Security news1 August 2007
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows Vista wins VB100 award Independent comparative test confirms quality of Sophos solution for 64-bit Vista
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."
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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.
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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.
