Authentium Offers 60-Day Free Trial of SafeCentral Secure Browser for the Online Holiday Shopping Season

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Authentium is giving every consumer the gift of safe online shopping this holiday season. The company is providing a free 60-day unlimited trial of SafeCentral, the new class of online security that prevents even the most intelligent online criminals from stealing shoppers’ identities and financial information.

The usual free trial period for SafeCentral is 30 days, but Authentium is giving all online shoppers an additional 30 days of free use in an effort to extend and guarantee a safe online experience throughout the holiday season. The promotion will extend past this shopping season into 2009 and protect consumers who may be using new gift cards, shopping for online post-holiday sales, and returning holiday gifts.

SafeCentral uses a pioneering new technology called “reverse sandboxing” to protect the login information, passwords, and financial data consumers enter into their computers even if the computer is already infected with data-stealing malware. This new technology ensures the integrity of online holiday shopping, banking, and other transactions even when all other security tools fail. It is easy to download and install at http://www.safecentral.com, where the free 60-day trial offer begins today and runs through January 15, 2009.

“The 2008 holiday season is expected to be one of the most profitable for cybercriminals,” says Ray Dickenson, Chief Technology Officer at Authentium. “Online shoppers today are faced with largely unseen risks to their credit card and other sensitive information from crimeware that silently records each key pressed during web banking and shopping sessions. Each year record numbers of shoppers use the Internet to do their holiday gift buying, and this creates increasing opportunities for cyber-thieves to harvest credit card numbers and passwords. At Authentium we see this as an opportunity to throw down the gauntlet and show shoppers just how easy it can be to protect themselves online during this special time of the year. With just one click, SafeCentral shields shoppers from online identity theft. There’s never been an easier, more effective way to keep personal information private online.”

Traditional anti-virus, anti-spyware, and other consumer desktop security tools try to stop malicious software from infecting a computer. But as anyone who reads the news headlines knows, once a hacker slips pasts those defenses and infiltrates a PC, online banking and shopping is no longer safe. SafeCentral operates differently. SafeCentral assumes your PC is already infected and instead stops the spyware from accessing or modifying any of your secure information, like credit card numbers, bank account details, and mailing addresses. It literally locks down your computer and opens up a secure Web browser that crimeware cannot see. This allows users to do their holiday shopping online in complete security.

To register for the free trial of SafeCentral, visit www.SafeCentral.com and click on the “Try it now” link. Financial institutions interested in a demonstration of SafeCentral or in distributing SafeCentral to their customers should contact Authentium at Sales@SafeCentral.com.

About Authentium

Authentium develops software and services to protect consumers in a connected world. The company’s core technologies are used by leading software providers including Google, Microsoft, and Symantec to create or enhance industry-leading computer security products. Additionally, Authentium’s same core security expertise is also expressed in the continued development of Command Anti-Malware, the award winning Antivirus product from Authentium. The company was incorporated in 2000, and is located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. For more information, visit www.authentium.com.