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GRISOFT Offers AVG Anti-Virus Software Development Kit to Distribute Security Protection to More Users

Posted on: Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 09:00 CDT

GRISOFT, the maker of award-winning AVG Anti-Virus, today announced the availability of its AVG Anti-Virus Software Development Kit (SDK). With this new GRISOFT offering, partners may add superior antivirus protection to their product portfolio enabling them to provide customers with more complete security solutions at a faster rate.

The GRISOFT SDK targets partners that want to deliver more complete security offerings but are missing an antivirus engine. The SDK includes the well-known and trusted AVG antivirus engine along with GRISOFT's Update Virus Definition Service that identifies, reacts and sends instant updates to users. With this addition, end users benefit with more complete security bundles to choose from that includes antivirus protection.

The SDK is designed to provide maximum flexibility to complement or enhance existing security offerings. It can be bundled by Internet Service Providers, who may have their own security interface and just need an antivirus engine behind it. It could also be used as a full antivirus product by other vendors that don't currently have an antivirus product to fulfill their Security Suite offering. Security appliance vendors can license the SDK as part of their firewall, antivirus and spyware hardware filters.

"We are thrilled that GRISOFT has made their antivirus engine along with its virus update service available to industry vendors like us," said Bill Billman, CTO of Declude. "With this SDK, it allows us to expand our offerings immediately to address a critical part of security protection that will benefit our customers tremendously. Top technology benefits include speed of scanning, ease-of-use and the strongest single solution for anti-virus and anti-spam."

"When it comes to protecting against computer threats, the first step is to have antivirus protection and the ability to update and maintain upcoming virus threats in real-time. GRISOFT is a specialist in this area for the last 15 years with an established user base of over 30 million users," said Dennis Smith, Director of GRISOFT, Inc. "We are now sharing our expertise via this SDK with more partners so they can benefit by adding antivirus protection to their current offerings that will better protect their users from all types of computer viruses."

About GRISOFT

www.grisoft.com

GRISOFT is a leading provider of antivirus, firewall protection and security solutions for consumers and SMEs. It is one of the fastest growing companies in the industry with more than 30 million users around the world that rely on GRISOFT AVG products to protect their computers and networks.

Established in 1991, GRISOFT employs some of the world's leading experts in antivirus software, specifically in the areas of virus analysis and detection, software development, and antivirus support. GRISOFT award-winning products are distributed globally through resellers and the Internet as well as via AVG Anti-Virus Software Development Kit (SDK) to interested partners.

Source: Business Wire

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