VeriSign, Inc., the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure for the networked world, and AVG Technologies, developers of the world's most popular free antivirus software, today announced an agreement to display the new VeriSign Trust™ Seal within AVG LinkScanner® search results pages. For all Web sites that are customers of the VeriSign Trust™ Seal, this feature is now available in the latest version of the AVG LinkScanner software, and over time, will enable tens of millions of consumers to more easily identify safe sites.

Web designers who struggle with managing multiple online log-ins for tools and client Web sites can benefit from Mitto’s free online password manager.The idea for Mitto started because founders Arsen Ovanessoff and Ted Schundler needed a way to keep track of the hundreds of passwords they were accumulating personally and for work.

As they discussed the situation, it was clear that there was an opportunity to offer other Internet users a service that helped them manage this password confusion.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc., the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today expanded its free K9® Web Protection software to include support for the new Windows 7 operating system, providing families with an easy-to-use tool for blocking objectionable Web content, such as pornography, and Web-based threats like phishing and malware.

Asserting its continued leadership, Trend Micro beats out four other Web gateway security solutions in independent tests conducted by Cascadia Labs. Trend Micro's URL filtering and Web security technologies defeated other market-leading products tested by independent tester Cascadia Labs. Again, Trend Micro proves that the cloud-client infrastructure of the Trend Micro(TM) Smart Protection Network(TM) is the best way to block out Web threats.

IBM today released results from its X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report. The report's findings show an unprecedented state of Web insecurity as Web client, server, and content threats converge to create an untenable risk landscape.Report finds more than 500 percent increase in malicious Web links and increased sophistication in vulnerability exploitation.

A pioneering new feature on the iBoss Enterprise Web Filter now makes the industry-leading web-filtering device the only one on the market to offer the ability to record, monitor and control user desktops. The patent-pending Desktop Monitor Control and Record (DMCR) function not only takes the guesswork out of confronting Internet-use policy violators at large companies and educational institutions, but potentially reduces overhead by providing more efficient remote desktop control.

Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, and Against Intuition, the developer of the leading website rating service Web of Trust (WOT), today announced a partnership to deliver a safer Web search experience through their new co-branded version of WOT.

PandaLabs, Panda Security's malware analysis and detection laboratory has detected over one hundred Web pages, mainly hosted in China, modified to infect users by exploiting an unpatched Microsoft vulnerability. Users of Panda Security are protected against this threat thanks to TruPrevent proactive Technologies.

Panda Security and tyBit Unified Search Join Forces Worldwide to Combat Cybercrime and the Spread of Malicious Malware. By placing Panda Security's incomparable Internet protection software directly inside the tyBit Unified Search toolbar, the two companies have created an unheard of level of security for a Web browser toolbar that already provided users with unprecedented search capabilities.

Leading search engine Ask.com, an operating business of IAC  with 76 million monthly unique users, and Symantec Corp., whose Norton brand is the world's security market share leader for consumer software and services, today announced a multi-year, strategic partnership to deliver the best answers and even safer search results on the Web.