Pune, Maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/21/2009 -- Quick Heal Technologies, a leading provider of Internet security solutions, announced that the Quick Heal Internet Security 2010 suite has now achieved ICSA Labs Anti-Virus Certification on Windows XP. ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, offers vendor-neutral testing and certification of security products. Enterprises worldwide rely on ICSA Labs to set and apply objective testing and certification criteria for measuring product compliance and performance.

With a focus on providing its customers a secure work environment, Quick Heal Technologies is a leader and innovator in the development of new and enhanced technology to keep threats at bay. The certification adds a new dimension to its products' efficiency and global acclaim. ICSA Labs certification is a high-quality benchmark that verifies the trustworthiness of security products.

The ICSA Labs' Anti-Virus Certification Program provides the user community with the assurance that all ICSA Labs Certified anti-virus products comply with industry-accepted criteria. To achieve the ICSA Labs Anti-Virus Certification, products must meet all criteria for detection of malware in desktops and servers. Products are required to detect 100 percent of the viruses in several test sets, including the current In The Wild List.

"Quick Heal Internet Security has met ICSA Lab's rigorous testing criteria to earn its Anti-Virus Desktop Certification for the first time," said Andrew Hayter, anti-malcode program manager, ICSA Labs. "This is critical, as our anti-malcode certification program provides businesses and consumers alike with up-to-date and valuable information that can help them select the right anti-virus products and vendors for their specific needs."

"We are excited to have Quick Heal Internet Security, ICSA Labs certified. It is a re-assurance about our dedication to provide our customers with reliable and highly effective product" said Sanjay Katkar, Chief Technology Officer at Quick Heal. "It gives our customers confidence of being safe by using our product on their computers," concluded Sanjay.

About ICSA Labs
ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, offers vendor-neutral testing and certification of security products. Many of the world's top security vendors submit their products for testing and certification at ICSA Labs. Businesses rely on ICSA Labs to authoritatively set and apply objective testing and certification criteria for measuring product compliance and reliability. For more information about ICSA Labs, please visit: http://www.icsalabs.com.

About Quick Heal Technologies
Quick Heal Technologies established in 1993, is a leading developer of IT security software under "Quick Heal" Brand. It caters to enterprise security solutions and individual computer security needs as well. It is committed to relentlessly tackling its customer's toughest security challenges. Its innovative solutions empower home users, corporate and public sector by giving comprehensive and total protection by combining both proactive and reactive technologies seamlessly using trusted signature base detection as well as advanced DNA scan technology. Quick Heal is present in 50 countries globally apart from its well entrenched network in India.

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Pune, Maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/16/2009 -- A major achievement for Quick Heal Technologies came with winning the Oscar of India's SME sector awards, 'Emerging India Awards 2009', jointly organized by ICICI Bank and CNBC TV18 to honor India's most globally competitive SMEs. The award ceremony was conducted in the plush hotel Taj Palace at New Delhi on the evening of 19th November 2009 amongst India's distinguished business and political dignitaries. The award was presented by the honorable Home Minister, Mr. P Chidambaram and collected by the company's MD & CEO, Mr. Kailash Katkar and CTO, Mr. Sanjay Katkar.

Combating the tough competition from nominees under the category of ICE & ITeS, Quick Heal Technologies, India's leading antivirus software provider was chosen to be the recipient of the most coveted award. "We are honored to receive this award. It is highly satisfying that our efforts to put Indian antivirus software on the global map have been recognized. This award has strengthened our commitment to satisfy our customers in every way and be the leaders on the path of innovation." said Mr. Kailash Katkar at the proud moment.

CNBC-TV18 and ICICI Bank 'Emerging India Awards' is India's foremost initiative powered by the capability of shaping the future of Indian SMEs and have been acknowledged as India's biggest business award by the Limca Book of Records. The awards are powered by CRISIL, nation's leading credit rating agency that managed the evaluation process. Small and Medium Enterprises are often hailed as being the drivers of economic growth. 'Emerging India Awards' recognizes and rewards India's most globally competitive SMEs whose business practices are at par with global giants. The initiative aims at recognizing the most sustainable Value Creators among SMEs in the country.

"This award is a reflection of hard work and dedication of each and every employee of Quick Heal. This award also goes to all our customers, channel partners and dealers who believed in our product and provided us their valuable feedback and support which has helped us become what we are today." said Mr. Sanjay Katkar, Chief Technology Officer, Quick Heal Technologies.

