CastleCops issued a Press Release this morning announcing the upcoming contest celebration of our fifth year anniversary.
The contest recognizes its volunteer community achievements and excellence in Internet security with a contest furnished with prizes by well-known industry organizations. “This contest is a testament to CastleCops and its vision for a secure Internet,” explains Paul Laudanski, founder of CastleCops. For the past 5 years volunteers from around the world have come together at CastleCops to aid the community in creating a more secure Internet.
Each participating company has donated their software as prizes. The total estimated retail value for all prizes meets or exceeds $130,000 US. Donations by the following organizations listed with conservative estimated retail subtotals. Details will be posted shortly on the CastleCops homepage including rules of entry and participation. This contest begins at 12:00 PM EST on February 1, 2007.
The companies/organizations participating in this celebration are listed below. We'd love to thank each and everyone of them. As an update since the Press Release, VirusBlokAda Ltd has confirmed participation.
Cyberdefender - $35,970, www.cyberdefender.com
Prevx1 - $24,950, www.prevx.com
Microsoft - $14,000, www.microsoft.com
SUPERAntiSpyware - $11,970, www.superantispyware.com
NullBound - $9,650, www.nullbound.com
McAfee - $5,100, www.mcafee.com
CastleCops - $5,000, www.castlecops.com
GreenBorder - $4,995, www.greenborder.com
Facetime - $3,453, www.facetime.com
Uniblue - $3,000, www.liutilities.com
SonicWALL - $2,655, www.sonicwall.com
Symantec - $1,749, www.symantec.com
Panda Software - $1,539, www.pandasoftware.com
WinPatrol 2007 - $1,497, www.winpatrol.com
Grisoft - $1,200, www.grisoft.com
VirusBlokAda Ltd - $1,180, www.anti-virus.by
Firetrust - $1,069, www.firetrust.com
Trend Micro - $799, www.trendmicro.com
Sunbelt-Software - $748, www.sunbelt-software.com
Malwarebytes - $747, www.malwarebytes.org
CheckPoint - $699, www.checkpoint.com
Fortinet - $699, www.fortinet.com
TechSmith - $638, www.techsmith.com
Simply Super Software - $580, www.simplysup.com
PC Pitstop - $449, www.pcpitstop.com
Mischel Internet Security - $294, www.misec.net
ESET - $199, www.eset.com
O’Reilly - $159, www.oreilly.com
Note: Stay Tuned for details about what software is available in the contest.
Updated 11:47 AM EST, Jan 31: Fortinet is participating.
