Cloudmark® DesktopOne Ensures That E-mail Protection Makes the Grade as Students Head Back to School

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As students return to school this year, Cloudmark, Inc., a global leader in carrier-grade messaging security, is making sure that spam isn't their annoying and potentially dangerous new roommate. For the first time, Cloudmark is making the industry’s most accurate and easy-to-use free anti-spam software, Cloudmark DesktopOne, available as a free download to protect students’ laptops and home PCs and ensure a more productive and safe computing experience.

“E-mail has become an integral tool in the academic experience and Cloudmark DesktopOne helps ensure that spam, phishing and virus attacks don’t disrupt students’ important academic activities. By providing free anti-spam software, Cloudmark is committed to making e-mail security accessible and affordable for students and every e-mail user.”

The lightweight, easy-to-install Cloudmark DesktopOne application continuously filters e-mail and webmail to eliminate spam and protect users against phishing and e-mail-borne viruses. Cloudmark DesktopOne empowers users to block, unblock and scan messages easily to determine their own level of protection and message delivery.

“The back-to-school season is an exciting time for both students and parents and it’s also a great time to reevaluate safety concerns around e-mail,” said Leon Rishniw, senior vice president of engineering for Cloudmark. “E-mail has become an integral tool in the academic experience and Cloudmark DesktopOne helps ensure that spam, phishing and virus attacks don’t disrupt students’ important academic activities. By providing free anti-spam software, Cloudmark is committed to making e-mail security accessible and affordable for students and every e-mail user.”

Unlike many consumer anti-spam products, which are simply add-on components to other desktop security suites, Cloudmark DesktopOne is a dedicated e-mail anti-spam product created by a company that addresses the needs of the most demanding service provider environments to protect more than a billion user accounts worldwide. With Cloudmark DesktopOne, students receive:

Always-on E-mail Filtering—Cloudmark DesktopOne continuously filters messages to stop even the most sophisticated spam, phishing, and e-mail-borne virus attacks. Users receive constant protection, even when their e-mail client or Webmail isn’t open on their desktop or when they are logging into their accounts remotely.
Fast, Easy Installation Supporting Multiple E-mail Clients—Cloudmark DesktopOne installs in seconds and detects existing e-mail accounts on the computer automatically so that filtering can begin right away.
Accurate, Real-time Protection against New Threats—Leveraging Cloudmark’s Advanced Message Fingerprinting™ technology and real-time feedback from millions of e-mail users, Cloudmark DesktopOne adapts to the newest messaging threats and automatically provides protection within moments of their emergence.
Fine-grained Control—Cloudmark DesktopOne’s toolbar integrates seamlessly with supported e-mail applications to enable users to quickly and easily block and unblock messages.

Cloudmark DesktopOne in basic mode is free for individual users to filter one e-mail account into a single spam folder. Students and households who would like to manage multiple e-mail accounts and folders can upgrade to Cloudmark DesktopOne in pro mode for $19.95 per year.

For more information, and to download Cloudmark DesktopOne, please visit: http://www.cloudmarkdesktop.com.

About Cloudmark

Cloudmark, Inc. is a global leader in carrier-grade messaging infrastructure and security solutions, delivering the industry’s fastest, most accurate and most scalable messaging platform for fixed, mobile and social networks. The Cloudmark suite of carrier-grade solutions simplifies and advances the management of messaging abuse, increasing network utilization and reducing infrastructure costs. Cloudmark’s patented solutions combine Advanced Message Fingerprinting™ technology based on innovative, highly efficient algorithms, a Global Threat Network™ consisting of trusted reporters across the globe, real-time, automated analysis of traffic and content patterns, along with security research expertise, to provide real-time security intelligence and filtering across carrier networks. Cloudmark solutions protect more than one billion subscribers for the world’s largest networks, including AT&T, Comcast, MySpace, NTT, Swisscom and Time Warner Cable. Cloudmark is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco with offices in London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit http://www.cloudmark.com.

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