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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – June 27, 2007 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that it is expanding its original distribution agreement with D&H Distributing Company to now include BitDefender’s full line of licensed products for SMBs.

D&H will continue to sell BitDefender’s powerful security solutions to solution providers across the U.S., and under the expanded distribution pact, will offer BitDefender’s licensed products for SMBs. D&H will also be distributing BitDefender directly to the education marketplace through D&H’s channel of college bookstores, college focused retailers, VARs and system integrators.

“BitDefender is thrilled to expand our partnership with D&H to include licensed products for SMBs,” said Keith Alston, BitDefender’s director of channel sales. “We are continuing to work with the best channel partners, such as D&H, to diligently expand our North American customer base and provide consumers with the most reliable and comprehensive security solution available.”

BitDefender is dedicated to selling through regional partners, the highest-quality and highest value antivirus and data security software to customers. In addition to providing excellent sales support and expertise in the data security field, BitDefender offers channel partners an intensive training program designed to provide the knowledge necessary to implement its solutions in all critical areas of today’s network environment. BitDefender’s channel partners also benefit from continual support on marketing, sales and technical assistance issues.

“BitDefender has always focused on delivering quality security solutions to our key resellers,” said Rob Eby, D&H director of purchasing. “Expanding our current agreement to include BitDefender’s complete line of SMB solutions is a welcome addition to our line card and is sure to be well received by the Channel. We look forward to a strong partnership moving forward and continued success in selling BitDefender’s complete product line.”

About D&H

D&H Distributing is one of America’s oldest and largest wholesale distributors of computer and consumer electronics products, with an impressive 85-year history serving as a trusted advisor to the reseller channel. D&H distributed the first-ever home computer, the first color television, and even the first gaming system. No other distributor has a greater depth of experience as a one-stop resource for IT and consumer electronics solutions than D&H.

The company’s multi-market expertise, dedicated account reps, sterling service and ongoing educational programs reflect its continuing commitment to its customer base. This level of all-around support enables D&H resellers and dealers to become pioneers of the newly-converging technological landscape, encompassing opportunities in the IT, SMB and digital home arenas.

D&H ranked first place for performance among broadline distributors in CRN’s 2005 Preferred Sourcing Study, winning a total of seven of the study’s criteria, including top marks for loyalty for the second year in a row. The distributor was also named Vendor of the Year by Computer Renaissance in 2004 and 2005, Best Distributor in the First Annual RAM Awards in 2004 and 2005, and most recently, the 2006 Distributor of the Year by Digital Connect.

D&H ships out of five separate locations, including its Harrisburg headquarters, plus warehouses in Jacksonville, Chicago, Dallas and Fresno, CA. Call D&H toll-free at (800) 340-1001 or visit www.dandh.com.

Tettnang, 28. Juni 2007 – Mit BitDefender Security for Mail Servers, BitDefender Security for Exchange und BitDefender Security for Samba bringt der Sicherheitsspezialist BitDefender drei neue Unternehmenslösungen auf den Markt. Die Security-Suiten sind speziell auf den Einsatz in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen ausgelegt und schützen Server unter Microsoft und Unix zuverlässig vor Viren, Spam und anderer Malware. Besonderes Merkmal der neuen KMU-Lösungen ist die innovative Früherkennungstechnologie B-HAVE, die auch ohne Signaturupdates vor unbekannter Malware schützt. Zusätzlich verfügen die BitDefender-Lösungen für Microsoft über die neue AntiSpam-Technologie NeuNet sowie zusätzlich einen leistungsstarken Filter für Image-Spam.

Die für Microsoft-Betriebssysteme konzipierten Lösungen BitDefender Security for Mail Servers und BitDefender Security for Exchange basieren auf der von Virus Bulletin und Checkmark ausgezeichneten BitDefender Antivirus-Engine. Diese vereint zuverlässige Tools zum Schutz vor Viren, Spyware, Spam und Phishing. Darüber hinaus erkennen Content- und Attachement-Filter versteckte Schädlinge und sichern die E-Mail-Kommunikation so zusätzlich ab. Beide Softwarelösungen richten sich gleichermaßen an Unternehmen wie auch an Serviceanbieter und sind kompatibel zu den meisten auf dem Markt erhältlichen E-Mail-Plattformen.

