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Check Point Incorporates CA's eTrust Antivirus Into New Integrated Security Gateway Check Point Express CI Customers Gain Continually Updated Protection From Today's Wide Range of Malicious Code Threats ISLANDIA, N.Y, and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA) and Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) today announced that Check Point has incorporated CA's eTrust Antivirus into the latest version of Check Point Express CI, Check Point's integrated multi-function security solution for mid-sized businesses. The combination of eTrust Antivirus and Check Point integrated intrusion prevention is providing its customers with continually updated protection from the full range of malicious code that threatens business computing environments today. Check Point Express CI delivers one of the most reliable security solutions available with integrated firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention and antivirus in a single easy-to-deploy and manage package. The addition of eTrust Antivirus to Check Point's solution enhances its ability to ensure that inbound and outbound email traffic is free of viruses and other forms of malware. This includes the real-time scanning of email (SMTP), Web (HTTP) and FTP traffic for possible threats disguised within ostensibly legitimate content. "CA's eTrust technology offered Check Point the complete, scalable, high-performance and automatically updated antivirus protection we required to make Check Point Express CI the optimal integrated security solution for today's mid-sized businesses," said Paul Weinstein, vice president of Business Development for Check Point. "By providing eTrust Antivirus as part of this complete solution, Check Point is enabling mid-sized customers to more effectively protect their critical computing infrastructure without over-burdening their resource-constrained IT organizations." eTrust Antivirus is backed by the CA Security Advisory Team, a global threat management resource staffed by industry-leading researchers and skilled support professionals that provides 24 x 7 threat research. "To optimally safeguard their computing environments and reduce their security technology costs, mid-sized businesses need to implement best-of-breed solutions in a highly integrated manner," said Sam Curry, vice president of eTrust security management at CA. "Check Point Express CI achieves this objective by integrating CA's eTrust Antivirus with their market leading Check Point Express security solution to deliver a single, easy-to-administer package." (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20021111/CALOGO ) About CA Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA), one of the world's largest management software companies, delivers software and services across operations, security, storage, life cycle and service management to optimize the performance, reliability and efficiency of enterprise IT environments. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y. and serves customers in more than 140 countries. For more information, please visit http://ca.com/. About Check Point Software Check Point Software Technologies (http://www.checkpoint.com/) is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall and VPN markets. Through its Next Generation product line, the company delivers a broad range of intelligent Perimeter, Internal and Web security solutions that protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company's ZoneAlarm product line is one of the most trusted brands in Internet security, creating award-winning endpoint security solutions that protect millions of PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 350 leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of more than 2,200 Check Point partners in 88 countries. Computer Associates International, Inc. and Check Point Software Technologies. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. Technologies http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20021111/CALOGODATASOURCE: Computer Associates International, Inc.; Check Point Software CONTACT: Ilona Mohacsi, Computer Associates, +1-631-342-2542, ; Sondra Magness, Check Point, +1-650-628-2088, Web site: http://ca.com/ http://www.checkpoint.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/196575.html

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