Sophos Anti-Virus has won the VB100 award again
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, today
announced that Sophos
Anti-Virus 7.0.0 has been awarded the accolade of VB100 by
Virus Bulletin magazine. This is the 39th time that Sophos
Anti-Virus has won a prestigious VB100 award, confirming its
ability to detect 100% of the viruses in the wild, and its position
as one of the most powerful virus protection products
available.
Virus Bulletin tested 20 different anti-virus products for their
detection rates, lack of false alarms, and speed of scanning on the
Windows Vista x64 Business Edition platform. Sophos successfully
detected all of the in-the-wild viruses (as well as identifying
100% of the file, polymorphic, worms and DOS viruses) with no false
alarms, outperforming a number of other vendors.
| In-the-wild: |
100.00% |
| In-the-wild (on-access): |
100.00% |
| File infector: |
100.00% |
| Worms and bots: |
100.00% |
| DOS: |
100.00% |
| False positives: |
0 |
"Sophos Anti-Virus performed splendidly during tests on 64-bit
Windows Vista with its in-depth configuration options, impressive
speed and excellent detection rates," said John Hawes, technical
consultant at Virus Bulletin. "By protecting against all the
in-the-wild viruses without false positives, Sophos has proved
itself worthy of another VB100 award."
All Sophos products use the same technology to protect against
viruses, worms, spyware, Trojan horses and other malware, ensuring
consistently high detection rates across all operating systems.
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 VB100 awards. More
information about Virus Bulletin can be found on its website:
www.virusbtn.com.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.