eEye Blink Personal Edition Wins VB100 Award

Released on = June 27, 2007, 1:40 pm

Press Release Author = Jennifer Huffer/eEye

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Product complies with 100% detection of in-the-wild viruses
with zero false positives

Press Release Body = ALISO VIEJO, Calif., June 27, 2007 - A leading developer of
unified client security and vulnerability management, eEye Digital Security today
announced that its BlinkŪ Personal Edition 3.0 received the VB100 award from Virus
Bulletin magazine.

Blink Personal blocked 100 percent of the 'In the Wild' viruses with a result of
zero false positive by offering virus protection plus zero day protection and
ensuring comprehensive Internet security. The award was announced in the June
Comparative Review issue of Virus Bulletin.

According to its editor John Hawes, the VB100 (virus) award is granted to products
"that detect, both on-demand and on access and in its default settings, all malware
known to be \'In the Wild\' at the time of the review and generates no false positives
when scanning a set of clean files."

In addition, Internet security products were checked against malware from various
categories, such as file infector, polymorphic, worms and bots, DOS and macro
viruses.

Of the 37 products submitted for the formal VB100 comparative review, nearly
one-third failed to pass the criteria under test conditions in the VB labs.

\"Blink put in a very impressive performance for a newcomer to our tests", said
Hawes. "It\'s great to see new products bringing in fresh ideas and innovations,
expanding the concept of a comprehensive security suite, and to see it done in such
a solid, slick and stylish manner really gives me hope for the future.\"

"We're honored to have Virus Bulletin recognize our Blink Personal product", said
Kamal Arafeh, eEye CEO. "We have a great team of people at eEye that put a lot of
hard work and pride into making all our products successful in offering customers
the very best in Internet security solutions."

VB100 Information

For more information in the VB100 award please visit http://www.virusbtn.com/.

Blink Personal

With more than 23,000 free downloads made since mid-May, Blink Personal users are
protected against new assaults, offers zero day protection against threats that take
advantage of previously-unknown vulnerabilities where no vendor patch is available.

In addition, Blink provides spyware and anti-virus protection, protocol analysis,
intrusion prevention, system and application firewalls and eEye's Retina Network
Security Scanner to protect against both inbound and outbound traffic and deliver
the most comprehensive Internet security solution.

To ensure Internet security, consumers can download their free copy of Blink
Personal at: http://www.eEye.com/blinkfree.
For the corporate market, users can learn about Blink Professional at
http://www.eEye.com/blink


About eEye Digital Security

eEye Digital Security is the innovative leader in vulnerability and security
research, providing security solutions that help businesses and users protect their
systems and intellectual property from compromise. eEye enables secure computing
through world-renowned research and innovative technology, supplying the world's
largest businesses with an integrated and research-driven vulnerability assessment,
intrusion prevention, and client security solution.

eEye\'s customers represent the largest deployments of vulnerability assessment and
prevention technology in the private and public sectors. eEye protects the networks
and digital assets of a growing network of more than 9,000 corporate and government
deployments worldwide. Founded in 1998, eEye Digital Security is headquartered in
Orange County, California.

Contacts
Agency: Victor Cruz, MediaPR, 1.508.655.4397 | email: eEye@mediapr.net
Corporate, North America: Jennifer Huffer, 1.949.900.4100 | email: press@eEye.com

All trademarks contained within this press release are the sole property of their
respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.

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Web Site = http://www.eEye.com/blinkfree

Contact Details = Corporate, North America: Jennifer Huffer, 1.949.900.4100 | email:
press@eEye.com

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