Pop-up and spyware blocker, password cleanup, total disk wiping among the new capabilities for privacy suite
November 25, 2003, South San Francisco,
CA Acronis, Inc., the technological leader in systems
software development, announced the immediate availability of
Acronis Privacy Expert Suite 7.0. The package provides
corporate and individual users with the ability to protect
confidential data by permanently removing all copies and trace data
from cache files, logs and other parts of the disk drive where
records of the data and computing activity are stored. It also
allows users to enhance their personal privacy and protect their
computers from downloading unwanted software.
Among the features added to Acronis Privacy
Expert Suite 7.0 are a pop-up advertising and spyware blocker,
the ability to completely erase typed passwords from logs and other
files, erasure of Web-based forms from your browser software,
enhanced mailer support, the ability to distinguish between
last-visited URLs and typed URLs for clean-up, and a scheduler to
automate the system-cleansing process.
The software also has enhanced features that can
be used to obliterate all data from a disk drive in order to
prepare it for redeployment or disposal. Formerly known as Acronis
Drive Cleanser, this feature allows the user to select from one of
seven international data destruction techniques to eliminate
completely old data on a disk drive. This utility, which sold as a
standalone product for $49.99, is now included in Acronis Privacy
Expert Suite 7.0 at no extra charge. Acronis Privacy Expert
Suite carries a suggested list price of just $39.99.
"Users are not only privacy-conscious today,
they are also value-conscious," said Max Tsypliaev, president of
Acronis. "They know there are competitive products that claim to
provide privacy, but require that the user buy many separate
modules to get that confidentiality. That drives the price of
privacy out of reach of the average PC user.
"Today's launch reinforces our commitment to
providing corporate and individual users with best-of-breed privacy
utilities. Unlike security software, that physically protects
hardware, our privacy software safeguards the integrity of users'
information and maintains confidentiality," he said.
Acronis Privacy Expert Suite 7.0 has more
than a dozen new features. The software increases system
performance and protects the user from prying eyes. It works
equally well in protecting and keeping private user data and
Internet activity and provides a simple, one-button interface to
clean the entire PC.
Acronis Privacy Expert Suite 7.0 runs on
all Windows-based operating systems from Windows 95 to XP
Professional. It is available now at retail stores, from computer
resellers and VARs, the Acronis Web site and from other online
stores.
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.