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Prevx Provides Back-to-School Malware Protection Free to Qualified K-12 Schools and Universities

Posted on: Monday, 14 August 2006, 09:00 CDT

Prevx, a leading developer of Automated Malware Research, today announced that it is making available to U.S. and U.K. educational institutions (grade schools, middle schools, high schools and universities) the opportunity to sign up for its industry leading malware detection product -- Prevx1 -- in an effort to eliminate the spread of malicious malware and viruses across these growing educational networks. The offer is available to schools and universities to use on all campus-controlled PCs. For students wishing to run Prevx1 on their personal laptops and home computers, Prevx will offer a discounted student package later this year. Qualified educational institutions in the U.S. and the United Kingdom with between 10 and 25,000 computers running Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows 2000 are invited to visit http://www.prevx.com/education and follow a simple registration process to be issued with the appropriate number of licenses.

Prevx's innovative anti-malware technology detects and protects users from malware attacks, many of which can be spread through community networks, such as universities and schools. Because of Prevx's patent-pending malware research engine, it often sees outbreaks days or even weeks before major security vendors. This ability to strike quickly and eliminate malware and viruses before they have a chance to damage computers and communities is crucial for all computer users, especially those at educational institutions. University networks are often at greatest risk as students begin downloading and sharing files across their networks.

"I think Prevx is the best all-in-one solution for the average user. It's as close to the silver bullet that you'll get on the market today," said Jason Bradley, CEO of CCE Computer Solutions, an IT provider that manages and maintains the security of the largest department on the University of Mississippi campus, the Physical Department, in addition to other commercial clients.

Prevx gathers real-time data about the emergence, propagation, genetics and behavior of software used within its user community of more than 300,000 computers. Using a powerful centralized heuristics engine, Prevx examines this data to determine the intent of more than 200,000 new programs every day, of which a daily average of more than 2,000 are determined malicious.

"The sheer volume of users at schools and universities often makes them a breeding ground for malware and viruses to spread into other networks around the globe," said Prevx CEO, Mel Morris. "Prevx1 can handle the protection, detection and removal of all forms of malware and viruses to help keep educational institutions safe from harm."

About Prevx1

Prevx1 PC Security product features a very powerful malware clean up technology, which has been designed to systematically clean infections and restore users' PCs to good health. Prevx's community intrusion prevention model allows it to see more malware and see it faster than other PC security vendors, which translates to better and faster protection.

Every week Prevx identifies thousands of new malicious files. At the end of each week ten of the latest versions of the leading PC Security products are tested against the sample. Approximately 96 percent are detected as malicious by one or more of these products during a scan/detection. But it is rare for any one of these products to score higher than 80 percent detection. The average is much lower.

About Prevx

Prevx Limited is a privately held, UK-based Internet security company that has developed a revolutionary approach to protecting computers from an ever-escalating assortment of malware for which it recently won the "Cool Vender" award from Gartner Research. Unlike traditional security companies that identify malicious code by its "signature" and then must develop a cure one virus at a time, Prevx's Community Intrusion Prevention (CIP) system identifies malicious code by its "behavior" and is able to neutralize whole classes of malware before it ever has a recognized signature. As the traditional line of computer defense crumbles under the mounting threat of malware, Prevx is able to use intelligence derived from detailed analysis of its rapidly growing community of users to offer more aggressive, comprehensive and effective protection from malware for the world of interconnected computers. More information about Prevx is available at http://www.prevx.com.

 Media Contact Arthur Germain Principal Communication Strategy Group for Prevx 631-239-6335 agermain@gocsg.comwww.gocsg.com

SOURCE: Prevx

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