Authentium Launches SafeCentral 2.0, Now Secures Both Web and Desktop Applications

Business Wire, April 08, 2009

New Version Adds Desktop Application Security, Faster Safe Web Browsing, and Improved Ease of Use to Advanced Data Privacy Protection Platform

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Computer security just got stronger with today’s debut of SafeCentral 2.0, a major upgrade of Authentium’s critically acclaimed secure browser that protects Internet users from spyware, keyloggers, DNS flaws, and other exploits that put personal data at risk. With version 2.0, the same robust security that SafeCentral brought to Web browsing is extended to privacy- and security-sensitive PC desktop applications. The result is a desktop-to-Web solution that safeguards personal information wherever it resides. With faster secure browsing and an even easier user experience, SafeCentral 2.0 quietly yet effectively keeps personal digital information private.

SafeCentral 2.0 uses Authentium’s proprietary “reverse sandboxing” technology to protect login information, passwords, and financial info that consumers enter into their computers, even if the computers are already infected with malicious software. This pioneering approach ensures the integrity of online transactions—such as shopping, banking, and trading—and now, desktop data processing, even when protection from other security tools fails (such as antivirus, etc.). SafeCentral can also be fully customized, so banks, trading companies, and other partners can market SafeCentral as part of their branded security offerings to customers.

In fact, rates of crimeware-spreading sites and rogue anti-malware programs used to electronically steal passwords, personal and corporate information exploded at the end of 2008, according to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). The presence of crimeware-spreading sites infecting PCs has increased 827 percent since January of 2008, and rogue anti-malware programs used for automated phishing and online extortion increased 225 percent since July 2008, in particular the recent Conficker worm threat. But with SafeCentral 2.0, people don’t have to worry. They can surf the Web and their desktop in complete confidence and privacy, knowing their info is protected from prying eyes. Key new features of SafeCentral 2.0 include:

• Visit any Website Securely. Launched in May 2008 as a secure portal of more than 15,000 popular online destinations, today consumers can visit any site on the web and enjoy SafeCentral protection against cybercrime.
• Easy-to-use Secure Desktop. SafeCentral creates a safe haven on your computer from which you can browse and transact securely even if your computer is infected with data stealing malware. This “Secure Desktop” provides the extra level of assurance consumer and business users need on an Internet full of risk and uncertainty.
• SafeCentral Deskbar that keeps secure Web browsing one click away at all times.
• SafeCentral Protection Indicators and Reminders on the Secure Desktop let people know that SafeCentral is working to protect their usernames, passwords and other sensitive information.
• High-performance security engine delivers anti-keylogging, anti-screen-stealing and Secure DNS protection at twice the speed of version 1.
• User Assistance Videos demonstrate how to use SafeCentral and how it fits into every day web usage.

“It’s impossible to know whether a computer is free of malware, but it’s easy to create a “safe room” on your computer that you can use to bank and shop securely,” says Ray Dickenson, Chief Technology Officer of Authentium. “The new Secure Desktop in SafeCentral blocks out viruses and keyloggers and lets you use the web in the safest way possible.”

SafeCentral can be downloaded and installed at www.SafeCentral.com, where consumers can also take advantage of a free 30-day trial.

ABOUT AUTHENTIUM

Authentium develops software and services to protect consumers in a connected world. The company’s core technologies (SDK’s) are used by leading software providers including Google, Microsoft, and Symantec to create or enhance industry-leading computing security products. Additionally, Authentium’s same core security expertise is also expressed in the continued development of Command Antivirus, the award winning Antivirus product from Authentium. The company was incorporated in 2000, and is located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. For more information, visit www.authentium.com.

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