Commtouch Signs Seven New Licensing Agreements in Third Quarter

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Commtouch® (Nasdaq: CTCH) announced today that it signed seven new OEM agreements in the third quarter of 2008, reaching a total of 106 OEM partners now having integrated or integrating Commtouch’s security technologies.

“We are pleased with the fact that, in spite of the challenging business environment, we signed seven new OEM agreements in the third quarter, in multiple sectors and geographies,” said Gideon Mantel, Commtouch’s chief executive officer and chairman of the board.

About Commtouch

Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) is the source of proven messaging and web security technology for scores of security companies and service providers, founded on a unique datacenter-based approach. Commtouch’s expertise in building efficient, massive-scale security services has resulted in its patented technology being used to mitigate Internet threats for thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users in over 100 countries. Commtouch’s Data Centers automatically analyze billions of transactions in real-time to identify new spam, malware and zombie outbreaks as they are initiated. Commtouch’s unmatched suite of security offerings – anti-spam, virus detection, reputation and zombie intelligence services – work together in a comprehensive feedback loop. Commtouch was founded in 1991, is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information and real-time statistics and trends, see: http://www.commtouch.com and the Commtouch Café blog at http://blog.commtouch.com/cafe.

Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.