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BANGALORE: Symantec Corp. said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WholeSecurity, Inc., a provider of behavior-based security and anti-phishing technology.
Whole Security's technology analyzes the characteristics and actions of viruses, worms and other malicious code to offer real-time protection against these threats without the need for traditional security signatures.
The transaction is expected to close in October.
"WholeSecurity's family of solutions provides critical behavior-based security technology that we expect to be a core component of Symantec's baseline consumer security and enterprise desktop solutions," said Enrique Salem, senior vice president, Symantec Security Products and Solutions.
Behavior-based security technology identifies online threats such as worms, viruses, Trojan horses, keystroke loggers, and phishing sites by their actions and characteristics.
WholeSecurity's patent-pending behavior-based technology addresses applications ranging from browser-based phishing detection and notification to on-demand delivery of malicious code detection.
WholeSecurity's Confidence Online for Web Applications protects unmanaged or remote computers that access company resources, but don't currently have a behavior-based agent installed.
Following an initial scan at log-in, Confidence Online integrates with web applications to let clean computers access the web application, protecting or blocking infected machines prior to connection.
It then continuously scans the users' system to ensure threats are neutralized before they can do damage.
Confidence Online Phish Finder provides real-time, browser-based protection from fraudulent websites. The Phish Report Network (PRN) powered by Confidence Online is the first worldwide anti-phishing aggregation service that enables companies to report and block phishing Websites and better protect online consumers.
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