Sophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, today
announced that Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT has been awarded
the VB 100% award in the November 2001 edition of Virus Bulletin.
This is the 14th time Sophos Anti-Virus has won a VB 100% award,
confirming its position as one of the most powerful virus
protection products available.
Virus Bulletin tested 21 different anti-virus products for their
detection rates, lack of false alarms, and speed of scanning.
Sophos not only detected all the in-the-wild virus samples it was
tested against, but also came out with a perfect score in the false
alarm test.
Sophos outperformed a number of competing products which missed
some of the commonly encountered in-the-wild viruses, including
NetShield from Network Associates.
"The quality of virus protection offered by Sophos Anti-Virus
continues to be applauded in independent tests," said Graham
Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "Sophos offers not
only the best in customer service and technical support, but also
delivers to businesses a first class defence against virus
attack."
Sophos Anti-Virus uses the same virus-finding engine in all of
its products, ensuring a similarly high detection rate across all
platforms.
About the Virus Bulletin 100% award
The Virus Bulletin 100% awards recognise those products best
able to detect viruses known to be 'in the wild'. Unlike some other
similar-sounding schemes, Virus Bulletin uses the most up-to-date
WildList in its tests. This means that products that are 'up with
the game' are the ones most likely to be granted VB 100%
awards.
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.