Commtouch Announces A Real-Time Solution for Early Virus Protection.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Commtouch(R) (Nasdaq:CTCHC), the innovator of anti-spam solutions featuring Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD RPD Rapid RPD Radiation Protection Dosimetry RPD Rapid Product Development RPD Rochester Police Department RPD Recurrent Pattern Detection (Commtouch anti-spam engine) RPD Relative Percent Difference RPD Removable Partial Denture )(TM) technology, today announced a powerful complement to existing anti-virus (AV) solutions. The new offering will enable AV solution providers, security integrators and security appliance Security appliances protect computer networks from unwanted data traffic, intruders, email spam, enforce policies, and may also be used to create and manage VPNs. There are a number of types of security appliances. vendors to provide pre-emptive pre·emp·tive or pre-emp·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of preemption. 2. Having or granted by the right of preemption. 3. a. protection against emerging threats even before they are identified. A Wide Window of Vulnerability A window of vulnerability or wov is a time frame within which defensive measures are reduced, compromised or lacking. The term is used with reference to military defences of strategic assets, and also by analogy in computer software to a software vulnerability which is open "For each new virus outbreak, Anti-Virus vendors need up to 24 hours to release a new signature: this is the enormous window of vulnerability," said Commtouch President and Chief Technology Officer Amir Lev lev-, pref See levo-. . "Our new offering will close this window. It is the ideal complement to existing AV solutions." Detecting a new outbreak, developing a new signature, testing its effectiveness in-house, and distributing it to subscribers are all time-consuming processes. Harmful viruses such as MyDoom reach their peak and infect infect /in·fect/ (in-fekt´) 1. to invade and produce infection in. 2. to transmit a pathogen or disease to. in·fect v. 1. millions of users hours before a signature is released. A recent CSI/FBI Report estimated that viruses caused damages of $55 billion in 2004, despite the fact that 99% of the organizations surveyed had anti-virus protection. Protecting Subscribers in Real-Time Commtouch's new solution will protect subscribers from the first minutes of a new outbreak. "This is precisely the complement AV vendors need to complete their offerings," says Lev. "We immediately identify messages that are part of massive outbreaks, without wasting valuable time in analyzing the virus. Our subscribers are protected in real-time, far before signatures are available." Beagle Virus Blocked Hours Ahead of Signatures The new offering has already shown impressive results. Commtouch was the first to block the beagle.av and beagle.aw viruses, which were "in the wild" on October 29. Commtouch first released an AV update to block the virus at 1.26 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, Temps Universel Coordonné) The international time standard (formerly Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT). Zero hours UTC is midnight in Greenwich, England, which is located at 0 degrees longitude. -- nine hours ahead of any AV vendor. About RPD(TM)- Recurrent Pattern Detection Commtouch's Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD(TM)) technology detects massive email outbreaks within seconds or minutes of their distribution over the Internet - immediately blocking mass-mailed messages. RPD's long lasting effectiveness in anti-spam applications has been proven in independent evaluations by groups such as Osterman Research, and RPD is designed to detect all types of outbreaks. About Commtouch Commtouch Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTCHC) is dedicated to protecting and preserving the integrity of the world's most important communications tool - email. A global developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam solutions, Commtouch has an installed base of over 25 million users. The company's core technologies, including RPD(TM) - Recurrent Pattern Detection, reflect Commtouch's 13 years of experience developing messaging software. Commtouch solutions are incorporated into OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and applications and are also sold through channels and resellers. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel and has a subsidiary in Mountain View, CA. For more information, see: www.commtouch.com. Note: Commtouch(R) is a registered trademark and RPD(TM) - Recurrent Pattern Detection is a trademark of Commtouch Software Ltd. Other terms and product names in this document may be trademarks of others. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. , including projections about our business, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. For example, statements in the future tense future tense n. A verb tense expressing future time. Noun 1. future tense - a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future future , and statements including words such as "expect", "plan", "estimate", anticipate", or "believe" are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on information available to us at the time of the release; we assume no obligation to update any of them. The statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations as a result of numerous factors, including the non-occurrence of any of the company's prospective future events; the delisting Delisting When the stock of a company is removed from a stock exchange. Notes: Reasons for delisting include violating regulations and/or failure to meet financial specifications set out by the stock exchange. of Commtouch shares by The Nasdaq SmallCap Market; the acceleration of the payment date of convertible notes due to a delisting by Nasdaq; business conditions and growth or deterioration de·te·ri·o·ra·tion n. The process or condition of becoming worse. in the Internet market, commerce and the general economy both domestic as well as international; fewer than expected new-partner relationships; competitive factors including pricing pressures; technological developments, and products offered by competitors; availability of qualified staff for expansion; and technological difficulties and resource constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. encountered in developing new products as well as those risks described in the text of this press release or the company's Annual Reports on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K, which are available through www.sec.gov. Recurrent Pattern Detection and RPD are trademarks and Commtouch is a registered trademark of Commtouch Software Ltd. |
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