Integrated Offering Helps Consumers Easily Identify Trustworthy Sites When Searching the Web
Melbourne, 3 March 2010 – AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd, the Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific distributor of the award-winning AVG Anti-Virus and Internet Security software, announced today that VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure for the networked world, and AVG Technologies, developers of the world’s most popular free anti-virus software, have an agreement to display the new VeriSign Trust™ Seal within AVG LinkScanner® search results pages. For all web sites that are customers of the VeriSign Trust Seal, this feature is now available in the latest version of the AVG LinkScanner software, and over time, will enable tens of millions of consumers to more easily identify safe sites.
Last week, VeriSign announced the VeriSign Trust Seal, which includes authentication for business and domain control, daily scanning of web sites for malicious software and seal-in-search capabilities for customers. The announcement included details about VeriSign’s first third-party integration for seal-in-search with TheFind, an Internet shopping search engine. VeriSign intends to work with multiple third-party web sites and consumer client software vendors such as AVG Technologies to enable maximum benefit and availability for consumers.
By helping identify trusted sites within search results, the integration of the VeriSign Trust Seal into AVG LinkScanner’s real-time threat protection benefits consumers. When a user searches the web using AVG LinkScanner, sites that carry the VeriSign Trust Seal will appear in search results with the VeriSign trust mark. Displaying the seal differentiates the site’s link from other search results, communicating to consumers that the link leads to a site trusted by VeriSign, which can help drive increased traffic to online businesses.
“In our present era of multiple online threats, it’s hard for consumers to know which sites are safe to visit and which are best avoided, creating barriers for businesses as consumers shy away from online interactions,” said Fran Rosch, senior vice president of Business Authentication at VeriSign. “The integration of the VeriSign Trust Seal in AVG’s LinkScanner, which has more than 110 million active users worldwide, gives consumers additional protection when they go online, and leads to more visitors for online businesses.”
“Today’s bad guys are smarter and create threats that are more sophisticated, hiding in legitimate web sites that are sometimes poisoned for less than a day, which makes a real-time solution absolutely critical,” said Lloyd Borrett, Marketing Manager at AVG (AU/NZ). “Anti-virus software alone cannot address these threats. The VeriSign Trust Seal integration with AVG LinkScanner will help consumers protect themselves by enabling them to know what’s behind any web page and trust it, when it’s most critical – before they click. Adding the VeriSign seal delivers another layer of visibility into the health, security and safety of a site.”
The agreement is part of AVG Technologies’ new Global Strategic Alliances (GSA) group 2010 partner program focused on development, licensing initiatives and strategic partnerships in security, social media and the online community
AVG LinkScanner is free and is included as part of all AVG Anti-Virus and AVG Internet Security products. AVG LinkScanner can be used also as a free stand-alone product alongside other brands of anti-virus and Internet security software. AVG LinkScanner or AVG’s other free security products can be downloaded at www.avgfree.com.au.
The seal-in-search service is offered to all VeriSign Trust Seal customers. For more information, visit http://www.verisign.com/trust-seal/index.html.
About VeriSign
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. Billions of times each day, VeriSign helps companies and consumers all over the world engage in communications and commerce with confidence. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.com.
About AVG Technologies
AVG is a global security software maker protecting more than 110 million consumers and small businesses in 167 countries from the ever-growing incidence of web threats, viruses, spam, cyber-scams and hackers on the Internet. AVG has nearly two decades of experience in combating cyber crime and one of the most advanced laboratories for detecting, pre-empting and combating Web-borne threats from around the world. Its free, downloadable software allows novice users to have basic anti-virus protection and then easily upgrade to greater levels of safety and defence when they are ready. AVG has nearly 6,000 resellers, partners and distributors globally including Amazon.com, CNET, Cisco, Ingram Micro, Play.com, Wal-Mart, and Yahoo!
About AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd — www.avg.com.au
Based in Melbourne, AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd distributes the AVG range of Anti-Virus and Internet Security products in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. AVG software solutions provide complete real-time protection against the malware, viruses, spam, spyware, adware, worms, Trojans, phishing and exploits used by cyber-criminals, hackers, scammers and identity thieves. AVG protects everything important and personal inside computers — documents, account details and passwords, music, photos and more — all while allowing users to work, bank, shop and play games online in safety. AVG provides outstanding technical solutions and exceptional value for consumers, small to medium business and enterprise clients. AVG delivers always-on, always up-to-date protection across desktop, and notebook PCs, plus file and e-mail servers in the home and at work in SMBs, corporations, government agencies and educational institutions.
AVG products actively protect over 110 million users worldwide, including more than 3.6 million users in Australia and New Zealand.
AVG (AU/NZ) has more than 2700 resellers across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.