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AVG Professional Edition Single User and workstation version provides comprehensive antivirus protection for personal computers. The unique combination of detection methods (heuristic analysis, generic detection, scanning and integrity checking) ensures that your computer receives the maximum protection possible on multiple levels (Resident Shield, Email Scanner plugins, Personal Email Scanner, On-Demand and other tests, etc.).

AVG Network Edition provides antivirus protection for computer networks. The same advanced detection methods used by AVG Professional Single Edition (heuristic analysis, generic detection, scanning and integrity checking) are available on all of the workstations on the network. The AVGADMIN tool provides the network administrator with the necessary tools to centrally administer and manage all workstations on the network, including AVG installation and configuration, virus database and program updates, and performing tests on remote network workstations. AVGADMIN is independent of the network (Microsoft, Novell, P2P, etc.) and server architecture. As a special bonus, included with AVG Network Edition is the AVG File Server Edition which provides complete protection for Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/2003 and Linux servers. AVG Network Edition includes: AVG Professional for workstation, AVGADMIN central administration and AVG for NT4/2000/2003 servers.

AVG Email Server Edition provides protection for email servers (email servers currently supported - MS Exchange 5.5/2000/2003, Lotus Notes / Domino, Kerio mail Server, Lan Suite 602 and Linux). AVG removes viruses from incoming email messages - ensuring that they cannot harm the computer - and deals with them according to rules defined by the user. AVG Anti-Virus can even be set as a filter for undesirable or suspicious files, according to criteria such as the file extension type. Also, AVG Email Server Edition includes AVG File Server Edition, which provides comprehensive antivirus protection for Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/2003 and Linux file servers. Licenses for AVG Email Server Edition are calculated based on the number of mailboxes/accounts on the server. AVG Email Server Edition includes: AVG ESE for Exchange 5.5, AVG ESE for Exchange 2000/2003,
AVG ESE for Lotus Notes/Domino (Windows/Linux), AVG ESE for Kerio Mail Server, AVG ESE for LanSuite 602, AVG for Linux i386.

AVG File Server Edition provides antivirus protection for Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/2003 and Linux file servers. The Resident Shield (on-access scanner) is easy on system resources while ensuring maximum reliability, making it ideal for protecting much more than just thin client networks. AVG File Server Edition is suitable for following platforms: AVG for Windows 2003 server, AVG for Windows 2000 server, AVG for NT4 server, AVG for Linux i386.

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Spyware and adware invades your PC without your knowledge or permission!

CounterSpy™ detects, deletes and protects you against spyware. You arrived at this page because you want to get rid of malicious spyware and adware that invades your PC without your knowledge or permission. Why choose CounterSpy? It has the best spyware threat database in the industry. That means it removes the most spyware!  Spyware Is An Increasing Threat Historically, the major threat to your PC were viruses. Next came a tsunami of spam. However, things got worse. Now it is spyware. Always keep in mind that spam is a major annoyance, a virus can ruin your computer, but spyware can potentially ruin your life!

In 2005, over 256,000 people were the victim of Identity Theft. Which, in fact, is an incredible hassle. Identity theft on average costs you around $1,500 and you lose an approximately 80 hours of your personal time to get your credit repaired with the National Credit Bureaus.

CounterSpy detects, deletes and protects!
What is Active Protection? Dozens of "checkpoints" that are monitored in near real-time for attempts to install spyware. Think of the CounterSpy agents as your computer's personal bodyguards. CounterSpy's active agents look for certain software and system changes to your PC. A very high percentage will be blocked by CounterSpy, helping to reduce the chance your PC gets infected again!

How Come Microsoft Updates Sunbelt's CounterSpy With Spyware Definitions?
Sunbelt is not "licensing the code from Microsoft". Microsoft acquired our anti-spyware business partner Giant Software. In short, Giant's original code was the start for both CounterSpy and Windows AntiSpyware but each has taken its own development path and Sunbelt and Microsoft each own their own code. Microsoft shares their spyware definitions with Sunbelt, but Sunbelt uses the threat information differently. Microsoft states on its website: "Anti-spyware solutions require definition updates-signatures of known spyware and other unwanted software-that are necessary to keep the solutions up-to-date. Because of a legal agreement between Sunbelt Software and Giant that preceded the Microsoft acquisition, Microsoft will provide spyware signature updates to Sunbelt through July 2007."

Unlike Microsoft, Sunbelt is TOUGH on Adware
In their Windows AntiSpyware beta, Microsoft does not detect and remove tracking cookies. Counterspy does. Worse, Microsoft has recently downgraded several adware products from "quarantine" to "ignore." A good example is the Claria GAIN, formerly known as Gator and one of the most hated adware companies around.
You might ask yourself: "Is Sunbelt also downgrading their adware threat definitions to "ignore" for Claria and other adware like Microsoft is doing?" The answer is NO, we ignore Microsoft's threat scoring values. We only use their threat data (like the file names, and locations where malware is found, etc.). We have not downgraded our Claria Gain recommendations and still have it set to be quarantined. If you run Microsoft AntiSpyware it detects the adware, but now presents "Recommended Action" of "Ignore" (!). You can draw your own conclusions...

