eNom Protects Its Email Customers With Commtouch Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Protection

December 18, 2007; 10:07 AM

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Commtouch® (NASDAQ:CTCH) today announced that eNom has selected Commtouch Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Protection to protect eNom’s email customers.

eNom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Demand Media, Inc., is the largest ICANN-accredited wholesale domain registrar with over 9 million domain names on its platform, and over 3 million customers of email services. Integrating Commtouch Zero Hour Virus Outbreak Protection into eNom’s email services adds real-time protection against email-borne malware threats.

“Protecting email is a top priority at eNom, so we set out to bring our users the very best solution,” said Steve Brown, vice president of customer relationship management. “We tested leading anti-malware solutions, and Commtouch’s Zero Hour Virus Outbreak Protection with RPD™ technology was the clear winner in terms of both overall detection rates and protection against new viruses in email.”

“eNom is a world leader in domain registration and we are proud to help defend its customers’ inboxes,” said Avner Avram, Commtouch executive vice president. “Email is now the number one vector for malware infection, so eNom has shown its dedication to protecting users by giving them this additional layer of Zero-Hour virus outbreak detection.”

Commtouch Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Protection blocks malware in the early moments of the outbreak, and is licensed by messaging and security vendors worldwide. It uses patented Recurrent Pattern Detection™ technology, rather than relying on the time-consuming process of developing signatures or heuristics. More information comparing Zero-Hour’s malware catch times with leading anti-virus solutions may be viewed at the Malware Outbreak Center, at http://www.commtouch.com/Site/ResearchLab/VirusLab/recent_activity.asp

About Commtouch

Commtouch Software Ltd. (NASDAQ:CTCH) is dedicated to protecting and preserving the integrity of the world's most important communications tool -- e-mail. Commtouch has over 16 years of experience developing messaging software and is a global developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam, Zero-Hour virus protection and Reputation Service solutions. Using core technologies including RPD (Recurrent Pattern Detection™), the Commtouch Detection Center analyzes billions of email messages per week to identify new spam and malware outbreaks within minutes of their introduction into the Internet. Integrated by scores of OEM partners, Commtouch technology protects thousands of organizations, with hundreds of millions of users in over 100 countries. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information, see: http://www.commtouch.com. The site includes the Commtouch online lab detailing spam statistics and charts.

Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.

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