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Lavasoft Releases New Security Products

For Immediate Release:

Gothenburg, Sweden (September 3, 2007)

Well-known anti-spyware company Lavasoft today announced the release of three new security products to their product offering: Lavasoft Digital Lock – File Encryptor, Lavasoft File Shredder, and the Lavasoft Privacy Toolbox.

“Lavasoft customers have been asking us for years to deliver additional security solutions for their PCs, and this is the first step towards delivering multi-layered solutions that secure personal information on their computers,” said Lavasoft’s CEO Jason King. “People worldwide know and trust our anti-spyware, Ad-Aware, and now they have new options for security from a trusted source.”

Lavasoft partners with extensive encryption and shredding expertise collaborated with the anti-spyware pioneer to deliver the latest technology.

About Lavasoft Digital Lock – File Encryptor

Supporting multiple encryption algorithms including AES standard 256 bits, Digital Lock offers powerful encryption, simple drag and drop functionality, multi-layered encryption for selected files, full shredding functionality after encryption, and a direct security channel for e-mail. Lavasoft also offers a free decryption tool for recipients of Lavasoft encrypted files.

About Lavasoft File Shredder

Ensuring that deleted files are irretrievable, File Shredder removes sensitive documents including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, music files, videos, photos, and more, detects and removes ‘previous versions’ automatically saved and hidden by Windows Vista, includes convenient drag and drop functionality, erases computing history, and supports the U.S. Department of Defense shredding algorithm, using seven rounds of overwriting as well as other advanced standards.

About Lavasoft Privacy Toolbox

Privacy Toolbox integrates both the encryption and shredder tools into one easy-to-use application.

About Lavasoft

Founded in 1999, Lavasoft is "the original anti-spyware company", with over a quarter of a billion downloads worldwide for the Ad-Aware product. A private company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, Lavasoft provides security solutions for individual consumers and enterprise clients alike. Lavasoft has 4,000 partners in 120 countries.

For further information, please contact Michael Helander, Director of Communications at Lavasoft, at +46 733 18 45 63 or at press@lavasoft.com.

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