A global leader in antivirus and network security technologies, Rising (http://www.rising-us.com ), has announced the release of their well anticipated 2008 Antivirus product lines. The enhancements include: A 3 tier Active Defence Strategy; our next generation Smart update as well as an improved Virtual Machine Unpacking Engine (VUE).

Director of Sales and Operations for Rising North America, Jason Porter, says: "Our client base grew exponentially last year, sitting at around 120 million users globally". "We want our clients to know that they are getting the best, most secure product out there and that we're committed to delivering the same exceptional products they're used to receiving from us. Launching Rising 2008 was important step for us so we could continue to deliver the highest quality to our customers."

There are some remarkable features, accompanying the new 2008 version of Rising Antivirus, such as its 64bit support, their popular "U-disk" protection and "Safe Account", which protects your Internet accounts and passwords from malicious spyware.

Mr Porter adds: "Competition? I've spent the countless hours discussing the topic here at Rising. Who's our competition? Some company with a stethoscope on their box?" "I know that's people yearn, Google vs. Yahoo, Dell vs. Gateway, Blackberry vs, well everyone. Our competition isn't a company When the topic is brought up it's This isn't a competition Our only competitors are virus developers

Mr. Porter states: "As we have always done, our 2008 product is offered in a trial format". "This gives or current clients the opportunity to see the addition to their existing security, as well giving prospective clients an idea of why our security software sits on over 120 million computers."

Being one of the earliest enterprises engaged in computer virus prevention in the world, RISING boasts a clientele of over 130 million users and one of the largest, most powerful anti-virus and network security research and development teams globally. RISING has also successfully set up four major network security systems: The Global Computer Virus Forecast Network, The Global Computer Virus Emergency Response Network, The Global Computer Virus Service Network and The Global Computer Virus Monitoring Network.