PivX to US-CERT: Don't Abandon Internet Explorer

Business Wire, July 9, 2004

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- PivX Solutions Inc. (OTCBB:PIVX), is advising US-CERT that its recommendation for Internet users to stop using Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) merely avoids the current browser security problems, without addressing the need for a long-term solution. PivX is a market leader in the development of Proactive Threat Mitigation(TM) solutions for the enterprise security market.

In a letter to Amit Yoran, director, National Cyber Security Division, Department of Homeland Security, PivX CEO Rob Shively and Senior Security Researcher Thor Laholm, warn that using Web browsers other than IE, such as Mozilla, may reduce exposure to these vulnerabilities, but they cannot eliminate exposure because IE is still present as an integral part of Windows.

"US-CERT's advice to Internet users to find another browser rather than use IE may stop those users from experiencing many security problems, but this will not be 100% efficient and does nothing to find a solution to the fundamental problems that are inherent with using Internet Explorer," said Rob Shively, CEO at PivX.

"The whole security industry must think more creatively in terms of the strategy when dealing with this type of problem. We cannot just drop products because they have a fault. We have yet to develop an Internet browser which is completely secure, so even if users choose another browser, we cannot predict what vulnerabilities these alternative browsers will suffer in six months' time," added Shively.

PivX is proposing to US-CERT a security strategy based upon Host-based Intrusion Prevention. To see a full copy of the letter, please go to http://www.pivx.com/news/CERTletter.> About PivX

PivX Solutions Inc. (OTCBB:PIVX), is a security research product and services company that leverages its domain knowledge to create high demand products. PivX also conducts highly confidential security-related work on behalf of some of the world's largest corporations. PivX's flagship product, Qwik-Fix Pro(TM) provides enterprise level host-based intrusion prevention against vulnerability pathways, exploits, attack vectors and threats before they are exploited maliciously. PivX research has identified multiple vulnerabilities and ways to exploit many of the world's widely-used Operating Systems and software, including Apache www Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft IIS, Unreal Engine, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Valve Half Life, Cisco IOS, Savant, Turbo Tax and Winamp.

For more information, please visit www.pivx.com.