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Shavlik Continues to Simplify Security with Free Google Gadget

Individual Users Can Download Free Google® Gadget for On Demand Patch Assessment and Remediation from Shavlik

Shavlik Technologies announced today the availability of their award winning patch management technology via a Google Gadget, immediately downloadable directly from the Shavlik Technologies web site at www.shavlik.com. The Shavlik Google Gadget provides an extremely easy to use tool for an individual computer user to quickly scan a system for missing patches, and then remediate, all directly from the user’s desktop. The Google Gadget is supported on Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP2 systems that are running Google Desktop.

Gadgets powered by Google are miniature objects made by Google users for easy access to functions or information, and can be added to a computer’s desktop if the system has Google Desktop installed. The Shavlik Google Gadget leverages the same security scanning engine that powers Shavlik’s enterprise level NetChk Protect, which is in use at over 10,000 organizations worldwide and has the world’s largest security database with support for over 22,000 vendor patches.

“It is our ongoing mission to simplify the complexities of security management, and so we have now made it easier for individual and home users to leverage Shavlik’s best-of-breed patch management technology,” said Mark Shavlik, CEO of Shavlik Technologies.” We have a large community of computer users familiar with our software and its comprehensive application support, and we wanted to provide a no cost option to these users and fill the hole that is being left by those security vendors that are discontinuing previously offered free security services.”

About Shavlik Technologies

Shavlik Technologies, LLC is the market leader in simplifying complex enterprise network configuration, compliance and security. Founded in 1993, Shavlik Technologies is considered the industry standard for patch management solutions, with over 10,000 customers worldwide that trust Shavlik to provide the most up-to-date security patch data and the most comprehensive discovery capability to maintain their overall network security posture. Company CEO, Mark Shavlik, is widely acknowledged as a key founder of the patch industry, having teamed with Microsoft in 1999 to create the patch engine for Microsoft Base Security Analyzer (MBSA), which is still being relied upon by millions of users across the globe. The company also licenses its technology to over 20 leading security companies such as IBM, McAfee, BMC, Symantec and iPass. In 2006, Shavlik products were selected as winners of Readers Choice Awards from Redmond Magazine and Readers Trust Awards from SC Magazine.

Shavlik Technologies is a registered trademark in the United States and certain other countries, of Shavlik Technologies. Additional Shavlik product names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Shavlik Technologies. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

Contacts

Shavlik Technologies, LLC
Jill Teut, 651-255-5432
jill.teut {at} shavlik(.)com
or
Madison Alexander PR
Dan Chmielewski, 714-832-8716
dchm {at} madisonalexanderpr(.)com