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Check Point� Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that users of its VPN-1 NGX products through Check Point SmartDefense subscription service are protected against a new zero hour unpatched memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Excel. The vulnerability and reports of targeted exploits were announced in Microsoft Security Advisory 947563 on January 15 and affect users of Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2002, Microsoft Office Excel 2000 and Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac. When exploited via a malformed Excel file, the vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute malicious code on a targeted system. Check Point protects enterprise customers against this vulnerability via Check Point�s SmartDefense services. The protection performs deep inspection of malformed Excel files, thus covering all attack vectors attempting to exploit this vulnerability. Unlike solutions that rely on signatures for specific exploits, Check Point SmartDefense provides broad protection. The development of this protection was facilitated by SmartDefense�s long standing investment in building an infrastructure for detecting and blocking malformed files. �Providing rapid deployment of protection against new threats is a key component of Check Point�s overall customer defense strategy,� said Laura Yecies vice president of marketing at Check Point. �By utilizing multiple methods of detection and analysis�to identify malicious and exploitative characteristics in network traffic,�Check Point uniquely protects enterprises against rapidly emerging threats in instances where other signature-only based methods fall short.� Check Point�s SmartDefense services maintain the most current preemptive security for the Check Point security infrastructure. To help defenses stay continuously ahead of today's constantly evolving threat landscape, SmartDefense services provide ongoing and real-time updates and configuration advisories for defenses and security policies. More information about this vulnerability can be found at Check Point Software�s SmartDefense Services website at: http://www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2008/ cpai-17-Jan.html. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leader in securing the Internet. The company is a market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall, data security and VPN markets. Check Point�s PURE focus is on IT security with its extensive portfolio of network security, data security and security management solutions. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture for a broad range of security solutions to protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market leading data security solutions through the Pointsec product line, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite and additional consumer security solutions protect millions of consumer 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 hundreds of leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes. �2003�2008 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. 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ZoneAlarm is a Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. Company. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The products described in this document are protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,606,668, 5,835,726, 5,987,611, 6,496,935, 6,873,988, 6,850,943, and 7,165,076 and may be protected by other U.S. Patents, foreign patents, or pending applications.