BitDefender Security for Samba schützt Unix-basierte Systeme zuverlässig vor Viren und Spyware. Dazu überprüft die BitDefender Antivirus-Engine alle aufgerufenen Dateien auf bekannte und unbekannte Schadprogramme. Auf diese Weise sichert BitDefender Samba Network Shares vor Angriffen aus dem Internet und trägt so entscheidend dazu bei, dass Unternehmen ihre internen Datenschutzrichtlinien einhalten können.
Da der Programmcode unter Open Source-Lizenz steht, lässt sich die Sicherheitslösung mit Hilfe des flexiblen BitDefender-Virtual File Systems (VFS) in jede Samba-Version integrieren.

“Web-basierte Anwendungen und E-Mail-Kommunikation werden auch für Mittelständler immer wichtiger. Dadurch steigt jedoch das Risiko, dass vertrauliche Daten durch Hacking oder Spyware in falsche Hände geraten. Deshalb hat BitDefender eine Reihe von Lösungen entwickelt, die speziell kleinen und mittelgroßen Betrieben die notwendigen Sicherheitsfunktion bieten und darüber hinaus einfach zu bedienen sind,” sagt Marius Militaru, Product Marketing Manager Mittelstand von BitDefender.

Innovative Technologien schützen vor unbekannter Malware und Image-Spam
Alle neuen Enterprise-Lösungen von BitDefender verfügen erstmals über die innovative Suchtechnologie B-HAVE. Der zum Patent angemeldete Suchalgorithmus analysiert das Verhalten potenzieller Malware in einer virtuellen Umgebung und kann so auch Schädlinge erkennen, für die noch keine Virendefinitionen existieren. Gleichzeitig sinkt dadurch die Zahl der Fehlalarme.

Mit der NeuNet-Technologie hat BitDefender einen leistungsstarken Spam-Filter entwickelt, der als Teil von BitDefender Security for Exchange und BitDefender Security for Mail Servers bislang unbekannte Spam-Arten selbstständig erkennt. Die zum Patent angemeldete Technologie ähnelt in ihrer Funktionsweise einem biologischen Nervensystem wie beispielsweise dem Gehirn. Es sammelt und verarbeitet kontinuierlich große Mengen unterschiedlicher Informationen und kann daher sofort auf Veränderungen reagieren. Das so gewonnene Wissen über das Spam-Verhalten wird von der Software automatisch gespeichert und dient dem NeuNet-Filter als Bewertungsgrundlage bei neuen Spam-Attacken.

Zusätzlich verfügen die Lösungen für Exchange- und Mail Server über eine neue Technologie zur Bekämpfung von Image-Spam. Dabei wertet der BitDefender-Filter nicht mehr, wie bislang üblich, nur den Text innerhalb der Image Spam-Nachricht aus, sondern erkennt auch Mutationen – beispielsweise Veränderungen in den Farbwerten und Proportionen – des Bildes selbst.

Weitere Informationen und eine Übersicht über den vollständigen Funktionsumfang der neuen BitDefender-Lösungen finden Sie unter:http://www.bitdefender.de/smb

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – June 25, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, today unveiled three new comprehensive Microsoft Windows and UNIX-based security solutions for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). BitDefender Security for Mail Servers (Windows and UNIX platforms), BitDefender Security for Exchange and BitDefender Security for Samba are all now fully available to provide SMBs with the industry’s strongest and most sophisticated security solutions in the marketplace.

BitDefender Security for Mail Servers and BitDefender Security for Exchange bring together the most advanced antivirus, antispyware, antispam, antiphishing, and content and attachment filtering engines to secure the mail traffic of both businesses and service providers alike. Compatible with the majority of existing e-mail platforms, the products offer businesses reliable protection against the most sophisticated threats from emerging malware and attempts to steal confidential and valuable data.

BitDefender Security for Samba provides antivirus and antispyware protection for Samba network shares. By scanning all accessed files for known and unknown malware, it keeps network users safe and helps businesses comply with data protection regulations. With an open source, BitDefender’s highly flexible vfs module can be compiled against any Samba version, making it the best choice for your favorite Unix-based system.

