eSoft Gateway Anti-Spyware Protects Against Spyware Delivered Via Email

eSoft, Inc., a leading vendor of integrated Internet security and content management solutions, announced today the availability of its latest Anti-Spyware update, which offers enterprises protection against Spyware delivered via email attachment as well as those downloaded from websites.

"According to Webroot's most recent State of Spyware Report, malicious Spyware threats increased by over 200% in 2005," said Jeff Finn, president and CEO of eSoft. "We continue to see increases in Spyware activity linked to criminal behavior. These Spyware threats installed by unaware end users come through a variety of delivery methods including via email attachment and bundled in free downloads Today's update protects our customers against these threats, regardless of delivery mechanism."

At the Gateway, eSoft combines signature matching, intrusion prevention and web filtering techniques to detect and prevent Spyware from infecting the network, whether delivered through website, email or any other delivery mechanism. eSoft also detects infected computers on the internal network and blocks them from sending private data to Internet collection sites.

Availability

eSoft updated Gateway Anti-Spyware is available for both InstaGate and ThreatWall appliances immediately. More information can be found at http://www.esoft.com/products/softpak_gwas.cfm.

About eSoft Inc.

eSoft is a leading provider of integrated Internet security solutions offering organizations of all sizes unparalleled protection from dynamic Internet-based threats. eSoft's award winning InstaGate(TM) and ThreatWall(TM) platforms offer high-performance Deep Packet Inspection security services including Firewall, IPSec VPN, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, Anti-Spyware, Intrusion Prevention, Web Content Filtering, Email Content Filtering and even Web, Email, File and FTP servers. eSoft solutions are based on purpose-built hardware platforms and optional security software modules called SoftPaks(TM), which are distributed and maintained through eSoft's patented SoftPak Director(TM) technology. Overall, the eSoft solution offers the IT manager extreme simplicity and flexibility when deploying and managing network security, resulting in less time demands on IT staff, a reduced need for in-house security expertise, and a lower total cost of ownership.

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