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SWsoft Introduces Plesk AntiVirus and Plesk Expand Promotion
Release Date: 6/24/2004

Save Thirty Percent Until June 30 On Pre-Sale of New AntiVirus Powered by Dr.Web® and Multi-Server Plesk Solution

Herndon, VA— June 23, 2004 SWsoft, the established leader in hosting automation and server virtualization software, today announced special limited advanced release pricing on Plesk Expand and on its new Plesk AntiVirus add-on solution powered by Dr.Web®. Service providers can take advantage of these offers by visiting http://www.sw-soft.com/en/products/plesk/pre-sales-promo/ and purchasing these solutions by June 30, 2004.

Powerful Plesk AntiVirus Add-On
Plesk AntiVirus, powered by Dr.Web, is an Award Winning server level antivirus filtering program that will be available as an add-on to Plesk servers. Dr.Web protects users against fast spreading mail worms, Trojans and other virus-ware. The Plesk team and the developers of Dr.Web have created a solution to protect UNIX-based mail servers by what is considered the leading SMTP protection solution available today.

The solution is priced especially for those users who consider high charges a critical issue for server administrators and are trying to stem the day to day cost of system administration. For literally pennies per account Plesk system owners can offer early professional protection from the most harmful Internet viruses.

Plesk AntiVirus features include:
• Options to repair, rename, or delete infected files
• Automated Internet updating
• Virus scan archives (.zip, .rar, gz, .tar, etc...)
• Command-line scanner
• Heuristic detection of new macro viruses
• Low system resource requirements
• Special False Notification Prevention mechanism

Plesk AntiVirus powered by Dr.Web is part of a complete list of Plesk ad-on modules including: Application Pack with SiteBuilder software (Unix/Linux), SPAMAssassin anti-spam software, Language packs, 10/25/50 Service Master, PostgreSQL™ and PhpPGMyAdmin™ support, Tomcat (JSP) support, Event Manager, Multi-Level Ticketing System, and ColdFusion™ support.

Multi-Server Plesk Server Control
Plesk Expand is a very powerful add-on to Plesk 7 that combines multiple Plesk 7 servers into an integrated hosting platform. Plesk Expand gives hosting professionals the ability to centrally manage Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows-based Plesk 7 servers. In addition, Plesk Expand offers a Web-based auto install, enabling hosting providers instant implementation of a centralized infrastructure based on their existing Plesk 7 servers.

Quick list of major features introduced in this release candidate include:
• Centralized Client Management-- Add clients to multiple Plesk servers regardless of platform, change their status, and configure a client's settings, such as limits and permissions.
• Centralized Domain Management-- Manage any customer's domains, create new domains, activate/deactivate a domain or a group of domains, and configure domain limits, permissions, and DNS settings.
• Centralized Login for All Customers-- Leverage a single login place for all clients, domain owners, and mailbox owners. After logging in, any customer will be automatically redirected to their respective servers.
• Full XML API-- Easily integrate Plesk Expand with the rest of their infrastructure such as billing system through open XML API.
• Centralized IP Management--Manage IP pools and allocate ranges of IP addresses to a specific Plesk server, a specific Plesk client, and/or a specific Plesk managed domain. IP addresses can be allocated either automatically or manually.

About SWsoft
SWsoft is the recognized leader in automation and server virtualization software for hosting service companies, communications providers, and enterprises. The company powers more than 50,000 servers for customers in over 100 countries. SWsoft’s products deliver industry-leading performance, stability and manageability for its customers to increase utilization of their limited IT resources. Headquartered in Herndon, VA, with offices around the world; SWsoft is a privately held, profitable company, offering comprehensive solutions including: Plesk, Virtuozzo, PEM, HSPcomplete, and Confixx. For more information about SWsoft, visit www.sw-soft.com.