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Fortinet October '09 Threatscape Report Shows Highest Malware Levels Detected all Year

ogue Security Software Ups the Ante on Scareware to Celebrate Halloween

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov.5, 2009 - Fortinet® - a market-leading network security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - - today announced its October 2009 Threatscape report revealed the highest level of total malware detected in more than a year and four times greater than detected levels from the September Threatscape report. Mirroring the danger in last period's report, scareware tactics reached an all-time peak this month, with the worst attacks ever reported. In total, the seven malware variants listed in the top 10 malware list all point back to scareware, proving these attacks are occurring fast, hard and often. This unwelcomed news is in addition to recent scareware campaigns observed in the form of botnets, corrupted advertisements and SEO attacks. Key highlights of the October Threatscape report include:

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    Fortinet is a leading provider of network security appliances and the market leader in Unified Threat Management or UTM. Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to integrate multiple levels of security protection -- including firewall, VPN, antivirus, intrusion prevention, Web content filtering, spyware prevention and antispam -- designed to help customers protect against network and content level threats. Leveraging a custom ASIC and unified interface, Fortinet solutions offer advanced security functionality that scales from remote office to chassis-based solutions with integrated management and reporting. Fortinet solutions have won multiple awards around the world and are the only security products that are certified in five programs by ICSA Labs: Firewall, Antivirus, IPSec VPN, Network IPS and Antispam. Fortinet is based in Sunnyvale, California.

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