BitDefender released the ten most prevelant threats facing Internet users in the month of April. The top is still dominated by Trojans, as it was in March. These threats rely solely on tricking users to spread the e-threat, and they occupy seven of the ten positions this month.

The security experts at Agnitum, the provider of Outpost Pro product line, are pleased to announce a new free version of the award-winning Outpost Firewall.Outpost Firewall Free, which can be acronymed OFF yet the protection is
always ON, becomes available to all modern Windows users with 100% OFF
the price expected from a powerful security solution.

Continuing to deliver on the promise of 'ubiquitous security' for consumers, Trend Micro announces the availability of a new product to help Mac users safely surf the Web with any browser, confidently click on links in emails and IM messages, and stay protected against Internet crime.

Fans of Javacool Software LLC, take note: an upgraded version of the company's popular SpywareBlaster is now available for free downloads from the software company's Web site.

Djigzo Email Encryption Gateway is an email server that encrypts and decrypts both your incoming and outgoing email. Two encryption standards are currently supported: S/MIME and PDF encryption. Djigzo is fully open source. The product now has full automatic encrypted remote backup, as well as support for encryption on BlackBerry handheld devices.

PandaLabs, Panda Security's malware analysis and detection laboratory, today announced the general availability of its malware report for the first quarter of 2009. According to the report, Trojans have accounted for 73 percent of all new malware created during this period. Nevertheless, one of the main trends identified in the report is the growth of spyware, which rose from 2.5 percent in the previous quarter to 13.15 percent in the first three months of 2009.

GFI Software, the market leader in network security, content security and messaging software for small to medium sized businesses shows once again visionary strategy by releasing a FREE version of GFI LANguard. Even though the news is not yet public, we struggled to find more details so that you, our readers, could make the best out of it. 

ParetoLogic finds itself a rare safe haven, after a variant of the Conficker virus blocks access to other popular security programs. Many infected users are expected to turn to ParetoLogic, having little other option in removing the pernicious threat.

Prolexic Technologies announces that it has enhanced its global network defense systems to protect against the DDoS attack capabilities of the recently publicized Conficker worm. Prolexic's current clients are already protected, and new clients can be fully protected immediately following service turn-up.

Panda Security, a world leader in IT security, announced that it is offering Panda USB Vaccine, a free security solution designed to block malware which spreads through removable drives such as pen drives, CD/DVD drives, and other data storage devices. There is an increasing amount of malware which, like the dangerous Conficker worm, spreads via these removable drives to devices such as MP3 players, PCs, and digital cameras.