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22 Nov 2004

French medical institute protects users from spam and viruses with Sophos PureMessage

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INSERM chose Sophos PureMessage to defend them from viruses and spam.

Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses and spam, has announced that the French medical institute INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale) has chosen Sophos PureMessage to protect its users from viruses and spam.

INSERM will be protecting 6000 mailboxes from viruses and spam using Sophos's award-winning product, Sophos PureMessage. With over 350 research units and 21 clinical research centres based across France, INSERM required an integrated product which could easily assist in scanning incoming and outgoing email messages for spam and viruses.

"The scientists at INSERM are doing important medical research. Viruses and spam can disrupt this essential work, cost money and create unnecessary interruptions. We are delighted to be able to support INSERM by defending their computers from the nuisance of viruses and spam," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos.

Sophos PureMessage supports Linux, Sun Solaris SPARC, HP-UX, FreeBSD, AIX on RISC, Windows 2000/2003/XP Professional, Exchange 2000/2003 and Microsoft IIS systems. A small business version is also available.

About INSERM

Created in 1964, the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research is a public scientific and technological organisation. Overseen jointly by the French Ministries of Research and Health, INSERM's vocation is to promote health for all.

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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 complete security solutions that are simple to deploy, manage, and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, mobile and network security solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers.

Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.