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The Planet Becomes the First US-based Hosting Provider to Offer F-Secures Antivirus Solution

Helsinki, Finland - May 9, 2006 -- F-Secure today announced that The Planet, one of the worlds largest and best known server and Internet hosting providers based in the US, will add F-Secure antivirus solutions to its services portfolio, becoming the first to offer this security service in the US market. F-Secures security software will protect The Planets Windows servers now and Linux servers shortly from such Internet threats as viruses, trojans, and worms. From now on, The Planets customers will be able to subscribe for a monthly fee to the antivirus services thus introducing a new level of data security to their online pursuits.
The Planet has demonstrated its continued commitment to offer a comprehensive suite of advanced security solutions to its customers and truly understands the nature of todays complex and rapidly spreading Internet threats, stated Curtis Cresta, Vice President and General Manager, North America. We are pleased to partner with The Planet to enable them to offer their customers more reliable, robust, and high-quality protection on their hosting environment.

The Planet, which hosts over 26,000 servers, is widely known within the industry for its high standards when providing security and professional services as well as meeting the demanding regulatory compliance requirements placed upon the hosting and managed services providers.

For F-Secure, as a global IT security vendor battling such threats as virus writers, botnet assaults, phishing scams and organized crime which target Information and Communication Technologies, it is a great time to join forces with such a high-standard and professional organization as The Planet. They certainly meet our high expectations as a Security as a Service partner, says Jimmy Ruokolainen, Business Manager for Service Programs at F-Secure headquarters.

F-Secure security solutions and services delivers the highest level of protection and the fastest response to malware threats and exploits, stated Martin Rosas, Sr. Director, Information Security, The Planet. F-Secures state-of-the-art security technology coupled with its flexible business model clearly satisfied our need for a solid antivirus solution to elevate our current security portfolio. Now we are able to not only protect our customers servers from the end-point perspective against hackers and attackers, be even more so provide proactive measures against threats such as server hi-jacking and vulnerabilities in the operating system.

About The Planet

With over 10 years experience, The Planet delivers enterprise level hosting solutions that are readily available, affordable, and scalable. The Planet offers dedicated servers, co-location, Internet access, email and business continuance. Customers receive extreme value through offerings such as advanced security, proactive monitoring, database administration, data storage, load balancing, and virtual private networks, all managed through OrbitSM, The Planet's customer portal. For additional information, visit http://www.theplanet.com .

About F-Secure

F-Secure Corporation protects consumers and businesses against computer viruses and other threats from the Internet and mobile networks. We want to be the most reliable provider of security services in the market. One way to demonstrate this is the speed of our response. According to independent studies in 2004 and 2005 our response time to new threats is significantly faster than our major competitors. Our award-winning solutions are available for workstations, gateways, servers and mobile phones. They include antivirus and desktop firewall with intrusion prevention, antispam and antispyware solutions, as well as network control solutions for Internet Service Providers. Founded in 1988, F-Secure has been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges since 1999, and has been consistently growing faster than all its publicly listed competitors. F-Secure headquarters are in Helsinki, Finland, and we have regional offices around the world. F-Secure protection is also available as a service through major ISPs, such as Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, PCCW and Charter Communications. F-Secure is the global market leader in mobile phone protection provided through mobile operators, such as T-Mobile and Swisscom and mobile handset manufacturers such as Nokia. The latest real-time virus threat scenario news are available at the F-Secure Data Security Lab weblog at http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/

Source: F-Secure

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