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F-Secure Selects Commtouch Anti-Spam and Zero-Hour Virus Protection Technology; Commtouch Recurrent Pattern Detection Technology to Enhance F-Secure's Threat Protection Product Line

Posted on: Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 16:56 CDT

F-Secure and Commtouch (NASDAQ:CTCH) today announced a strategic alliance through which Commtouch's real-time virus and spam protection technology will be integrated within F-Secure's products.

The combined solution will provide F-Secure's customers with immediate protection against virus outbreaks, and will improve productivity and save IT costs by reducing spam.

"Rapid response to new threats has always been a key issue for us, so it was important for us to protect our customers at the start of any outbreak, with no delay," said Pirkka Palomaki, VP Research & Development of F-Secure. "After a lengthy evaluation process, we selected Commtouch's Zero-Hour(TM) virus protection and spam defense solution. We are delighted with the performance of Commtouch's technology that we are integrating into our suite of Internet security products."

F-Secure's Internet Gatekeeper 6.60, scheduled for release by the end of May 2006, will be its first product to incorporate Commtouch technology.

"We are pleased to be working with one of the leading and fastest growing threat protection companies, and we see enormous potential in this new, long-term partnership with F-Secure," said Ronni Zehavi, VP of Business Development at Commtouch. "Commtouch's unique Recurrent Pattern Detection(TM) approach to catching spam and viruses will complement F-Secure's other threat prevention methods, bringing an enhanced solution to F-Secure's customers."

F-Secure is the fastest growing publicly traded company in the computer threat prevention industry, with its most recent quarter showing 41% revenue growth.

The tight integration of Commtouch's RPD-driven virus detection and anti-spam technology into F-Secure's threat protection products provides several key benefits to its customers, including shortening the time for end-customers to receive anti-virus signatures and protecting end users until their next scheduled anti-virus update. The new technology will also enable detection and real time blocking of spam outbreaks from all over the world, in every language and any format, increase end-user productivity through nearly perfect elimination of spam as well as saving on IT costs related to handling spam.

About F-Secure

F-Secure Corporation protects consumers and businesses against computer viruses and other threats from the Internet and mobile networks. We want to be the most reliable provider of security services in the market. One way to demonstrate this is the speed of our response. According to independent studies in 2004 and 2005 our response time to new threats is significantly faster than our major competitors. Our award-winning solutions are available for workstations, gateways, servers and mobile phones. They include antivirus and desktop firewall with intrusion prevention, antispam and antispyware solutions, as well as network control solutions for Internet Service Providers. Founded in 1988, F-Secure has been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges since 1999, and has been consistently growing faster than all its publicly listed competitors. F-Secure headquarters are in Helsinki, Finland, and we have regional offices around the world. F-Secure protection is also available as a service through major ISPs, such as Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, PCCW and Charter Communications. F-Secure is the global market leader in mobile phone protection provided through mobile operators, such as T-Mobile and Swisscom and mobile handset manufacturers such as Nokia. The latest real-time virus threat scenario news is available at the F-Secure Data Security Lab weblog at http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/

About Commtouch

Commtouch Software Ltd. (NASDAQ:CTCH) is dedicated to protecting and preserving the integrity of the world's most important communications tool -- email. Commtouch has 15 years of experience developing messaging software, and is a global developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam and Zero-Hour virus protection solutions. Using core technologies including RPD (Recurrent Pattern Detection), the Commtouch Detection Center analyzes billions of email messages per month to identify new spam and malware outbreaks within minutes of their introduction into the Internet. Integrated by over 30 OEM partners, Commtouch technology protects thousands of organizations, with over 35 million users in 100 countries. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel and has a subsidiary in Mountain View, CA. For more information, see: www.commtouch.com, including the Commtouch online lab detailing spam statistics and charts.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, 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, 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 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; the ability of our OEM partners to successfully penetrate markets with products integrated with Commtouch technology; a slower than expected acceptance rate for real time AV solutions in general and the Commtouch Zero-Hour(TM) Virus Protection product in particular; availability of qualified staff for expansion; technological difficulties and resource constraints encountered in developing new products, such as the Zero-Hour solution; and the failure of Commtouch to meet The NASDAQ Capital Market's listing standards in the future, as well as those risks described in the text of this press release and 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, RPD and Zero-Hour are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.

Source: Business Wire

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