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According to annual surveys co-sponsored by Javelin Strategy and Research and theBetter Business Bureau, about nine million American adults become victims ofidentity theft each year. In the UK, one in four adults has been victimizedaccording to Equifax. This illegal activity is costing individuals and businessesmore than $50 billion per year. To help consumers protect themselves from identitythieves, Comodo has joined with ID-Protect in distributing Comodo's award winningfree Firewall Pro solution, proven one of the most highly regarded firewallsolutions on the market today.
"Providing unbiased information is core to our value proposition," said Julian Evan,Managing Director of ID- Protect. "Our audience views our information as leadingedge, actionable, and effective in defeating the identity thieves out there. We arepleased to join with Comodo and help distribute Comodo's Firewall Pro as a freesecurity tool. Comodo provides a new level of technical expertise to benefit ouraudience." ID-Protect provides reviews on firewall and anti-virus software inaddition to a step-by-step best practices approach for protecting identities frombeing stolen.
"Staying ahead of the fraudsters is a challenge for many consumers. The level ofsophistication of fraudsters is increasing all the time" said Melih Abdulhayoglu,CEO and Chief Security Architect of Comodo. "Our partnership with ID-Protect givesend users access to up-to-date information and tools that can help them today."
For more information of Comodo's suite of free desktop security products, pleasevisit http://www.comodo.com/products /free_products.html. For more information onID-Protect, please go to www.id-protect.co.uk.
About ID-Protect
Our mission is to provide consumers with clear, objective information about thedangers of ID theft and how consumers, small businesses and corporations can protectthemselves. We provide product reviews, up-to-date information on the latest scams,identity fraud statistics, a useful find a solution search tool, an ID theft quiz toestablish your risk rating and the unique step-by-step program to do all that ispossible to keep your identity out of the hands of fraudsters.
For more information, please visit www.id-protect.co.uk
About Comodo
Comodo, through its group of Internet security companies, is a leading CertificationAuthority and global provider of Identity and Trust Assurance services on theInternet. Comodo secures and authenticates online transactions and communicationsfor over 3,000,000 businesses and consumers.
With a global presence Comodo offers businesses and consumers third-generationsolutions for intelligent security and authentication technologies that create trustonline. Comodo's technological expertise includes PKI digital certification, Codesigning certification, integrated authentication infrastructure services, WebContent authentication, Secure messaging solutions, PCI compliancy scanning, SSLdigital certificates including our flagship InstantSSL brand, HackerGuardian,Banking solutions including Two Factor Authentication, and digital e-commerceservices.For additional information on Comodo - Creating Trust Online visithttp://www.comodo.com
F or more information, media representatives should contactJudy ShapiroComodo(201) 963-9471Email: judy.shapiro@comodo.com
Julia n EvansID-ProtectEmail: julian@id-theftprotect.co.ukh ttp://www.id-protect.co.uk
