Commtouch Releases Seventh Generation Messaging and Web Security Technology

New Mail Sort Feature Provides Unique Automated Distinction Between Personal Email and Newsletters

Sunnyvale, CA – December 14, 2010 -- Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) today announced the launch of its seventh generation Recurrent Pattern Detection™ technology. RPD™ technology is at the heart of new versions being released for each of the company’s messaging and Web security products, which are integrated into the products of security and networking vendors and into service providers’ infrastructure.

Among the many new features and improvements, the newly released versions include:

* Commtouch Mail Sort, the industry’s first solution that automatically distinguishes personal emails from valid mass mailings such as newsletters, to enable better inbox management.
* Enhanced monitoring capabilities that can easily be added to existing network monitoring systems to ensure that administrators have a clear picture of network activity behind the scenes.
* Advanced algorithms for detection of scam attacks – these provide better protection for end-users by identifying the emails that promote fraudulent schemes.
* Improved performance for extremely high volume implementations, allowing higher mail throughput using less hardware.

“Since it was first released, Commtouch’s RPD technology has continually set the standard for detection, always ahead of new malicious tactics,” said Ronen Rosenblatt, Commtouch’s vice president of engineering. “The new seventh generation RPD technology incorporates important algorithm improvements, enhancing both the messaging and Web security offerings.”

Commtouch Mail Sort

Commtouch’s new automatic Mail Sort feature enables service providers and vendors to offer a new inbox-sorting feature to their end-customers. The distinction between individual and large-scale messages is handled automatically in the Commtouch GlobalView Network unlike services such as Google’s ’Priority Inbox’ and Microsoft Hotmail’s ’Sweep,’ which require training by end users.  With the Mail Sort feature, end-users will be able to easily identify their personal mail as higher priority than their newsletters and other “bulk-mailed” material.

“While opt-in newsletters are valuable, they overstuff email boxes and make it more time consuming to find higher priority email,” said Michael Osterman, principal of industry analyst firm Osterman Research.  “Because Commtouch’s solution is automated and requires no manual training, it provides a differentiator for vendors and service providers when compared to recently launched services that require manual training.”

Products covered

New product releases are available for Commtouch’s Anti-Spam, Outbound Spam Protection, Zero-Hour™ Virus Outbreak Protection, GlobalView™ Mail Reputation, and GlobalView URL Filtering.

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About Commtouch

Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) provides proven Internet security technology to more than 150 security companies and service providers for integration into their solutions. Commtouch’s GlobalView™ and patented Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (RPD™) technologies are founded on a unique cloud-based approach, and work together in a comprehensive feedback loop to protect effectively in all languages and formats. Commtouch’s Command Antivirus utilizes a multi-layered approach to provide award winning malware detection and industry-leading performance. Commtouch technology automatically analyzes billions of Internet transactions in real-time in its global data centers to identify new threats as they are initiated, enabling our partners and customers to protect end-users from spam and malware, and enabling safe, compliant browsing. The company’s expertise in building efficient, massive-scale security services has resulted in mitigating Internet threats for thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users in 190 countries. Commtouch was founded in 1991, is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary with offices in Sunnyvale, California and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.