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Leading Spyware Expert
Aluria to Offer "Powered by Mailshell" Spam Filter
LAKE MARY, FLA. , February 8, 2005 - Aluria
Software, developer of anti-spyware and performance
optimization technology, today announced that it will
embed SpamCompiler technology from Mailshell, the OEM
anti-spam leader, into its award-winning line of products.
Aluria currently protects millions of consumers and
businesses worldwide from spyware via major distribution
partners including one of the largest Internet service
providers. Aluria will launch Aluria Anti-Spam, its
first 'Powered by Mailshell' spam filter later this
month.
With the new partnership, Aluria will
license and integrate Mailshell's SpamCompiler SDK which
optimizes, compiles and executes more than one million
filter checks in a fraction of a second to determine
if a message is spam or not. By combining a fast, compact,
flexible, complete decision tree with an automatically
self-tuning intelligent engine, Mailshell's SpamCompiler
consistently generates highly accurate results in recognizing
foreign language spam, phishing and other forms of email
fraud.
Aluria's expansion to spam filtering
is a natural extension of its existing products which
combine superior anti-spyware functionality with proactive
screening that blocks malicious spyware code in real
time, before it is installed on a user's computer. While
most anti-spyware solutions merely scan and remove spyware
files once they are installed on a user's computer,
Aluria's real-time monitoring component - the Active
Defense Shield (ADS) - detects spyware before it can
be installed by monitoring any changes to the user's
file system.
"Focusing on spam filtering is an important
part of our overall mission given the malicious payload
of the newest forms of spam," said Rick Carlson, president
of Aluria Software. "Mailshell's SpamCompiler enhances
spyware protection, and catches all types of spam-borne
malicious code, phishing and other types email fraud."
"There is obvious synergy and untapped
market opportunity in combining spyware and spam filtering
technologies," said Tonny Yu, president and CEO of Mailshell.
"We've been impressed with Aluria's expertise in security
software development, and how it brings its technology
to market via strong licensing and distribution," said
Tonny Yu, president and CEO of Mailshell.
Mailshell's SpamCompiler SDK, the core
engine driving Aluria's new spam products, is the leading
anti-spam engine licensed by over 20 US and International
OEMs and used by more than 5,000 enterprises and 10
million consumers on over a dozen platforms. The SDK
starts at 200k of code, can handle over a million messages
a day, and can be embedded almost anywhere. OEMs can
immediately generate new anti-spam revenue, upsell existing
products to new anti-spam customers, and cut anti-spam
engineering and support to near zero.
About Aluria Software: Founded
in 1998, Aluria Software is a privately held company
based in Lake Mary, Florida. Aluria Software is an industry
leader in the development of anti-spyware security solutions
and performance optimization software for millions of
end-users worldwide. In addition to its product catalogue
of end-user applications, Aluria Software also offers
customized security solutions for FORTUNE 500 companies
and corporations globally. For more information, visit
www.aluriasoftware.com or call 888-627-4650.
About Mailshell Inc.: Mailshell
is the world's leading anti-spam engine provider and
is the first and only anti-spam engine in the world
with SpamCompiler Technology. SpamCompiler can process
more than a million filter checks in a fraction of a
second. Via Mailshell's OEM partners, more than 5,000
companies and 10 million consumers worldwide rely on
SpamCompiler software to block spam. Mailshell's software
helps its OEM partners, including Cyberguard, Panda
Software, Oracle Corporation, Broderbund and Lyris Technologies,
among others, generate new anti-spam revenue, upsell
existing products to new anti-spam customers, and cut
anti-spam engineering and support costs to near zero.
For more information, visit http://www.mailshell.com.
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