Fortinet's FortiClient Earns Eighth Virus Bulletin 100% Award

02/12/2008

SUNNYVALE, Calif, - Feb 12, 2008 - Fortinet® - a pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - today announced that its FortiClient™ end-point security software has earned its eighth Virus Bulletin 100% (VB100) award for its robust antivirus capabilities. In this test, for antivirus products running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, FortiClient earned 100 percent marks in every possible award category. The product was also specifically recognized for its reliability and performance.

Well-known in the industry, the VB100 awards recognize products that have been tested by independent experts and proven to accurately detect 100 percent of viruses known to be "in the wild," constituting current, real-world viruses.

Virus Bulletin staff tested FortiClient 3.0 along with 26 other antivirus products for detection rates, lack of false positives and speed of scanning. This latest VB100 award adds to Fortinet's portfolio of technology certifications and accolades -- including eight VB100 awards, NSS Labs UTM certification and six ICSA Labs certifications (firewall, antivirus, IPSec, SSL VPN, Network IPS and antispyware).

"We are pleased that FortiClient consistently earns the highest detection rates in independent testing from accurate, trustworthy sources such as Virus Bulletin," said Michael Xie, Fortinet founder, CTO and vice president of engineering. "We remain committed to providing customers with intelligent and effective security solutions that offer reliable protection against today's malicious code."

Fortinet's FortiClient host security software helps address the need for secure access and endpoint protection for enterprises - including telecommuters, mobile workers, remote sites - and consumers. A unified security agent for personal computers and mobile devices, FortiClient integrates host antivirus, host anti-spyware, a personal firewall, anti-spam, IPSec VPN, Web filtering and registry monitoring. FortiClient supports the most popular Microsoft Windows operating systems, including both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Vista, and also includes network address translation (NAT) traversal, centralized policy management, multiple policy support for access to multiple devices, strong encryption and a comprehensive set of tools for troubleshooting. FortiClient supports 64-bit for both Microsoft Windows XP™ and Windows 2003 Server.

For a 90-day evaluation of FortiClient end point security software, visit: http://www.download.com/FortiClient/3000-2653_4-10536755.html?tag=lst-0-1. Or, visit http://www.fortinet.com/products/forticlient.html for more information.

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet is the pioneer and leading provider of ASIC-accelerated unified threat management, or UTM, security systems, which are used by enterprises and service providers to increase their security while reducing total operating costs. Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to integrate multiple levels of security protection--including firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, spyware prevention and anti-spam -- 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 six programs by ICSA Labs: (Firewall, Antivirus, IPSec, SSL, Network IPS, and Anti-Spyware). Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.