Today, Quick Heal is the first choice as the trusted IT security partner for all its customers. The company enjoys immense loyalty and goodwill due to the service-oriented approach and transparent work policies. The reason for Quick Heal becoming a household name today lies behind the dedication of Mr. Kailash Katkar and his selfless leadership style.

About Emerging India Awards
CNBC TV-18 and ICICI bank present The Emerging India Series, a pioneering initiative to promote and recognize the undying entrepreneurial spirit of our country. The Emerging India Awards are considered India's biggest business awards. The event is being conducted for the 5th year in a row now. Powered with the capability of shaping the future of Indian SMEs, this is India's most definite platform for recognition and felicitation of Small and Medium Enterprises.

This award aims at recognizing the best sustainable value creators among small and medium enterprises in the country. The award is jointly promoted by ICICI Bank (one of India's largest financial institutions) and CNBC-TV18 (leader in the business news space). The multi-stage evaluation and selection process is very rigorous and spread over three months. CRISIL (India's leading ratings, research, risk and policy advisory company) was tasked with this responsibility and focused on striking an appropriate balance between quantitative and qualitative parameters. They evaluate business models, competitive strength, management quality and depth, past performances and future expectations.

About Quick Heal Technologies
Quick Heal Technologies is India's leading provider of Internet Security tools and is a leader in Anti-Virus Technology. A privately held company, it was founded in 1993 by Mr. Kailash Katkar and his brother Sanjay Katkar and has been actively involved in Research and Development of anti-virus software since then.

Quick Heal Technologies is one of the largest IT security solution provider in India, with Quick Heal products setting industry benchmark standards for computer security. Quick Heal an award winning security product is installed in Enterprises, SMB and consumer's homes protecting their computers from viruses and other malicious threats. Serving millions of users worldwide, Quick Heal Technologies employs more than 350 people in eighteen branch offices with its headquarters at Pune, India. It has firmly established its position in India and also operates through a network of dealers and channel partners in around 50 countries worldwide.

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Pune, Maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/23/2009 -- Quick Heal Technologies has announced the launch of new 2010 computer security series: Quick Heal AntiVirus 2010, Quick Heal Internet Security 2010 and Quick Heal Total Security 2010.

Focused on giving the best user experience, Quick Heal 2010's series is much lighter, faster and smarter than its previous versions. Lighter in terms of lesser memory usage during operation & an enhanced engine that performs faster scanning and quicker updates. Advanced technologies implemented in the enhanced scan engine help in deeper scanning of threats which was not possible in earlier versions making it smarter and ready to fight latest threats.

"Quick Heal's 2010 product line will give more advantage to users in fight against cyber criminals" says Kailash Katkar, CEO at Quick Heal Technologies. "Quick Heal 2010 series will also be compatible to Windows 7 and make optimal use of this new operating system from Microsoft"

Quick Heal 2010 has new features like advanced memory scanning, pen drive protection, browsing protection and entertainment mode. New advance memory scanning now scans the system memory deep at kernel level which makes sure even Rootkit drivers get detected at user mode. In this new release Quick Heal's new unique feature automatically stops all kinds of malware from getting executed when an infected pen drive is plugged into the computer. Quick Heal 2010 – browsing protection feature helps prevent browser from visiting infected websites. Additionally, the Firewall is enhanced to protect users from hacking etc.

One of its much awaited features is "entertainment mode" for gaming enthusiasts. In this mode Quick Heal goes into silent mode which displays no prompts across all modules and reduces system load making activities like playing games, watching movies or presentation in an uninterrupted way.

Total Security users are provided with much needed built-in feature of Quick Heal PC Tuner. This will perform registry cleaning, disk cleaning, registry optimization and performance tuning which will fix computer errors and speed up the computer. Total Security users will also see additional support for new mobile phone models in its PC2Moblie scan including support for scanning of Apple iPhone.

"All new - lighter, faster and smarter transformation of Quick Heal is going to thrill users and its smaller and faster updates will make the experience of working with Quick Heal more pleasurable" said Sanjay Katkar, chief technology officer at Quick Heal Technologies.

About Quick Heal Technologies
Quick Heal Technologies established in 1993, is a leading developer of IT security software under "Quick Heal" Brand. It caters to enterprise security solutions and individual computer security needs as well. It is committed to relentlessly tackling its customer's toughest security challenges. Its innovative solutions empower home users, corporate and public sector by giving comprehensive and total protection by combining both proactive and reactive technologies seamlessly using trusted signature base detection as well as advanced DNA scan technology. Quick Heal is present in 50 countries globally apart from its well entrenched network in India.

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