InterMute - Anti-Spyware Software Development Kit Released

Press Contacts:

Michael Sweeny
Public Relations Director michael_sweeny@trendmicro.com Tel: +1 (408) 863-6384
Fax: +1 (408) 863-6525

Davida Dinerman/Laura Ackerman
Schwartz Communications
(781) 684-0770

Anti-Spyware Software Development Kit Released

InterMute First to Enable ISVs to Accelerate Time to Market When Creating Enterprise Anti-Spyware Solutions

BRAINTREE, Mass., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- InterMute, Inc., a leading
provider of Internet security and content filtering solutions, today announced
the SpySubtract(R) Software Development Kit (SDK), to allow independent
software vendors (ISVs) to efficiently develop Enterprise Anti-Spyware
solutions for their enterprise security customers.

InterMute is licensing their modular anti-spyware SDK, built with
industry-standard Microsoft Visual Studio C++, to provide developers with a
fast way to enhance existing security software products, to protect against
spyware threats. Modularity and portability have been designed into the
SpySubtract code base from day one. Plus, InterMute's technology is field
proven; no other anti-spyware solution ships pre-loaded on more new PCs than
InterMute's SpySubtract PRO.

Spyware is everywhere and it has become a major concern for Enterprise IT
managers. Keyboard loggers, browser monitors, malware and Trojans are now
running loose inside the enterprise. Traditional enterprise security solutions
were not designed to handle spyware threats. Spyware programs can open up data
feeds to the Internet and may pass confidential data right through traditional
network defenses. This translates into major security concerns, lost time and
diminished productivity throughout the organization.

Security vendors that produce corporate firewalls, anti-virus, intrusion
detection, proxy servers, web-filtering, or other security software or
appliances are now being asked by their customers to enhance their offerings
with anti-spyware capabilities.

"Time-to-market for security software is crucial," says Ed English CEO of
InterMute, Inc. "Unlike bloated and slow anti-spyware solutions that are built
with hobbyist languages and compilers, InterMute's SpySubtract SDK is a lean,
mean spyware-fighting machine."

The SpySubtract SDK provides the fast path to integrating anti-spyware
technology into existing ISV products. InterMute's SpySubtract SDK can
accelerate an ISV's time-to-market by enhancing existing security products
with robust anti-spyware technology. To offer the most competitive,
comprehensive and up-to-date protection, providers of network security
products must include strong anti-spyware defenses.

The SpySubtract Engine is a powerful API (Application Program Interface),
designed to enable ISVs easily and reliably to add sophisticated spyware
detection and removal functionality to their own applications or perimeter
gateway devices.

Built on the industry-standard Microsoft Visual C++ development platform,
the SpySubtract Engine provides a set of COM-based components and interfaces
that add spyware detection and removal capabilities to another program. The
interfaces allow applications to perform spyware detection and removal tasks,
including:

-- Scanning for spyware, including checking an individual file
-- Cleaning spyware that has been detected
-- Backup and restoration of files to be removed
-- Configuration of the SpySubtract engine
-- Management of whitelists, which allows exclusion of specified items
from scanning
-- Management of blacklists, which allows automatic deletion of known
spyware or other unwanted processes during a scan

The SpySubtract Engine is ideal for constructing a multi-layered solution
to protect corporations from spyware. This includes:

-- Perimeter Defense Protection at the network/gateway level, to intercept
spyware before it can infect enterprise PC systems
-- Desktop Protection at the local PC level, with scanning and cleaning of
an individual user's system
-- SpySubtract Updates to distribute efficiently the latest signatures and
definition files that combat more recently developed forms of spyware

The SpySubtract Software Development Kit includes source code examples
that demonstrate how developers can quickly integrate the SpySubtract Engine
for building robust anti-spyware capabilities into their own security
applications and devices. For example, the ScanFile code sample demonstrates
using the SpySubtract scanning engine to scan an individual file to determine
if it is spyware.

To learn more about the SpySubtract SDK, please visit
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/sdk.html .

About Intermute, Inc.

InterMute, Inc., based in Braintree, Massachusetts, develops leading
Internet security and content filtering solutions for consumers and
businesses. Founded in 1999, the company's mission is to bring security,
productivity and privacy to the Internet. For information about InterMute's
family of security and privacy software products, visit
http://www.intermute.com or call (781) 356-0990.

SOURCE InterMute, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/sdk.html
http://www.intermute.com