Security news4 December 2006
Sophos Anti-Virus wins its 35th Virus Bulletin 100% award Sophos finds 100% of the in-the-wild viruses
Sophos Anti-Virus has won the VB 100% award again
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses, spyware and spam, today announced that Sophos Anti-Virus has been awarded the VB 100% award by Virus Bulletin magazine. This is the 35th time that Sophos Anti-Virus has won a prestigious VB 100% award, confirming its position as one of the most powerful virus protection products available.
Virus Bulletin tested 15 different anti-virus products for their detection rates, lack of false alarms, and speed of scanning on the Windows XP 64-bit operating system. Sophos successfully detected all of the in-the-wild viruses with no false alarms, outperforming a number of other vendors.
"Installation of Sophos Anti-Virus was fast and simple, and using the product was equally unchallenging," said John Hawes, technical consultant at Virus Bulletin.
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 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 information about Virus Bulletin can be found on its website: www.virusbtn.com.
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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 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.
