Commtouch® (Nasdaq: CTCH) messaging security solutions enable hosting providers to reduce operational costs while simultaneously improving spam and virus detection for their customers. Real-time, fully-automated, carrier-grade email security solutions block spam, phishing and malware, in every language and containing any type of content.

Commtouch offers hosting providers an unmatched suite of messaging security solutions:

• Automated, real-time anti-spam protects email infrastructures from new threats as they occur. Commtouch anti-spam can also be plugged into existing open source solutions.
• Zero-hour Virus Outbreak Protection blocks malware in the critical first hours before AV signatures are available.
• Outbound spam protection enables Web hosts to avoid server blacklisting by identifying and blocking unwanted email emanating from within their own networks.
• Perimeter IP Reputation drastically reduces mail server load by blocking unwanted email messages at the network perimeter.

Commtouch solutions are based on unique patented Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (RPD™) and GlobalView™ technologies, which work together in a comprehensive feedback loop to identify new threats as they are initiated. Utilizing a unique cloud-based approach, these technologies are able to analyze billions of Internet transactions in real-time, offering protection in all languages and all mail formats, including images and PDFs.

Commtouch’s expertise in building efficient, massive-scale security services has resulted in mitigating Internet threats for thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users in 190 countries. The company’s proven messaging and Web security technologies have been adopted by more than 130 service providers and security companies for integration into their solutions. Commtouch was founded in 1991, is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif.

For more information, see http://www.commtouch.com/hosting-providers.