23 Nov 2006
Sophos protects Microsoft Windows Vista
Integrated protection delivers security and control on Vista platform
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, today
announced a new version of Sophos Anti-Virus which fully supports
the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. Sophos's proactive
protection delivers businesses with a complete defense against
viruses, spyware, adware and potentially unwanted applications
(PUAs).
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, version 6.5
includes:
- Protection against viruses, spyware, adware and PUAs
- Application control, which allows businesses to set their own
policies regarding whether user groups are allowed to run software
such as IM clients, VoIP, peer-to-peer file sharing and distributed
computing projects
- Behavioral Genotype™ Protection to guard against unknown
threats
- High performance scanning with Decision Caching
- Central management and update features, using Enterprise
Console
- Automatic updates against the latest threats every 10
minutes
Customers using Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000/XP/2003,
version 6.0 will be updated to support Vista automatically, without
any user intervention.
"While other security vendors aren't happy with how Vista has
implemented its increased security, Sophos has been working closely
with Microsoft and fully supports new functionality, such as Kernel
Patch Protection (also known as PatchGuard)" said Richard Jacobs,
CTO at Sophos. "Sophos Anti-Virus running on Vista provides
unprecedented protection."
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows Vista is now
available.
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.