Network Associates expands anti-spam portfolio
Published: 06 Jan 2003 16:27 GMT
Network Associates on Monday acquired anti-spam software provider Deersoft, the first in a series of acquisitions the company plans to make to help people thwart unsolicited email. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Deersoft sells software that allows individuals and businesses to filter unwanted email, or spam. Once a message has been identified as spam from a list of known unsolicited bulk emailers, Deersoft software either blocks delivery of the email or tracks it for further review.
Network Associates, the security software specialist, said it will incorporate Deersoft's filtering technology into security products for email servers, Internet gateways and desktop products.
The first anti-spam product will be McAfee SpamKiller Enterprise, a desktop application for blocking spam which will ship in the second quarter this year. Network Associates will also update its security administration application, ePolicy Orchestrator, to manage spam and other antivirus software.
In the second half of 2003, Network Associates will integrate Deersoft filtering into its McAfee WebShield and GroupShield products for blocking spam from Internet gateways and email servers.
"With Deersoft, we have acquired extensions to the leading open-source 'blacklist' application and we will add applications that detect spammers even before they appear on blacklists, supplementing that with the ability for customers to filter internal content with very tight control," Art Matin, president of McAfee for Network Associates, said in a statement.
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