About Commtouch

Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) provides proven Internet security technology to more than 150 security companies and service providers including 1&1, Check Point, F-Secure, Google, Microsoft, Panda Security, Rackspace, US Internet, WatchGuard and Webroot, for integration into their solutions. Commtouch’s GlobalView™ and patented Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (RPD™) technologies are founded on a unique cloud-based approach, and 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 to protect end-users from spam and malware, and ensure 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.

The key Commtouch services - Anti-Spam, Zero-Hour™ Virus Outbreak Protection, GlobalView™ Mail Reputation Services, GlobalView™ URL Filtering, and Command Antivirus® – all provide information for each other in a comprehensive, self-learning feedback loop that learns locally as well as globally. Relying on Commtouch enables licensing partners to focus on their own areas of expertise, secure in the knowledge that Commtouch is always well ahead of the latest Internet threats.

Commtouch was founded in 1991, is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary with offices in Sunnyvale, Calif and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Commtouch Solutions

Anti-Spam

• Ideal as a core technology or additional layer.
• Real-time protection from new spam outbreaks.
• Highest spam detection rates.
• Superior accuracy with almost no false positives.
• Content and language agnostic.

Zero-Hour™ Virus Outbreak Protection

• Provides immediate protection from email-borne virus outbreaks.
• Blocks suspect attachments based on signature-less RPD.

GlobalView Mail Reputation

• Blocks the majority of unwanted email at the network perimeter.
• Saves bandwidth, enhancing performance.
• Reduces load and resource requirements of protected messaging systems.

Outbound Spam Protection

• Enables service providers to block outbound spam, phishing and malware.
• Identifies the sender, getting to the source of the problem rather than just the symptoms.
• Prevents blacklisting of protected service providers.

GlobalView™ URL Filtering

• Broadest Internet coverage and highest categorization accuracy.
• Complete Web security based on Commtouch detection technologies and extensive Security Alliance feeds.
• Protects networks and users from malicious and compromised Web sites.
• Supports parental control, HR compliance and employee productivity applications.

Command™ Antivirus

• Exceptional detection from multi-layered approach using heuristics, emulation, cloud-based hashes and intelligent signatures.
• Low operational costs from industry-leading performance standards and optimal resource consumption.
• Ultimate flexibility - small SDK footprint supports a wide range of integrations.