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• Sunbelt Network Security Inspector Wins IT Week Magazine's 2006 Editor's Choice Award

  - 2006-12-05

  Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software , today announced that its vulnerability assessment scanner, Sunbelt Network Security Inspector SNSI, received the prestigious Editor's Choice Award by IT Week Magazine. In its evaluation by editors, SNSI received five-out-of-five stars for value and security and was evaluated on...

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• Sunbelt Software Announces Top Ten Spyware Threats for August; Stats from Leading Security Provider Show Trojan Smitfraud for the First Time in Top Ten for Most Reported Prevalent Threats

  - 2006-09-05

  CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced the top ten most prevalent spyware threats for the month of August. The results are based on the monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware product CounterSpyTM. The Trojan.Smitfraud threat appears for the first time in...

  Tags: security, Sunbelt Software, trojan horse

• Sunbelt Software Introduces CounterSpy Web Client for Desktop Spyware Remediation; ActiveX Agent Extends Spyware Protection to the Desktop for Security Appliance Vendors and OEMs

  - 2006-07-25

  CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security solutions, today announced the availability of the CounterSpyTM 2.0 Web Client, a desktop scanning and removal utility that removes spyware from infected PCs without the need for a permanent client installation. Designed for OEMs, the ActiveX agent can be...

  Tags: agent, desktop, security, spyware, Sunbelt Software

• Sunbelt Software Announces Top Ten Spyware Threats for June; Stats from Leading Windows Security Provider Show DesktopScam in Its Fourth Consecutive Month as Most Prevalent Threat

  - 2006-07-11

  CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced the top ten most prevalent spyware threats for the month of June. The results are based on the monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware product CounterSpyTM. DesktopScam continues to be the most prevalent threat with...

  Tags: Microsoft Windows, security, spyware, Sunbelt Software

• Sunbelt Software Announces Top Ten Spyware Threats for May; Stats From Leading Windows Security Provider Show DesktopScam Continues to be the Most Prevalent Threat for the Past Three Months

  - 2006-06-07

  CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced the top ten most prevalent spyware threats for the month of May. The results are based on the monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware product CounterSpy.

  Tags: Microsoft Windows, security, spyware, Sunbelt Software

• Sunbelt Software Announces Third-Generation ''All-in-One'' Messaging Security; Integrated antivirus, antispam, and attachment filtering packaged into single solution; more security add-ons planned; free attachment filtering available to all

  - 2006-05-22

  CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security solutions, today announced the release of its new third-generation enterprise messaging security solution, Sunbelt Messaging NinjaTM. Built for Microsoft Exchange, the product delivers best-of-breed antivirus, antispam and anti-phishing along with the most powerful attachment filtering available, wrapped in a...

  Tags: anti-spam, antivirus, messaging, security, Sunbelt Software

• Sunbelt Software Announces Top Ten Spyware Threats for April; Stats from Leading Windows Security Provider Show Tro.DesktopScam as Last Month's Most Prevalent Threat

  - 2006-05-03

  CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced the top ten most prevalent spyware threats for the month of April. The results are based on the monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware product CounterSpy.

  Tags: Microsoft Windows, security, spyware, Sunbelt Software

• Sunbelt Software Announces Top Ten Spyware Threats for March; Stats from Leading Windows Security Provider Show Tro.DesktopScam as Last Month's Most Prevalent Threat

  - 2006-04-06

  CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced the top ten most prevalent spyware threats for the month of March. The results are based on the monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware product CounterSpy.

  Tags: Microsoft Windows, security, spyware, Sunbelt Software

• Sunbelt Software Names Leading Security Expert Joe Wells as Chief Scientist; Respected Developer and Researcher Adds to Company's Malware Research and Development Initiatives

  - 2006-01-17

  CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security solutions, today announced the appointment of Joseph Wells to the position of Chief Scientist, Security Research. Mr. Wells joins Eric Howes, Director of Malware Research, as the second widely recognized security expert to join Sunbelt's research and development team...

  Tags: malware, security, Sunbelt Software

• iHateSpam for Exchange From Sunbelt Software is Certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2003; Product Meets Highest Standards for Manageability and Security on the Windows Server Platform

  - 2006-01-03

  CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security solutions, announced that iHateSpam for Exchange, the company's dual engine antispam solution, has been certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Editions. Certification testing was conducted by VeriTest, a service of Lionbridge Technologies (Nasdaq:LIOX), and the authorized...

  Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, security, server, Sunbelt Software