Press Release

FaceTime Acquires Anti-Spyware Vendor XBlock Systems and Popular Reference Site SpywareGuide.com

Acquisition Bolsters FaceTime's Approach to Enterprise Spyware Prevention and Securing IM, P2P and Other Emerging Greynets

FOSTER CITY, CALIF - June 7, 2005 - FaceTime Communications today announced that it has acquired patent-pending technology of anti-spyware vendor XBlock Systems, LLC and the SpywareGuide.com community and information resource. The XBlock asset acquisition enhances FaceTime's defense-in-depth approach to enabling the secure use of legitimate greynet applications like instant messaging (IM) and web conferencing, while providing comprehensive protection against illegitimate applications such as spyware, adware and peer-to-peer (P2P) file downloads.

"Spyware has evolved to present a very disquieting threat to enterprises," said Peter Christy from the Internet Research Group. "If a user has inadvertently downloaded a greynet application and installed malware not only is user productivity and system performance degraded - that compromised system can be used to enable the theft or defacing of valuable information and services. FaceTime's expertise in securing IM and P2P applications at the perimeter and their acquisition of XBlock and its spyware prevention technology favorably positions FaceTime to address this ever-growing greynet problem."

Under the terms of the acquisition, FaceTime will acquire XBlock System's assets including:

Comprehensive Anti-Spyware Database: An extensive, growing reference database of known adware and spyware applications compiled from a user community voluntarily reporting new infections.
Patent-Pending Technology: Enterprise spyware prevention technology for scanning, detecting, cleansing and managing spyware and related applications.
SpywareGuide.com: The most comprehensive anti-spyware reference destination available today, with over 1 million unique visitors monthly.

FaceTime considers spyware and adware as part of a larger, fast-growing set of applications called "greynets." A greynet application is an unsanctioned application that is downloaded and installed on end-user systems (often done without their knowledge - as with spyware) and then uses evasive techniques to traverse the network. Greynet applications often have legitimate business uses and include instant messaging, web browsing, web conferencing, SKYPE and web mail. On May 23rd, FaceTime announced Real-Time Guardian 3.0 (RTG 3.0), the most advanced perimeter security solution for managing and securing greynet applications.

"Security managers are struggling to address a growing universe of unsanctioned "greynet" applications that find their way onto end user desktops - IM, P2P, adware/spyware," said Kailash Ambwani, CEO of FaceTime Communications. "Our goal is to provide customers with a unified approach to securing and, where appropriate, enabling the safe use of these applications. XBlock's products, technologies and expertise will accelerate our strategy to offer solutions that secure the enterprise against greynet threats."

XBlock has been helping individuals and organizations maintain their privacy since 2000 through sophisticated privacy and anti-spyware applications. XBlock products are available at http://www.spywareguide.com.

About FaceTime Communications
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of instant messaging, Web usage and Unified Communications platforms. Ranked number one by IDC for four consecutive years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by more than 900 customers – including nine of the 10 largest U.S. banks – for security, management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and enterprise IM network providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Skype, IBM, Reuters and Jabber.

FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-FACE. The FaceForward blog, at http://blog.facetime.com, offers thoughts and opinions about the changing nature of Internet communications.

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