04/17/2008

Starting today, Internet users have a new, potent weapon to protect themselves against cybercrime: Authentium's SafeCentral, a convenient Web service that lets anyone surf the Internet in complete privacy and safety, even if their computer is already infected with spyware or viruses.

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SafeCentral's end-to-end technology prevents cyber crime and identity theft by locking down PCs, launching a secure browser, and connecting users to a trusted portal of more than 15,000 popular destinations.

"Even if cybercrooks have their hooks inside your computer and are monitoring your activities, you can use SafeCentral to shop, bank, or even file your taxes with complete confidence," says Doug Brunt, President and CEO of Authentium. "In seconds, SafeCentral shuts down all threats, and sets up a checkpoint that lets good data pass through, while keeping prying eyes out. It's like an armored car for your account information, passwords and other data. Your personal information is isolated and protected."

Over 50 percent of PCs are already infected with spyware, even though most have antivirus, antispyware, and firewall software installed. Clearly, these traditional security products are not enough. Indeed, the reason malware authors and Internet fraudsters continue to thrive is because they are masters at staying one step ahead of the security software vendors.

In contrast, SafeCentral uses Authentium's patent-pending TSX technology to create a virtual "concrete bunker" that safeguards consumers from trickiest and nastiest techniques employed by Internet thieves. These threats include viruses, spyware, Trojan horses, keyloggers, phishers, man-in-the-middle attacks, screen scrapers, DNS poisoning, Wi-Fi interception, and countless other orchestrated attacks. In fact, SafeCentral is the only service that stops Internet threats past, present, and future-without requiring constant updates, time-consuming file scanning, or real-time monitoring that wastes memory and slows computers down.

Moreover, with SafeCentral, consumers don't have to change the way they work, learn confusing computer terms that appear in bewildering pop-ups, configure complicated control panels, or waste hours scanning for threats that have already compromised their systems. With just a click, SafeCentral's patent-pending protection shields the user's desktop from the dark threats of the Internet without limiting flexibility, functionality, or usability.

SafeCentral makes security simple. Think of it as an on/off switch for security, powered by three principal components:

• The SafeCentral Desktop, which locks down desktops by acting as a traffic cop, continuously monitoring Windows "system calls." When spyware, keyloggers, screen capture agents, or other malicious software makes a system call, the SafeCentral Desktop disallows it. Only verifiably safe computer processes are allowed.



• The SafeCentral Browser, which "blacks out" snooping by man or machine using virtualized sessions that are invisible to keyloggers, spyware, and other malware. The SafeCentral Browser assumes the PC is already compromised by malware, and virtualizes the Web browser to isolate it within the potentially compromised environment. This hides 100 percent of data-keystrokes, screens, data, URLs, histories, account credentials, etc.-from all manner of eavesdropping, creating a truly private environment. Users can bank, shop, search, and communicate with confidence.



• The SafeCentral Portal, which provides a secure on-ramp to the user's favorite web destinations. These sites include those where security is paramount, such as banks, e-commerce sites, trading houses, government sites, and so on. The SafeCentral Portal's DNS technology only connects users to authenticated Web sites, preventing malicious agents from redirecting users to phishing pages, man-in-the-middle attacks, and other criminal spoofs.

"We've closed the gap for consumers by making security simple," says Corey O'Donnell, VP of Marketing for Authentium. "While other technologies try to detect identity theft, SafeCentral takes the up-front approach to prevent it. And unlike services that protect just banks or just consumers, SafeCentral steps into the breach to safeguard all users and institutions, including small local banks without an IT staff or a large budget, and consumers without technical degrees. SafeCentral is one name, one answer, to stop identity theft before it starts."

SafeCentral is available now at www.SafeCentral.com.