Mountain View, CA-- October 10, 2006 – Commtouch (NASDAQ: CTCH), announced today that one of its senior experts, Vice President Jay Goldin, will speak at Virus Bulletin 2006 (VB2006), a conference which starts tomorrow in Montreal.
Mr. Goldin will present his paper, “Containing Spam - the Local Challenge,” which was co-authored with Amir Lev, Commtouch’s President and Chief Technology Officer. The presentation discusses the challenges inherent in fighting spam and malware around the globe.
While some spam and malware outbreaks are global, a significant portion bears very specific characteristics in various regions such as China, Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. Local attributes extend beyond the obvious language differences. Techniques used by spammers vary according to culture, environment and local laws and law enforcement.
“Anti-spam filters that work well in the US and Western Europe often cannot cope with East Asian and East European spam,” Mr. Lev said. “Commtouch’s daily analysis of millions of global and regional spam and malware messages provides a real time overview of this issue from up close.”
The paper and presentation dig below the surface in characterizing differences between spam in major regions and reviewing anti-spam approaches and their local effectiveness.
“Understanding regional variations in spam and malware attacks is crucial for the security community,” Mr. Goldin said. “Security is a global business, and successful regional attacks tend to spread outward, rapidly becoming a global threat.”
The presentation will be taking place on Thursday, October 12, at 2:40 pm. at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
About VB2006
Over its 16-year history, the VB conference has become a major highlight of the anti-virus calendar, with many of its regular attendees citing it as the anti-virus event of the year. The VB conference provides a focus for the AV industry, representing an opportunity for experts in the anti-virus arena to share their research interests, discuss methods and technologies and set new standards, as well as meet with - and learn from - those who put their technologies into practice in the real world. The conference is taking place October 11-13, 2006.
About Commtouch
Commtouch Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTCH) is dedicated to protecting and preserving the integrity of the world's most important communications tool -- email. Commtouch has over 15 years of experience developing messaging software and is a global developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam and Zero-Hour virus protection solutions. Using core technologies including RPD (Recurrent Pattern Detection™), the Commtouch Detection Center analyzes billions of email messages per month to identify new spam and malware outbreaks within minutes of their introduction into the Internet. Integrated by more than 50 OEM partners, Commtouch technology protects thousands of organizations, with over 50 million users in over 100 countries. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Mountain View, CA. For more information, see: www.commtouch.com, including the Commtouch online lab detailing spam statistics and charts.
Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD and Zero-Hour are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.
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