Private company

INCA Internet

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South Korean software company

INCA Internet Corporation (Korean: 잉카인터넷), also known as nProtect, is a corporation which sells computer software. INCA Internet was founded by Young Heum Joo, the current CEO and President of INCA Internet, in 2000. It offers anti-virus, anti-spyware, game security, and unified corporate security.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 31, 2000Founded1

INCA Internet Corporation (Korean: 잉카인터넷), also known as nProtect, is a corporation which sells computer software. INCA Internet was founded by Young Heum Joo, the current CEO and President of INCA Internet, in 2000. It offers anti-virus, anti-spyware, game security, and unified corporate security. It is headquartered in Seoul, Republic of Korea.2

The story

INCA Internet first entered the market in January 2000, and acquired a global patent through 'nProtect Netizen' which was the first program to provide a real-time client PC information security service. INCA Internet has developed into a strong corporation with an independent technology and is leading the Korean and Japanese security market in the financial and electronic commerce industry.

Since December 2005, INCA Internet has been located within the Guro Digital Complex, which is the largest IT industrial complex of South Korea and played a role in the economic growth of Korea, referred to as the "Miracle on the Han" contributing 10% of national exports in the 1970s. It is a futuristic industrial hub, centering on research and development, advanced information, technology, and knowledge industries. The relocation has had a synergy effect on INCA Internet and many IT corporations located here have benefited through information sharing and partnerships.

From Wikipedia’s article on INCA Internet, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Markets

All INCA Internet nProtect products apply a SaaS (software as a service) model. It was the first company of the security industry to provide internet banking security online and has since spread the SaaS model into PC security and web security.

The company currently holds more than 70% of the market share of information security for Korean financial institutions and more than 90% of game portal security. Internationally, INCA Internet mainly provides security solutions for China, Japan, South-east Asia, and Europe. Companies such as JCB Card, UFJ, Tokyo Star Bank are among some of the corporations using INCA Internet's protection.

Products

nProtect GameGuard

Online Game Security System

Provides game security for online game companies and portal sites in the form of B2B2C to provide security to games and game users (from hacking, cracking, user account information stealing, system viruses and other cyber crimes)

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Bundled with many multiplayer online games such as Aion: The Tower of Eternity, Phantasy Star Universe, MapleStory, GunBound, GunZ: The Duel, Sudden Attack, FlyFF, Ragnarok Online and 9dragons

Hides the game application process, monitors the entire memory range, terminates applications defined by the game vendor and INCA to be cheats, blocks certain calls to DirectX functions and Windows APIs and auto-updates itself to change as new threats surface.

GameGuard is a subject of some controversy as the program itself is a rootkit that is installed without user authorization on their client machine.

nProtect Netizen, nProtect Personal, nProtect Keycrypt

ASP based PC Security

Provides protection for internet banking, electronic commerce and online transactions

24-hour stabilization service and provides customization for clients

Many business models are possible such as B2B2C, B2C, B2B according to the customer and client preferences and goals

nProtect Anti-Virus/Spyware, nProtect GameGuard Personal 2007

Anti-virus Solution

Provides end-user clients with real-time protection from viruses, spyware, hacking tools and other malware

GameGuard Personal product which contains PC optimization, game account protection, and Game Mode features for game users

File Management feature for file encryption/decryption and Secure Deletion.

nProtect Enterprise

Unified Solution

Provides protection for corporations, public institutions, research facilities and educational institutions in the form of B2B based on PC firewall technology and provides a unified PC security solution for corporate users,

Provides unified administrator features for security managers and electronic managers within the organization.

Prevention of information leakage of sensitive and confidential information through information asset security.

nProtect WebScan

Web Security

Provides web security by inspecting the security vulnerabilities of applications providing services through the web and providing detailed descriptions and solutions to the vulnerabilities.

Inspects the Top 10 recommended security inspections by OWASP and further inspects for new, popular attacks and vulnerabilities of the server or service.

It provides fast inspection through multi-thread inspection and also provides a simulated hacking tool that can be used to simulate a security breach for security vulnerabilities found to provide a better understanding of the vulnerability.

From Wikipedia’s article on INCA Internet, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Jan 31, 2000Founded Founded1

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