Press Release - For Immediate Release

IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters Stop the Largest Virus Outbreak in the Last 12 Months

IronPort Customers are Protected from the "Storm" Virus Threat 3 Hours and 33 Minutes Before the First Anti-Virus Signature

SAN BRUNO, Calif. - Jan 25, 2007

CORE NEWS FACTS

  • On Friday, January 19, 2007, spammers unleashed a malicious program, dubbed "Storm" which has infected hundreds of thousands of PCs worldwide.
  • The outbreak contained imitation news subject lines such as "Saddam Hussein Alive" and "Chinese missile shot down USA aircraft". It prompted users to open a virus infected file for more details on the news. Once installed, the virus opens a backdoor that remote hackers can use to take over the computer. Hackers can use these infected PCs to send spam, host spyware, and install key loggers and screen scrapers.
  • The "Storm" worm is the largest outbreak in the last twelve months.
  • IronPort Virus Outbreak FiltersTM stopped over 300,000 viral messages, prior to traditional anti-virus signature availability, saving IronPort® customers over $15.4M in associated IT costs in less than four hours.

QUOTES

David Mayer, Product Manager, IronPort:

  • "It is precisely because of virus outbreaks like this that customers choose IronPort to protect them. In fact, over 70 percent of our customers today consider IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters (in addition to signature-based solutions) a must-have part of their virus defense. By detecting new outbreaks in real time, and dynamically responding to prevent suspicious traffic from entering the network, we ensure customer uptime and business continuity for hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, ISPs, small and medium-sized companies, and universities worldwide."

Brandon Moreno, Senior Exchange Engineer at ACS Application Management Services, a technology services company:

  • "Without IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters, we would have never been able to get a handle on the 'Storm' virus. As soon as the virus broke, IronPort stopped over 2000 infected messages from entering our network. Had this outbreak passed through to our corporate users, we would have spent an immeasurable amount of time and money in clean-up. With IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters stopping threats before they hit our network, the solution easily pays for itself."

CHART

About IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters

A proven preventive solution, IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters provide a critical first layer of defense against new outbreaks - hours before signatures used by traditional anti-virus solutions are in place. Real world results show an average lead time over reactive anti-virus solutions of 14 hours, along with an extremely high catch rate and near-zero misclassifications. Integrated into the IronPort C-Series™ email security appliances, IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters perform a threat assessment of inbound and outbound messages, and quarantine suspicious messages temporarily. Messages are automatically released once signatures from traditional anti-virus vendors are deployed.

About IronPort Systems

IronPort Systems Inc., headquartered in San Bruno, California, is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. IronPort appliances are innovative and easy-to-use - providing breakthrough performance and playing a mission-critical role in a company's network infrastructure. IronPort appliances utilize SenderBase®, the world's largest email and Web threat detection network. To learn more about IronPort products and services, please visit: http://www.ironport.com/.

Copyright © 2007 IronPort Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. IronPort, the IronPort logo and SenderBase are registered trademarks of IronPort Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of IronPort Systems, Inc. or their respective owners. While every effort is made to ensure the information given is accurate, IronPort does not accept liability for any errors or mistakes that may arise. Specifications and other information in this document may be subject to subject to change without notice.

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