Austin, TX, January 15, 2008: It's been a tough year for Macs, with repeated virus and malware warnings threatening Mac OS X. As the virus threat increases, and Macs are becoming prime targets, Intego releases VirusBarrier X5, the latest generation of its award-winning antivirus program. With a full range of new features to protect and secure Macs from the threat of viruses and malware, VirusBarrier X5 provides Mac users with full protection from all known Mac viruses. The program also eradicates macro viruses that affect Microsoft Office, and scans for Windows viruses, so Mac users don't unwittingly pass infected files on to friends and colleagues. Intego is presenting and selling VirusBarrier X5 at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, from January 15-18, at booth S-2426 of the Moscone Center.

VirusBarrier X5 is the acclaimed antivirus for Mac that is simple, fast and non-intrusive. VirusBarrier X5 protects Macs from viruses by examining all the files that are read or written, as well as watching for suspicious activity that may be the sign of viruses acting on applications or other files. If the program finds any viruses, it can repair the files immediately, display an alert, or put the files into a quarantine zone. Users can run scans either automatically or manually, using VirusBarrier X5's on-demand scanner to check any files, folders or volumes at any time.

"As the past year has shown, the Mac has become a privileged target for creators of malware and viruses," said Laurent Marteau, CEO of Intego. "We've improved VirusBarrier X5 to meet the growing needs of Mac users, creating a new, innovative interface, and adding many features to ensure that Macs remain virus-free."

VirusBarrier X5 remains the antivirus of choice for Mac users, and the program adds new functions to make the program even more secure and flexible. Among the program's new features are a new interface, which provides easier scans and provides more information; improved virus scanning; automatic and scheduled virus scans; a quarantine zone to isolate infected files; scanning of many kinds of compressed archives; scanning for tens of thousands of Windows viruses; and command-line access to VirusBarrier X5's scanner.

VirusBarrier X5 offers the most thorough protection from viruses for Mac. Its key features include:

• New interface
• Detects and eliminates all known viruses
• Repairs infected files
• Heuristic and behavioral analysis
• Real-time and on-demand virus scanning
• New proactive and behavioral analyses
• Quarantine Zone to isolate infected files
• Trusted Zone to disable Real-Time scanning on selected files or folders
• Improved logging for better scan analysis
• Scans can be scheduled at multiple times
• Scans can be launched automatically when volumes are mounted or when virus definitions are updated
• Command-line control for remote scans
• Archive scanning can be activated by archive type
• Scans and repairs e-mails
• Contextual menu for instant scans
• Full logs can be saved, exported and rotated in various formats
• Turbo Mode technology for faster scans
• File analysis from the Dock

System Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 or higher (Tiger and Leopard).

Pricing and Availability:

VirusBarrier X5 is available now. For pricing and upgrade information, see www.intego.com.

About Intego
Intego develops and sells desktop Internet security and privacy software for Macintosh.

Intego provides the widest range of software to protect users and their Macs from the dangers of the Internet. Intego's multilingual software and support repeatedly receives awards from Mac magazines, and protects more than one million users in over 60 countries. Intego has headquarters in the USA, France and Japan.

As the dangers of the Internet grow, Intego is hard at work, developing new software to protect users and their Macs from the latest security and privacy threats.

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