31 Oct 2002
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000 Advanced Server receives Virus Bulletin 100% award
Sophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, today
announced that Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000 Advanced Server
(3.62) has been awarded the VB 100% award in the November 2002
edition of Virus Bulletin. This is the 18th 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 outperformed a number of competing products, which missed
some of the commonly encountered in-the-wild viruses.
"As the virus threat is continually changing, customers need
products that will provide their systems with the best possible
virus protection," said Helen Martin, editor of Virus Bulletin.
"Sophos Anti-Virus displayed excellent detection rates and
generated no false positives, thus earning its 18th VB 100%
award."
All Sophos products use the same virus-finding engine, ensuring
consistently high detection rates 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.
About Sophos
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.