COMMTOUCH SOFTWR LTD (CTCH)

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Commtouch Signs 7 New OEM Agreements

Monday April 10, 5:16 pm ET

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2006--Commtouch® (Nasdaq:CTCH - News), the developer of ground breaking RPD(TM) technology for real time anti-spam and Zero-Hour(TM) virus protection, today announced that during the first quarter of 2006, it signed an additional 7 OEM licensing agreements with partners in the U.S., Australia, Germany, France and the U.K.

With the recent signings, the global reach of Commtouch's technology has been further expanded. OEM partners are now focused on selling Commtouch enhanced products in territories such as North America, Western Europe, Japan, Korea, China, Hungary and Australia, among others.

Gideon Mantel, CEO of Commtouch, remarked: "We continue to see a high level of demand for our technology. Solving the spam problem has become more and more complicated, and leading vendors are approaching us to help them cope with the sea of spam. The new agreements, along with our current business relationships, will drive the future growth of Commtouch during 2006."

The company anticipates that integrated products will be rolled out by the new OEM partners by the end of the second quarter of 2006, and this will have an impact on the company's revenue growth during the second half of the year.

About Commtouch

Commtouch Software Ltd. (NASDAQ:CTCH - News) is dedicated to protecting and preserving the integrity of the world's most important communications tool -- email. Commtouch has 15 years of experience developing messaging software, and is a global developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam and Zero-Hour virus protection solutions. Using core technologies including RPD Recurrent Pattern Detection, the Commtouch Detection Center analyzes billions of email messages per month to identify new spam and malware outbreaks within minutes of their introduction into the Internet. Integrated by over 30 OEM partners, Commtouch technology protects thousands of organizations, with over 35 million users in 100 countries. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel and has a subsidiary in Mountain View, CA. For more information, see: www.commtouch.com, including the Commtouch online lab detailing spam statistics and charts.

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