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Premier affiliate network Revenue Gateway
( www.revenuegateway.com ) announced that it has added Evidence Killer and
Antivirus & Antispyware, two exciting new software programs to the
company’s inventory of highly converting website offers.

“We are so proud to offer our products to RevenueGateway and their
affiliates,” said Dave Adams, Chief Executive Officer for
DriveDefender.com. “Evidence Killer and Antivirus & Antispyware are
software programs that computer users will love and affiliates will have an
easy time marketing. This is a win-win situation.”

Evidence Killer is the ultimate computer user privacy protector. The
software scans a user’s PC and removes Internet records, temporary files
and useless data. It prevents computer spying and improves system
performance by keeping PC drives clean and free from useless files.
Evidence Killer erases old logs and private conversations from instant
messaging systems ensuring PC user privacy.

Antivirus & Antispyware is an integrated software program with an abundance
of features. Antivirus & Antispyware defends against virus infections
within a user’s PC and their email correspondence. The software has hacker
protection with PC monitoring, network blocking and intrusion notification.
The program protects against annoying pop-ups, spyware and adware.
Antivirus & Antispyware has a quick system scan and comes with free
professional technical support and free version updates.

“There is so much value in Evidence Killer and Antivirus & Antispyware,”
Adams said. “We are excited to be such welcome additions to Revenue
Gateway’s expansive inventory of products.”

Revenue Gateway is the highest paying Cost Per Acquisition (CPA) affiliate
network and guarantees on-time payments. The company’s goal is to make
affiliates money with 110% payouts. Webmaster referrals earn 5% of every
new affiliate referred.

RevenueGateway offers affiliates and advertisers a balanced suite of
services and support (including banners, popup unders, contextual, email,
text links), all adding up to revenue gains and maximum Return On
Investment (ROI). To learn more, visit www.revenuegateway.com .

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GLENDALE, Calif. — Blog owners can now offer NanoScan, Panda Security’s new online virus scanner, to their visitors. To do this, all that is needed is to send an email to partners@nanoscan.com and ask for the code. The code can be simply copied and pasted onto the web pages. By doing this, bloggers and webmasters can offer their visitors a fast way to check if their computers are free from any active threats that might be performing malicious actions on their computers.

Bloggers can also include up-to-date stats on computers infected worldwide provided by NanoScan’s Infex. Bloggers can show the stats by the country the visitors come from or by another country chosen by the blog owner. To include Infex on the blog page, go to http://www.infectedornot.com/gadgets/.

With these launches, Panda Security takes another step forward in its commitment to the growing 2.0 community, offering its tools to the millions of bloggers.

Currently, NanoScan detects more than 1 million examples of known threats and is continually updated against new threats, with almost 2,500 new samples a day. It also detects unknown malware thanks to the Genetic Heuristic Technology.

The tool is fully compatible with Vista and works with both Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.

Take a free trial of NanoScan’s beta version at: http://www.infectedornot.com.

About Panda Security

Panda Security is a global leading provider of IT security solutions, with millions of clients in more than 200 countries and products available in 23 languages.

Our mission is to develop and supply global security solutions to keep our clients’ IT resources safe from the damage inflicted by viruses, intruders and other Internet threats at the lowest possible Total Cost of Ownership.

Panda Security proposes a new security model, specially designed to firmly combat new types of cyber-crime. This results in technologies and products with much greater detection and efficiency rates than the market average, providing a higher level of security to our users.

For more information and evaluation versions of all Panda Security solutions, visit our website at: http://www.pandasecurity.com/.

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An 86-year-old San Joaquin County man has died after contracting the West Nile Virus, according to public health officials.

He lived in the central part of the county and became infected with the most serious form of the virus, West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease. The risk for this strain is highest in people over the age of 50 and with health problems affecting their immune systems, said Karen McConnell, the county’s spokeswoman.

The man is the third person to die from the virus in California this year, according to the California Department of Public Health. He is the second person to die from the virus in San Joaquin County since it was first detected in 2004.

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VIRUSES lurking in human blood could be killed off with an intense pulse of visible laser light.

The pulse produces mechanical vibrations in the virus shell, irreversibly damaging and disintegrating it, and so “deactivating” the virus for good.

The technique might be used to kill HIV, as well as hepatitis C, say the US researchers involved.

Of the other methods of destroying viruses, UV irradiation can cause mutations which eventually make the micro-organisms resistant and can also damage the DNA of surrounding healthy cells.

Microwaves have also been tried but they are absorbed by heating the surrounding water leaving little to attack the virus.

