CounterSpy Wins PC World Magazine Best Buy Award; Antispyware Program Beats Out Webroot Spysweeper, Lavasoft Ad-Aware and PestPatrol in Recent PC World's Shoot-out.CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Sunbelt Software Founded in 1984 Sunbelt Software is a software company based out of Clearwater, Florida and provider of enterprise system infrastructure software, including anti-spyware, security, anti-spam and system management tools. , a leading provider of Windows security solutions, today announced that it has received the PC World Magazine Best Buy award for its antispyware tool, CounterSpy. In a review of seven antispyware products, PC World gave CounterSpy its Best Buy award for delivering the highest spyware detection rate. CounterSpy was found to be the most capable antispyware program, providing an overall scanning efficiency of 85%. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the PC World review, "Sunbelt Software's CounterSpy, our new Best Buy, proved the most capable of the products we tested, with the highest detection rates, cleanest interface, and fastest scan speeds. And its $20 price for a year of updates and tech support is a bargain." Some highlights of the tests included: --CounterSpy had the fastest scanning speeds, taking only one minute to perform a complete scan of a system with 2.7GB of data. --CounterSpy was the only product that was able to shut down and remove the tenacious WinTools from their system. --CounterSpy caught 100% of both unwanted Browser Helper Objects A Browser Helper Object (BHO) is a DLL module designed as a plugin for Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser to provide added functionality. BHOs were introduced in October 1997 with the release of version 4 of Internet Explorer. (BHOs) and new additions to a browser's menu. The review, which is in the April issue of PC World Magazine, featured CounterSpy from Sunbelt Software, Webroot Spysweeper, Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE, Intermute Spysubtract, Spybot Search and Destroy, Computer Associates' (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CA) PestPatrol, Aluria Spyware Eliminator, McAfee (NYSE:MFE MFE - maximal free expression ) AntiSpyware, and Allume (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :IMSI IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSI International Microcomputer Software, Inc. IMSI International Mobile Station Identity (now International Mobile Subscriber Identity) IMSI Idaho Maximum Security Institution ) Internet Cleanup. A copy of the review can be found at: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,119572,00.asp Pricing and Availability CounterSpy is priced at $19.95 and includes one year of definition updates, product upgrades and technical support. CounterSpy is available through resellers and affiliates nationwide or from Sunbelt Software's Web site at www.sunbelt-software.com. About Sunbelt Software Headquartered in Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. (Clearwater), Fla., Sunbelt Software was founded in 1994 and offers products to protect and secure systems from costly inefficiencies including spam and spyware; as well as enterprise solutions to protect against system downtime and security vulnerabilities. Sunbelt Software is part of the Sunbelt International Group, which includes Sunbelt Software, Inc. and Sunbelt System Software in Europe. The Sunbelt System Software group has offices in the UK, France, Netherlands, Sweden and Germany. Copyright (C) 2005 Sunbelt Software, Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks used are owned by their respective companies. |
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