RISING, the well-known information security producer, is proud to announce that Rising Antivirus Free Edition has been selected to be part of the upcoming Google Pack service for China.Google Pack China is especially designed for Chinese computer users and it provides the same services of Google Pack already does, but more adapted to Chinese market. Rising Antivirus Free Edition was selected by Google for offering to Chinese users a free personal computer security, combined with Spyware Doctor.

Essential Security Software, Inc. announced the beta version of its eCipher™ Anywhere service, a free email security program combining security and usability for professionals who have the need for secure email communications to anyone, anywhere. eCipher is easy to use encryption that requires no downloads by recipients, removing the worry over secure business and personal email communications.

Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software (www.sunbeltsoftware.com), today announced the top ten most prevalent spyware and malware threats (www.research.sunbelt-software.com) for the month of August. The report, compiled from monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware tool, CounterSpy™, and its new anti-malware solution, VIPRE™ Antivirus + Antispyware, is a service of the Sunbelt Software Malware Research Labs.

The computer security experts at Agnitum, publisher of the acclaimed Outpost Pro product line, today unleashed Spam Terrier 2.0, which provides users of Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail (in Vista) and now The Bat! with self-learning protection against unwanted email.

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, has launched its new generation products designed to protect home users from all types of security threat. Version 2009 products combine the benefits of Kaspersky Lab’s new antivirus engine, with its dramatically improved scanning speeds, and cutting-edge HIPS technology to block new malicious programs even before signatures have been added to the antivirus databases.

XenCare SoftLock provides a simple locking mechanism to protect the computer by a single mouse click lock/unlock feature. If you are using your computer system in a harmful way which could be as simple as clicking on an email attachment from a stranger or visiting unknown web sites, XenCare SoftLock can lock your system and protect from ever evolving threats not identified by conventional products.

29 percent of internet users have purchased goods from spam emails, according to new research by Internet security company Marshal. The most commonly purchased items include sexual enhancement pills, software, adult material and luxury items such as watches, jewellery and clothing.

VASCO Data Security International, Inc., the leading software security company specializing in authentication products, today announces the launch of Digipass Go 7. Digipass Go 7 is a user-friendly one-button authentication device allowing convenient strong user authentication for network access or Internet banking. Digipass Go 7 combines portability and ease-of-use with efficient large scale roll-out capabilities.

Censorship comes in all shapes and sizes, from trivial to momentous, and is hardly difficult to find in the world today. We generally look towards legislative and/or political solutions to this disease of institutional censorship, but we must also remember that, today, other solutions exist.

Panda Security today announced that PandaLabs, Panda Security's laboratory for detecting and analyzing malware, has discovered two spoof P2P application installers, BitRoll-5.0.0.0 and Torrent101-4.5.0.0 that are being used to install the Lop adware on users' systems. These programs are used to exchange files between remote users and both these installers are available for download on the Internet, so any user could access them and become infected.