Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of security software, today announced the addition of VIPRE^® Enterprise for Mac to its VIPRE Enterprise product line. This new client software provides virus protection against a wide range of Macintosh-specific malicious threats, leveraging Sunbelt’s award-winning VIPRE engine.

VIPRE Enterprise for Mac provides support for Macintosh computers running Mac OS X versions 10.5.6 and 10.6 and above. Designed with the Mac OS look and feel for an easy and positive user experience, it further expands the capabilities of VIPRE Enterprise.

“As the market adoption of the Macintosh platform continues to grow, so will the attention they receive from virus writers, making it all the more important to offer those users protection against threats,” said Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software. “This is our first step in our support for the Mac platform, and is specifically targeted at enterprise customers. We are also planning for a release of a consumer/home version.”

Leveraging VIPRE Enterprise for Mac, users will be able to run both scheduled and on-demand scans and view quarantine and scan history. Definition updates are downloaded from Sunbelt across the Internet. The product will also be able to detect and clean any Windows-specific malicious threats that may find their way onto a Mac system.

Pricing and availability

New customers can purchase VIPRE Enterprise for Mac as part of VIPRE Enterprise on a per machine basis. Pricing includes the first year maintenance and starts at $28.36 per seat for 100 workstations with a sliding scale volume discount based on number of machines. A 50 percent competitive upgrade program is also in effect for users of competing products. In addition to its new support for Mac OS X versions, VIPRE is also compatible with both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. 30-day evaluations of VIPRE Enterprise are available on Sunbelt Software's website at www.sunbeltsoftware.com.

About Sunbelt Software

Headquartered in Tampa Bay (Clearwater), Fla., Sunbelt Software was founded in 1994 and is a leading provider of Windows security software including enterprise antivirus, antispyware, email security, and malware analysis tools. Leading products include the VIPRE^® and CounterSpy^® product lines, Sunbelt Exchange Archiver™, CWSandbox™, and ThreatTrack™.

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