“While some of the larger and more well-known security vendors have become complacent in their product offerings to SMBs, BitDefender has elevated its commitment to delivering solutions that simply can not be matched in the marketplace in terms of proactive protection to malware threats,” said Marius Militaru, BitDefender’s SMB Product Marketing Manager. “We are very proud of the new and enhanced capabilities offered in these solutions, and we are confident that through the use of these new products, we will quickly expand the number of SMB users devoted to the BitDefender brand.”

All of the new SMB products incorporate B-HAVE™, BitDefender’s patent-pending heuristics technology, which offers proactive protection against zero-day threats. B-HAVE analyzes the behavior of potentially malicious code inside a virtual computer, eliminating false positives and significantly increasing detection rates for new and unknown malware.

BitDefender’s Exchange and Mail Server products offer accurate Image Spam filtering. Instead of analyzing the text within image spam messages, BitDefender’s Image Spam Filter learns and tracks the common characteristics of image spam based upon similarities in color content and proportions of the images.

Lastly, to better protect against new spam, the BitDefender Lab has created NeuNet, a powerful, new antispam filter integrated into BitDefender Security for Exchange and BitDefender Security for Mail Server products. NeuNet is an intelligent technology that pre-trains itself on a series of spam messages and learns to recognize and track new spam based upon patterns within the messages it has already examined.

You can see more on forum.bitdefender.com

For now they have released Windows XP and Vista 32bit edition, more informations here http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=796

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – June 12, 2007 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, is inviting the public to test BitDefender Total Security 2008 Beta, the company’s upcoming flagship suite of perimeter security products. Available in early fall 2007, the full version of BitDefender’s award-winning Total Security 2008 will offer many new enhancements and capabilities, including a new game mode configured to be less intrusive for smooth game playing, an offline backup feature and system maintenance tools, 64b support for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and improved modules.

Among the prizes to be awarded to the most thorough beta testers will be three gaming consoles including a Sony Playstation 3, a Microsoft Xbox360 and a Nintendo Wii. Other prizes include a Nokia N90 device, 30 PC games (either World of Warcraft or Command & Conquer 3), as well as free licenses to the full version of BitDefender Total Security 2008.

“BitDefender puts its products through such rigorous testing by the public to ensure we offer the best possible security solutions to our subscribers,” said Carmen Maierean, BitDefender desktop product manager. “Gamers are particularly important to the BitDefender Total Security 2008 beta testing contest because of the enhanced gaming features included in the new product. We are confident the combination of thorough testing and new features included in BitDefender Total Security 2008 will continue to position us ahead of the competition in terms of the level of protection it provides to consumers worldwide.”

BitDefender Total Security 2008 Beta will be made available to download for free through BitDefender’s corporate website (http://www.BitDefender.com) starting June 12, 2007. Registration and further information about the BitDefender Total Security 2008 Beta testing contest can be found online at: http://beta.bitdefender.com. The contest will end on July 20 and winners will be announced on August 30, 2007.

Check the next link to see a preview of the next generation of BitDefender : http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?showtopic=796&st=0&#entry4293

Mediante una sencilla herramienta creada por BitDefender para el canal, se pueden personalizar las alertas de los productos desktop, BitDefender Antivirus Plus v10 y BitDefender Internet Security v10, de forma sencilla y práctica.

Además del sistema de personalización manual que permite personalizar la interfaz gráfica del producto, los distribuidores ya tienen a su disposición una nueva y práctica herramienta con la que podrán incluir sus datos de contacto sin complicaciones en las alertas del producto.

Una vez utilizada la herramienta de personalización de alertas en los productos instalados; el distribuidor puede utilizar las licencias de 2 y 3 meses que BitDefender ofrece gratuitamente a sus distribuidores para registrar el producto. Las alertas se harán visibles para informar al usuario del estado del antivirus, indicar si está a punto de expirar, si ya ha caducado, si la licencia introducida no es válida o si la versión utilizada es de evaluación.

Los datos que quedarán visibles al usuario final son: Nombre de la Empresa, Dirección, cuenta de Correo Electrónico, página web y Teléfono.

BitDefender continúa con su política de servicio al canal con el objetivo de mejorar la visibilidad del distribuidor a través de la flexibilidad de los productos de BitDefender y así atraer las ventas del usuario final hacia éstos.