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PC TOOLS' SPYWARE DOCTOR GIVEN PRESTIGIOUS CHECKMARK SECURITY CERTIFICATION BY WEST COAST LABS
San Francisco, CA, June 28, 2006 - PC Tools, the top global provider of consumer anti-spyware software today announced that the multi award-winning Spyware Doctor has received the "Checkmark Anti-Spyware Installed Certification"* from West Coast labs - a leading independent testing organization. West Coast Labs has made the Checkmark certification system one of the leading certification programs worldwide. Trusted by both experts and consumers for over ten years, West Coast Labs provides best practice principles and independent testing of information security products to real-world standards.
Checkmark's "Anti-Spyware Installed" certification category calls for anti-spyware solutions to provide overall protection from unwanted spyware, including detection and removal of spyware installed on their computers. Spyware Doctor passed the rigorous test with a stellar outcome; once again proving to be the worlds most comprehensive and effective defense tool in the battle against the ever-growing threat of malicious spyware.
PC Tools' CEO Simon Clausen said: "The team at PC Tools is thrilled to receive this important certification from West Coast Labs. Passing the test of Checkmark's 'Anti-Spyware Installed' category is a difficult challenge but we were confident Spyware Doctor's superior technology would prove itself yet again to be on the mark."
"Spyware Doctor dealt effectively with all the installed spyware samples during the testing process", said Chris Thomas, operations director of West Coast Labs. "By achieving this highly demanding global certification, it has proved itself to be a product of quality".
The Checkmark system uses structured testing procedures and analysis to supply practical and precise information to security decision makers; regularly qualifying standards to meet with ever-changing technology and threats.
Read more about Spyware Doctor's certification in the "Anti-Spyware Installed" category at http://westcoastlabs.org/checkmarkcertification.asp.
With over 100 million downloads of its combined products, PC Tools continues to successfully surpass its competition with pioneering technology that supplies the demand for a more secure online experience. Find out more at www.pctools.com.
ABOUT SPYWARE DOCTOR™
Spyware Doctor, PC Tools' award-winning flagship product, is one of the most technologically advanced and widely-used anti-spyware software solutions in the world. Over the past year, more than 50 million copies of Spyware Doctor have been downloaded, and the product is ranked number 1 most popular download on CNET's Download.com. More information about Spyware Doctor can be found at www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor.
ABOUT PC TOOLS™
PC Tools is a global leader in innovative software products to protect the privacy and security of Windows® computer users. PC Tools publishes software and provides technical resources for securing, protecting and maintaining the Windows® operating system.
Press Contact: Michael Greene (415) 350-5084
About West Coast Labs
WCL is an independent technical consultancy, specialising in the independent testing and validation of the functionality and performance of information security products and services.
With a global client base among the world's leading security technology developers, WCL has a reputation for technical expertise, quality of service and independence. Tests are carried out with pre-defined objectives, to agreed criteria and within a structured methodology appropriate to the individual test. www.westcoastlabs.org
About Checkmark Certification
Owned by West Coast Labs, Checkmark brings a superior quality testing and certification service to technology developers thru independent, industry-accepted standards on product effectiveness and performance for the benefit of corporate end-users and decision-makers.
Far more than a static record of functionality tests, The Checkmark system is a proactive process of delivering critical product information, certification and performance data to support decision-makers' information-gathering and decision-making processes in a wide range of security technology sectors. www.check-mark.com
For more information about West Coast Labs please contact Chris Thomas, Operations Director, West Coast Labs cthomas@westcoast.com
* For a company to be certified to the Spyware Checkmark, the product must be able to detect Trojans, Key-Loggers, Cookies and other assorted Malware in the West Coast Labs Spyware test suite.
The product should not cause any false alarms (based on testing against the West Coast Labs alarm test suite).
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