprise 2.2 offers unmatched Enterprise management capabilities. Through the eConsole module, eSafe allows transparent deployments to the desktop, remote configuration, updates and upgrades of the security features on a user, group or enterprise level. &uot;Aladdin is dedicated to moving beyond reactive protection to proactively guard vital information from damage caused by malicious code,&uot; said Shimon Gruper, Aladdin's Executive Vice President for Internet Technology. &uot;eSafe 2.2 is unique in that it doesn't wait for virus table updates to protect against the latest threat such as BubbleBoy and ExploreZIP vandals. Through our enhanced Sandbox II features, we are taking proactive protection to new levels by trapping malicious vandals before they can harm digital assets and spread to other computers in the organization.&uot; The eSafe suite of software products offer complete Internet protection to safeguard networks and PC's from vandals, viruses, data exposure and inappropriate content. Aladdin's eSafe products contain more that 20 protection features not found in any other security 'suite'. In addition to the new features offered in 2.2, eSafe also offers: -- Macro Terminator (1) A character that ends a string of alphanumeric characters. (2) A hardware component that is connected to the last peripheral device in a series or the last node in a network. (TM) technology, which detects and cleans new and unknown macro viruses A virus that is written in a macro language and placed within a document. Viruses have to be "run" in order to do things. When the document is opened and the macro is executed, commands in the macro language do the destruction or the prank. Thankfully, most viruses are harmless. -- Ghost Machine For the Torchwood episode, see . Ghost Machine is a five-piece music group from the United States. Their music is a mixture of industrial metal, progressive rock and experimental rock. (TM) technology, which offers unrivalled protection against polymorphic viruses A virus that changes its binary code each time it infects a new file. Without an identifiable pattern to match, it is extremely difficult to discover under normal methods. Also called a "stealth virus," one way to detect it is by its actions (see behavior blocking). See virus. -- ICSA See TruSecure. and CheckMark certified automatic detection and removal of known and unknown viruses. -- Comprehensive virus/vandal protection, content filter, personal firewall, and configuration freeze -- Central Administration and Control across Windows NT/2000 Domains -- Automatic deployment of and updating throughout the network: local, mobile and remote -- Automatic hierarchical Multi-Server Updates -- Enterprise management using unique eConsole module -- Desktop lockdown The prevention of changes to configuration settings in a client machine. See system policy. that disallows desktop configuration changes by users Aladdin's Content Security Response Team (CSRT CSRT Combatant Status Review Tribunal CSRT Conseil Supérieur de la Recherche et de la Technologie (France) CSRT Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists CSRT Combat Status Review Tribunal CSRT Connecticut Society of Radiologic Technologists ) is constantly on guard watching for new Internet-borne threats, viruses and vandals, providing timely solutions to our customers. For more information about CSRT, please visit our Content Security Portal at: http://www.esafe.com/csrt/. For more information about eSafe Desktop and Enterprise 2.2, visit Aladdin's website at http://www.esafe.com. eSafe Enterprise is available for 30 days evaluation and as a shrink-wrapped product, and eSafe Desktop is available free of charge to all home users. About Aladdin Aladdin (Nasdaq: ALDN) is a global leader in securing digital content, from applications software to Internet use and access. Aladdin's products include HASP (Houston Automatic Spooling Program) A mainframe spooling program that provides task, job and data management functions. HASP - Houston Automatic Spooling Program and Hardlock, software security systems that protect the revenues of developers and publishers; Privilege, a software licensing platform for the Internet; the eSafe line of anti-vandal, anti-virus and content filtering See Web filtering and parental control software. software for PCs and networks connected to the Internet; and eToken for Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. . Aladdin serves its customers through eight offices located in the world's major software markets as well as a network of 50 distributors serving more than 100 countries. For more information visit our website at www.aks.com. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion