Commtouch Announces Enhanced Pornography Compliance Controls Through Two New Alliances.

Relations With Internet Watch Foundation and Image Analyzer Enable New Compliance Package for Technology Partners

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Commtouch[R] (NASDAQ:CTCH) today announced two new industry alliances to combat the abuse of children on the Internet, and to enable pornography-related compliance. The alliances are with the Internet Watch Foundation and Image Analyzer Ltd., two organizations that are active in fighting online child abuse images and pornography in the workplace.

Both alliances enable Commtouch licensing partners to offer compliance-related features to their customer base.

* Commtouch Anti-Spam licensing partners can subscribe to have their email-streams cross-referenced with the IWF child sexual abuse URL list to help prevent the distribution of illegal content in emails, together with their ongoing spam classification.

* Commtouch partners can utilize Image Analyzer software in conjunction with the Anti-Spam solution to eliminate traffic containing pornographic images.

"In addition to the moral imperative to eradicate online child abuse images, enterprises face a serious threat from pornography, due to both the legal risk and the fact that it can be a severe resource drain," said Commtouch CEO Gideon Mantel. "We are committed to working with both IWF and Image Analyzer to eradicate online exploitation, while assisting enterprises to enhance their compliance with sexual harassment and other legal statutes. Several of our partners have already begun offering these special protections in their security products."

"Illegal online content is a worldwide problem and global cooperation is vital to combating this abuse," explains Peter Robbins, IWF CEO. "We are very pleased to welcome Commtouch to join our self-regulatory approach to fighting this insidious crime."