The researchers say the short (0.0000000000000001 seconds) pulses of purple coloured light destroy viruses while leaving cells unharmed.

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Only a few years ago, biologists stumbled upon the fact that cells use RNA snippets called microRNAs as tools to control the activity of genes. Now it appears that some viruses also carry codes for microRNAs that can control the genes of invaded cells.

Once inside a host cell, a virus tricks the cell into producing these microRNAs, which then shut down genes that protect against infection by that virus.

"This [discovery] is fabulous, because it opens up a whole new avenue for making antiviral drugs," says research team member Mark Prichard of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Drugs that block the viral microRNAs could reactivate the cells’ own defenses against the virus, Prichard says. "There are a lot of viruses that this strategy might work for," he says.

The researchers scanned the genome of cytomegalovirus and found a microRNA that targets a gene called major histocompatibility complex class I-related chain B (MICB). The protein produced by this gene enables immune system cells called natural killers to fight viral infections.

Prichard and his colleagues then exposed lab-grown human cells to the virus and to a viral mutant that lacked the microRNA code. Only the original virus caused a reduction in MICB activity, the researchers report in the July 20 Science.

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This report summarizes 2007 West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance data reported to CDC through ArboNET as of 3 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time, July 24, 2007. A total of 19 states have reported 122 cases of human WNV illness to CDC (Figure, Table). A total of 68 (56%) cases for which such data were available occurred in males; median age of patients was 48 years (range: 15 months-96 years). Dates of illness onset ranged from March 25 to July 18; three cases were fatal.

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A total of 23 presumptive West Nile viremic blood donors (PVDs) have been reported to ArboNET during 2007. Of these, 12 were reported from California; three each from Kentucky and Texas; two from South Dakota; and one each from Iowa, Minnesota, and North Carolina. Of the 23 PVDs, seven persons (median age: 38 years [range: 18-79 years]) subsequently had West Nile fever.

In addition, 310 dead corvids and 98 other dead birds with WNV infection have been reported in 15 states during 2007. WNV infections have been reported in horses in 10 states, in five squirrels in California, and in one unidentified animal species in Idaho. WNV seroconversions have been reported in 75 sentinel chicken flocks in four states (Arizona, California, Florida, and Utah) and Puerto Rico. A total of 646 WNV-positive mosquito pools have been reported.

Additional information about national WNV activity is available from CDC at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm and at http://westnilemaps.usgs.gov.

TABLE. Number of human cases of West Nile virus (WNV)
illness, by state- United States, 2007 *

                                  West           Other
               Neuroinvasive      Nile         clinical/
                  disease         fever       unspecified
State           ([dagger])     ([section])   ([paragraph])

Alabama              1              0              1
Arizona              0              1              6
Arkansas             1              0              0
California          10             16              1
Colorado             1              5              0
Idaho                0              4              0
Illinois             2              0              1
Iowa                 1              1              0
Kansas               2              0              0
Minnesota            3              0              0
Mississippi          5              3              0
Nebraska             0              2              0
Nevada               0              1              0
North Dakota         4             10              0
South Dakota         9             19              0
Texas                1              1              0
Utah                 1              1              0
Virginia             1              0              0
Wyoming              0              7              0
Total               42             71              9

                 Total
               reported
State          to CDC **   Deaths

Alabama            2         1
Arizona            7         0
Arkansas           1         0
California        27         1
Colorado           6         0
Idaho              4         0
Illinois           3         0
Iowa               2         0
Kansas             2         0
Minnesota          3         0
Mississippi        8         1
Nebraska           2         0
Nevada             1         0
North Dakota      14         0
South Dakota      28         0
Texas              2         0
Utah               2         0
Virginia           1         0
Wyoming            7         0
Total             122        3

* As of July 24, 2007.

([dagger]) Cases with neurologic manifestations (i.e., West
Nile meningitis, West Nile encephalitis, and West Nile myelitis).

([section]) Cases with no evidence of neuroinvasion.

([paragraph]) Illnesses for which sufficient clinical information
was not provided.

** Total number of human cases of WNV illness reported to ArboNET by
state and local health departments.

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Byline: Gerard Dziuba At this time of year, the severity of the mosquito population depends on how many bites you get within 10 minutes. Walk along the Fox River or the bike path that runs through Kane and McHenry counties at sunset and you’ll be slapping yourself every 30 seconds. If you think it’s bad, well - it could be worse, said Phil Nixon, an entomologist for the University of Illinois Extension.

Our dry summer has kept the harmless pests down. But it also could better the chances of breeding for the mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus. "So far, it’s set up …

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SYDNEY (AFP) — A leading HIV expert urged Wednesday drugs giants to focus on developing anti-retroviral medicines for children, after research showed early treatment of babies can reduce death rates by 75 percent.

As the International AIDS Society conference wrapped up in Sydney, US researcher Annette Sohn said some 780,000 HIV positive children globally needed anti-retroviral medicines but only 15 percent of them were receiving treatment.

Sohn, an assistant professor at the University of California San Francisco’s paediatric infectious diseases division, said there was also a lack of specialised medicine developed for HIV positive children.

She said that children’s medical treatment often consisted of health professionals simply breaking up adult pills into what they hoped was child-sized doses.

“Better generic paediatric anti-retrovirals that are both potent enough to achieve sustained clinical and virological improvement and have limited long-term metabolic side effects are urgently needed,” …

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DUBLIN, Ireland — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c63667) has announced the addition of Infections - Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Drug Pipeline Report to their offering.

"Infections - Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Drug Pipeline Report" contains detailed information on the current drug pipeline. This report provides insight into the pipeline status of herpes simplex virus infection drugs by company and by stage as well as a summary of the latest news and developments in this area.

Scope of the report:

Each Therapy Area Pipeline Report provides the user with real detail on drug pipelines, by company and by stage, for each specific therapy area. The latest news, by company, also ensures that each report is fresh and up-to-date.

In addition to new developments and disease specific pipeline projects, each report also contains extensive information in tabular format on a company’s full product pipeline and products by phase of development with regard to the therapy area.

Full pipeline details, by stage, are provided and include detailed product descriptions, information on partnering activity plus clinical trial intelligence. Each Therapy Area Pipeline Report also provides detail on the top 20 companies with products in the early stage of development and the top 20 companies with products in the late stage of development. Finally, each report also provides a comparison with other major indications in the disease hub based on Marketed Products vs. Pipeline Products.

Key benefits

* Understand a company’s strategic position by accessing detailed independent intelligence on its product pipeline for specific therapy areas.

* Keep track of your competitors and partners by better understanding their product pipeline.

* Monitor a company’s research effectiveness by determining pipeline depth and number of products in development by clinical phase for specific disease areas.

* Maintain a critical competitive advantage.

Contents:

UPCOMING PATENT EXPIRES BY THERAPY AREA
 Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Pipeline Overview
-% of Projects (By Phase of Development)
-No. of Projects by Phase of Development
-Marketed Products Vs. Pipeline Products
-Company Overview - Pipeline Projects
-Company Overview - Pipeline Projects
-Legend
-Top 20 companies in late stage Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
  Projects
-Top 20 companies in early stage Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
  Projects
 Full Pipeline View
-Pre Clinical Pipeline View
-Phase II Pipeline View
-Phase III Pipeline View

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c63667

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Issues Call for Viruses to Assess Effectiveness of Popular Anti-Virus Tools

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Untangle, the pioneer in open source network gateway platforms, today announced the "Untangle AV Fight Club." It will take place August 8 at the LinuxWorld Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Testing labs have not publicized test results of open source projects like ClamAV. This may not be surprising given that these labs are funded by proprietary vendors. With the testing system as is, open source solutions aren’t even in the game. This isn’t right.

The Untangle AV Fight Club will be a live, public test, pitting open source against proprietary. ClamAV, SonicWALL, and other products will be evaluated on several criteria, including virus identification and resource expenditure.

Untangle has issued a call to the community to submit viruses for the test. To submit viruses, visit http://www.untangle.com/fightclub. Submissions will also be accepted at the live event.

"We designed this test to objectively evaluate several popular anti-virus tools with the goal of fostering best practices," said Dirk Morris, Founder and CTO of Untangle. "We think that open source solutions are at least as good as proprietary tools, and we thought a public and transparent apples-to-apples challenge was the best, and most fun, way to find out."

About Untangle

Untangle was founded with the vision of untangling the complexities of technology, initially targeting network security and control for SMBs. The company follows Open Source development practices to create better code and make it widely available. The Untangle Gateway Platform, the world’s first commercial-grade open source solution for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and unwanted content on the network, provides a free and better alternative to costly, inflexible proprietary appliances. Untangle’s applications are currently being used in hundreds of businesses in a variety of industries, including financial services, real estate, education, bio-science, and professional services. Untangle is located in San Mateo, California. For more information, visit www.untangle.com or call (866) 233-2296.

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