How We Can Fight Spyware Together: ThreatNet
New spyware is constantly created by unethical companies for financial gain. Cybercriminals change their malicious code regularly trying to escape discovery. That's why Sunbelt created ThreatNet, a worldwide network of hundreds of thousands of CounterSpy users who report on new spyware outbreaks to Sunbelt. When an unknown but potential threat is observed by CounterSpy's Active Protection, the you are provided the option of anonymously sending information on the threat to the CounterSpy Research Center. The research center can then identify new threats as they occur, making updates available to protect you and all other CounterSpy users from new spyware. You are invited to join the ThreatNet Team!

AutoUpdater: Keep Your Computer in the Know
Dozens of spyware programs are being created by bad guys every single day. That's why CounterSpy's AutoUpdater keeps you up-to-date with the latest spyware threat updates from the CounterSpy Research Center. Just set a time for CounterSpy to automatically update itself, and you'll always have the latest version. That gives you the highest protection possible.

Additional Powerful Features:

History Cleaner: The History Cleaner is a powerful privacy tool that erases many trails you leave on your computer as you surf the Internet (like search history and URLs accessed)

PC Explorer: My PC Explorer is a way to view and modify settings that are normally difficult to change. For example, you can view a list of all the Browser Helper Objects that are installed in Internet Explorer, find out what programs are set to automatically startup when Windows launches, see and modify which applications are changing your Internet, and more.

Secure File Eraser: This is a a powerful deletion tool that ensures the complete elimination of all files you want removed from your machine. The Secure File Eraser completely removes all traces of any document, image, music, movie, or application you choose.

This Week's Top 10 Spyware Threats
 http://research.sunbelt-software.com/top10/index.cfm

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Recently Discovered Viruses (Includes Viruses, Trojans, and Worms) Top 10 Viruses Tracked by AVERT Top 30 Viruses Viewed (by customers) Virus Information Library Search Center

McAfee VirusScan, a key-member of the McAfee Active Virus Defense solution, provides the most comprehensive and effective corporate desktop security available for protection against viruses, Web attacks, and e-mail intrusions. Already in use on more than 60 million corporate desktops, VirusScan is the world's most popular desktop anti-virus solution. It is ideal for any enterprise seeking to integrate smart security with easy-to-use, time-saving management tools.

McAfee VirusScan, a key-member of the McAfee Active Virus Defense solution, provides the most comprehensive and effective corporate desktop security available for protection against viruses, Web attacks, and e-mail intrusions. Already in use on more than 60 million corporate desktops, VirusScan is the world's most popular desktop anti-virus solution. It is ideal for any enterprise seeking to integrate smart security with easy-to-use, time-saving management tools.

PC Protection
McAfee VirusScan is the world's premier virus detection and removal solution for some of the most common sources of infection: your desktop and remote machines, as well as handheld devices. With the broadest platform coverage, VirusScan fits seamlessly into any networked environment. It offers a wide array of proactive management features and unparalleled visibility, ensuring that the most effective virus security solution is always guarding your users.

Desktop Manageability
ePolicy Orchestrator is the first and only truly scalable tool for managing anti-virus protection. It includes comprehensive policy management, detailed graphical reporting, and software deployment, ensuring virus protection more effectively than any solution on the market today.

PC E-mail Protection
VirusScan, a key-member of the McAfee Active Virus Defense solution, provides the most comprehensive and effective corporate desktop security available for protection against viruses, web attacks, and e-mail intrusions. Already in use on more than 60 million corporate desktops, VirusScan is the world's most popular desktop anti-virus solution for any enterprise seeking smart security together with easy-to-use, time-saving management tools.

Microsoft Exchange Protection
GroupShield Exchange is designed to protect your Exchange server from viruses and malicious code. GroupShield protects inbound and outbound e-mail, and offers real-time and on-demand scanning for all public and private folders.

File Server Protection
A virus outbreak that disrupts the flow of your organization's e-business activity is no longer merely a nuisance-it will actually affect profitability. In fact, 1999 saw more than $12.1 billion in damages as a direct result of virus infections, more than twice that of all previous years combined. The trend escalated in 2000, when the Love Bug caused more than $6.7 billion worth of damage in just two weeks. Perhaps the most tempting targets for virus writers are file servers, which warehouse your critical information and thousands of employee shared folders. Just one worm in one shared folder at the server can quickly spread throughout the network, causing irreversible damage. That's why having NetShield on your servers is critical.

Server Manageability
Whether your network is a Microsoft NT, Novell NetWare or UNIX environment, NetShield delivers a comprehensive anti-virus solution. NetShield's award-winning virus-scanning technology offers unmatched management flexibility. It detects virus-infected files transmitted to and from servers, even as it scans for viruses that may have entered other server locations. Once NetShield detects an infected file, it gives you the option of automatically cleaning it, quarantining it, or simply deleting it.

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