Surfcontrol claims zero Zero Day attacks

Internet security company Surfcontrol claims it has never passed on a security vulnerability to its subscribers the same day that the problem was announced.

Marketing manager Patrick Irwin claims that Surfcontrol has "never delivered a Zero Day outbreak to its customers" because the company's software blocks zero-day outbreaks and suspect viruses before they are picked up by the big anti-virus software makers.

Surfcontrol has also added to its range of software by releasing Web Defense and Mail Control services, based on its recent acquisition of Blackspider Technologies.

Mail Control scans all emails that pass through Surfcontrol's central servers, removing viruses and spam and producing a 'clean-feed' before they are sent to business customers.

The service filters out 75 per cent of all emails due to spam and viruses by combining Kaspersky, Norton Antivirus and McAfee software.

Mail Control, which blocks spam, audio, video and other internet content costs £1,482 for 50 users.

WebDefense, which blocks websites and scans web traffic for malicious content such as viruses, costs £2,304 for 50 users.

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