AMSTERDAM--18 Dec--PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ Infoquest
AVG's LinkScanner Technology Keeps Users Safe as Microsoft Determines How and When to Fix Flaw
Security software from AVG effectively blocks attempts by cyber criminalsseeking to capitalize on the recently discovered vulnerability in Microsoft'sInternet Explorer web browser. The vulnerability enables unauthorized thirdparties to take control of users' PCs by tricking them into visiting poisonedweb pages.
AVG, the global anti-virus and Internet security software provider withover 80 million users in 167 countries, today assured computer users that itscommercial AVG 8.0 security software products have provided protection againstthis vulnerability since December 11th. AVG estimates that its software hasalready blocked close to 5,000 attacks against 3,000 users since Microsoftannounced the flaw.
Computer users can immediately safeguard their systems by downloading atrial version of AVG software at http://www.avg.com .
"Today, the fastest growing dangers on the Internet are fast-moving,transient threats that appear on one or more web sites temporarily, from a fewweeks to just a few seconds," noted J.R. Smith, CEO of AVG Technologies."Because they're so fleeting, these threats are easily missed by typicalbuilt-in browser security measures, and require the real-time detectioncapabilities of technology like LinkScanner, which tracks the spread ofspecifically these types of threat and blocks them before they can endangerusers' valuable information."
According to Roger Thompson, AVG's Chief Research Officer and originaldeveloper of the LinkScanner technology, the likely perpetrators of thisparticular IE vulnerability exploit are the same people who have been stealingWorld of Warcraft passwords from users for the past couple of years.
AVG software provides the most timely, precise and reliable safe searchingand surfing protection by analyzing web pages at the only time it matters --when the user is about to visit them. AVG offers the security softwareindustry's only real-time web exploit detection and prevention, usingproprietary behavioral analysis and other breakthrough technologies to protectpersonal information and defend against unwanted intrusions while users are onthe web.
About AVG Technologies
AVG is a global security solutions leader protecting more than 80 millionconsumers and small business computer users in 167 countries from the ever-growing incidence of web threats, viruses, spam, cyber-scams and hackers onthe Internet. Headquartered in Amsterdam, AVG has nearly two decades ofexperience in combating cyber crime and one of the most advanced laboratoriesfor detecting, pre-empting and combating Web-borne threats from around theworld. Its free online, downloadable software model allows entry-level usersto gain basic anti-virus protection and then to easily and inexpensivelyupgrade to greater levels of safety and defense in both single and multi-userenvironments. Nearly 6,000 resellers, partners and distributors team with AVGglobally including Amazon.com, CNET, Cisco, Ingram Micro, Play.com, Wal-Mart,and Yahoo!. More information is available at http://www.avg.com .
SOURCE: AVG Technologies
CONTACT: Siobhan MacDermott of AVG Technologies,
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Ron Tomczyk of GlobalFluency
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