November 19, 2008

Doctor Web – the Russian developer of IT security solutions branded Dr.Web – announces a successful deployment of Dr.Web AV-Desk in the network of the Globalnie Telesystemi company that provides the Internet to citizens of the Yaroslavl region. The company has joined “Nauka-svyaz” and “Zavolga.Net” that already deliver anti-virus and anti-spam protection as a service in the region.

A successful internal testing of the Dr.Web AV-Desk Internet-service is followed by its commercial launch. Starting in November 2008 Globalnie Telesystemi offers its customers to sign up for the Dr.Web anti-virus service and receive reliable protection against viruses and other malware and use the service free of charge till December 31.

“While surfing the web our customers being unaware of a danger often fell victims to viruses. As we detected a dramatic increase of traffic for an infected host, our specialists had to disconnect it to cure an infected system. Of course it took time and extra resources. That’s why we started searching for a solution that would protect computers of our subscribers and wouldn’t be too costly. Now the Internet service from Doctor Web allows any of our customers to use the Dr.Web anti-virus service. And it is much more convenient than buying a boxed anti-virus”, Mikhail Zilberman, the head of Globalnie Telesystemi said.

About Dr.Web AV-Desk
The Internet service was developed by Doctor Web in 2007. It allows service providers to deliver the anti-virus protection service powered by Dr.Web for Windows to an unlimited number of subscribers. A service provider also receives a tool for centralized management of the delivery process. Deployment of Dr.Web AV-Desk gives subscribers an opportunity to use the anti-virus from Doctor Web as a service: select a desired subscription term (1-36 months) and plan their expenses on anti-virus protection. The innovative model that turns information security software into a service ensures instant delivery of an anti-virus making it extremely easy to renew for any user regardless of his geographical location.

More than forty provider companies have already deployed Dr.Web AV-Desk in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Estonia. Following results shown by the service in 2007 it was named the best product-service by PC Magazine Russia. In September 2008 Dr.Web AV-Desk was awarded the large golden medal of the Siberian Fair as an original technical and telecom solutions.