Untangle Anti-Virus Fight Club Pits Open Source Against Proprietary

Business Wire, August 6, 2007

Standoff to Commence Wednesday at LinuxWorld

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Untangle, the pioneer in open source network gateway platforms, today announced that the "Untangle AV Fight Club" will take place at 6 pm PT on August 8 at the LinuxWorld Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Untangle will test a variety of open source and proprietary anti-virus solutions in front of a public audience and present the results live.

Historically, testing labs funded by proprietary vendors have been unwilling to publicize the test results of open source projects. However, with its open Anti-Virus Fight Club, Untangle seeks to determine and publicize how open source anti-virus solutions really stack up against proprietary vendors.

Solutions to be tested include the proprietary Norton, Kaspersky, SonicWall, and many others, and the open source ClamAV solution.

This Fight Club has already made a splash in the community. Since issuing a call for viruses to be used in the test on July 24, Untangle has received numerous submissions from around the world. Virus submissions will also be accepted at the live event.

"By under-publicizing test results from open source projects, the testing labs are allowing proprietary vendors to create FUD around open source solutions," said Dirk Morris, Founder and CTO of Untangle. "We think businesses deserve to know whether or not free and open source anti-virus solutions can hold their own against proprietary vendors. We want to give our audience an objective evaluation of these anti-virus tools and let them decide for themselves which solutions are appropriate for their businesses."

About Untangle

Untangle was founded with the vision of untangling the complexities of technology, initially targeting network security and control for SMBs. The company follows Open Source development practices to create better code and make it widely available. The Untangle Gateway Platform, the world's first commercial-grade open source solution for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and unwanted content on the network, provides a free and better alternative to costly, inflexible proprietary appliances. Untangle's applications are currently being used in hundreds of businesses in a variety of industries, including financial services, real estate, education, bio-science, and professional services. Untangle is located in San Mateo, California. For more information, visit www.untangle.com or call (866) 233-2296.