ESTsoft
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{{Infobox company
| name = ESTsoft
| logo = EST NEW CI BLUE(240).png
| type = Private
| industry = Software development, Video game development
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1993|10|02}}
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| hq_location_city =
| hq_location_country = Banpo-daero 3, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Sangwon Chung (CEO)
| products = ALZip, Cabal Online, ALFTP, and 14 more
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| num_employees = 282 (2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.estsoft.com/intro_company.html|title=About ESTsoft|access-date=2019-06-24|archive-date=2019-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122212908/https://www.estsoft.com/intro_company.html|url-status=dead}}
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| website = {{URL|https://www.estsoft.com/}}
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Founded in 1993, ESTsoft is a South Korean application software development company. Its software ranges from desktop to business software for enterprises.{{Cite web|url=https://www.estsoft.com/main.html/|title=ESTsoft|work=ESTsoft}}
Products
There are several products marketed under the "ALTools" product line. In Korea, "Al" means "egg", and numerous products under this category have egg-themed icons and mascots. ALTools products include:
- ALZip - a compression and archiving utility, supporting several archiving formats, including ISO
- ALFTP - an FTP client and server
- ALSee - an image viewer and photo editor
- ALPass - a password manager for web sites (update service end)
- ALGIF - a GIF animation program (update end)
- ALSong - an MP3 player which supports online content
- ALShow - a media player
- ALMap - a family of digital map viewers and GPS (both software and hardware) (update end)
- ALX - digital rights management software
- ALToolbar - a toolbar for Internet Explorer
- ALYac - an antivirus based on BitDefender engine
Other ESTsoft products include:
- InternetDISK - online storage solution
- iDisk - A version of InternetDISK designed for ISPs to host larger amounts of data
- iMan - instant messaging software
- Cabal Online - a massive multiplayer online role playing game
- Cabal 2 - a massive multiplayer online role playing game
- HeroesGo (also known as Howling Sword) - a massive multiplayer online role playing game that has similar core gameplay to DFO/Rusty Hearts/Elsword
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061107143659/http://www.estsoft.com/en/ ESTsoft site]
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Category:Companies established in 1993
Category:Software companies of South Korea
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