Web host EarthLink announced it added Protection Control Center 2.0, which looks for "Bad Guy" behavior and adds an extra layer of protection to basic security software

January 30, 2007 – Keeping its commitment to providing consumers with a safe Internet experience, EarthLink (NASDAQ: ELNK) today added “zero-day protection” in the fight against spyware, Trojans, keyloggers and other threats with its upgraded Protection Control Center with Attack Shield (www.earthlink.net/software/pcc/).

What is Attack Shield?
Traditional antivirus solutions take a reactive approach to detecting and eliminating new viruses: they wait for an attack to infect a computer before arming consumers with updates that protect them from the latest threats. However, EarthLink’s “Attack Shield” technology is proactive: by utilizing Sana Security’s (www.sanasecurity.com) award-winning multi-behavioral security engine, the application is able to monitor in real-time the consumer’s PC to detect potential behaviors to determine if an installed program is malicious and remove it without requiring definition updates.

“The Internet has evolved into a collaborative communication platform and with each new vehicle or program—whether a blog post, IM message or downloaded video—comes the possibility of a new attack that may be maliciously exploited to steal a consumer’s personal information,” said Jonathan Young, EarthLink’s vice president of security software, subscription and services. “Our Protection Control Center with Attack Shield provides consumers with an extra layer of safety that pre-empts unknown viruses and online intruders that other antivirus solutions cannot.”

“It was simply a matter of time before one of the world’s leading Internet service providers recognized and deployed the incremental value that Sana Security’s instant and pro-active anti-malware solution delivers to PCs to augment the protection of personal identity and data,” said Timothy Eades, senior vice president sales and marketing, Sana Security. “EarthLink should be commended for recognizing that behavior-based protection models are an essential tool in the fight to protect against the rising number of sophisticated threats such as Trojan horses and botnets, which we have recently observed increasing by over 35 percent while over 10 percent of all malware observed since September 2006 includes some form of stealthy rootkit technology.”

For more information visit http://www.earthlink.net.