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Article: Grisoft Acquires Exploit Prevention Labs, Developer of LinkScanner Safe Surfing Technology.
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- December 5, 2007
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LinkScanner technology will protect 60+ million users of AVG security products against malicious web sites and drive-by downloads
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Grisoft, developer of the AVG family of security software products, today announced the acquisition of Exploit Prevention Labs, a pioneering developer of safe surfing technology that protects Internet users against malicious web sites and drive-by downloaded exploits. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The deal is expected to be finalized by December 31st 2007.
"Unsafe hyperlinks and the poisoning of legitimate websites represent one of the biggest threats facing computer users ...