Commtouch Reports Less Than 1% of All Spam Attacks in First Week of 2004 Complied with New CAN-SPAM Law.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2004 Company to Continue to Track and Report on Its Website Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of Spam on a Weekly Basis Commtouch (Nasdaq:CTCH CTCH Common Traffic Channel ), a global developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam solutions, said that as the CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003) A U.S. statute effective January 1, 2004 that allows spammers to be fined up to $6 million. act became law Jan. 1, 2004, Commtouch's spam detection center saw no significant change in the number of spam attacks. In addition, the company began monitoring in its SPAM labs the emails that are being sent to see if they comply with the new federal anti-spam law. As of Jan. 8, less than 1% of all bulk email sent over the Internet did comply with the new regulations; Commtouch notes that it is too early to determine the effect of the new federal anti-spam law since the first days of January are usually slow days for spammers. The Commtouch Recurrent recurrent /re·cur·rent/ (re-kur´ent) [L. recurrens returning] 1. running back, or toward the source. 2. returning after remissions. re·cur·rent adj. 1. Pattern Detection technology (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)) is designed to identify and filter massive spam attacks that violate certain guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. of the CAN-SPAM Act 2003 within seconds. It is capable of matching and cross-matching characteristics of new spam attacks with its constantly updated vast database of spam-patterns and to assess if they comply with the CAN-SPAM Act 2003. "Solicited and unsolicited un·so·lic·it·ed adj. Not looked for or requested; unsought: an unsolicited manuscript; unsolicited opinions. unsolicited Adjective emails sent in bulk are the targets of the CAN-SPAM act, and Commtouch's recurrent patterns detection technology has perhaps the best target scope available to hunt and track them down," said Avner Amram, executive vice president at Commtouch. "Our periodic reports will provide the number of spam attacks and the percentages that comply with the CAN-SPAM law, and be made available on the Commtouch web site at www.commtouch.com. Our aim is to help measure progress being made in the war against spam. It is our opinion that the CAN-SPAM law is a move in the right direction to work in concert with anti-spam technology to change spammer behavior." About Commtouch Commtouch Software Ltd. is a developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam solutions. Its mission is to protect and preserve the integrity of the world's most pervasive pervasive, adj indicates that a condition permeates the entire development of the individual. communications tool -- email. The company's core technologies reflect its decade of experience as a leading vendor of email software applications and provider of global messaging services. Commtouch's patent-pending technologies are employed in solutions that are sold through channels, resellers and also directly to enterprises. Commtouch anti-spam technologies also are incorporated in software applications of security and messaging OEMs. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel and its subsidiary, Commtouch Inc., is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded in 1991 and has been publicly traded since 1999 (Nasdaq:CTCH). To learn more about Commtouch's solutions visit http://www.commtouch.com. Note: Commtouch(R) is a registered trademark and RPD(TM) 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 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 company's Annual Reports on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K, which are available through www.sec.gov. |
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