Sana Security Primary Response SafeConnect Complements Anti-Virus Solution and Delivers Comprehensive Malware Protection; Security Solution Enhances Anti-Virus Software to Combat Malicious Programs in the Enterprise

Business Wire, June 27, 2006

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Sana Security, Inc., a security software company, today announced Primary Response SafeConnect for Norton AntiVirus to deliver broad threat protection against malware and unwanted programs. By pairing Sana's proactive anti-malware technology with Norton AntiVirus(TM), enterprise customers and end users receive complete protection against a scope of malicious threats, including unknown malware attacks, without requiring signatures and scanning.

With a complete anti-malware solution, enterprise systems gain protection against attacks that can compromise data integrity and result in fraud, identity theft, or slow machines causing data loss and impairing productivity. While typical signature-based anti-virus (AV) software alone detected only 57% of malware, Primary Response SafeConnect for Norton AntiVirus uses behavioral heuristics to close the gap by detecting and removing a significant portion of malware that is missed by many AV vendors. In a sample of 1,000 machines, the software identified and removed an additional 2,717 files and 674 malware variants that remained undetected by popular AV products. The removal process begins immediately when an attack is detected. The software quarantines and completely eliminates malicious software from the PC so that it can no longer proliferate or install additional components. The combined solution of Sana's anti-malware software and Norton AntiVirus software results in an advanced level of malware protection that is more dependable, effective and user-friendly than AV alone.

"Enterprises are accustomed to running anti-virus and anti-spyware software, but these products aren't sufficient to protect against today's Windows threats," said Andrew Jaquith, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group. "To keep workstations safe from intrusion, we recommend that enterprises strongly consider augmenting their signature-based defenses with behavioral safeguards."

For the past 18 years, reactive AV solutions have relied on signatures to detect and remove known and some unknown viruses. However, the types of stealthy malware surfacing today are increasingly harder to detect and remove. Recently, Sana Labs identified two 'in the wild' Trojans, rootkit.hearse and the related win32.goldun, that were not initially picked up by standard signature-based solutions. Malware writers are becoming increasingly motivated to quickly profit by attacking PCs, creating sneaky threats that are concealed from security products while stealing account logins and passwords for banks, credit cards and other financial institutions.

"With the increasingly complex and constantly evolving nature of stealthy malware, it is becoming clear that using anti-virus solutions alone to combat today's threats is inadequate. In fact, 99% of enterprises have AV solutions deployed but 68% still get viruses, and 13% of machines have confirmed malicious code on them," said Timothy Eades, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Sana Security. "Combining a behavior-based approach with traditional AV is the most effective solution for removing malicious software from PCs. Primary Response SafeConnect for Norton AntiVirus complements the AV solution and brings broad-based threat protection against spyware, adware, Trojans and rootkits to the extended enterprise."

At the core of Primary Response SafeConnect is Sana Security's latest technology, Active Malware Defense Technology v2.0 (Active MDT). Unlike reactive solutions, Primary Response SafeConnect is the first commercially available anti-malware software using behavior heuristics to instantly detect and completely remove malware before it can harm PCs. Malicious software components, including kernel level rootkit attacks, are quarantined and eliminated to prevent reinstallation or survival of reboot. Client PCs are protected with always-on, proactive protection for immunity against known and unknown threats, which disrupt business continuity and exploit online identities and information.

Primary Response SafeConnect for Norton Anti-Virus provides the following key benefits to protect client PCs from the onslaught of malicious software programs:

--Broad threat protection against spyware, Trojans, adware, keyloggers and rootkits, including variants of existing malware and targeted attacks

--Behavioral removal without signature-based scripts to address all components of malware, avoiding re-installation and re-configuration of PCs

--Easy-to-use software to instantly and constantly protect against new threats without updates and time-consuming system scans, thereby increasing productivity

Availability

Primary Response SafeConnect for Norton AntiVirus is now available and can be purchased for $24.95 via the Sana Security website at http://www.sanasecurity.com or by calling 1-866-900-SANA for further information.

About Sana Security

Sana Security creates award-winning security software that is autonomous, aware of environment change, adaptive to new threats and active in preventing attacks before they do harm.