2 November 2001
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT receives Virus Bulletin 100% award
Sophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, today announced that Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows NT has been awarded the VB 100% award in the November 2001 edition of Virus Bulletin. This is the 14th time Sophos Anti-Virus has won a VB 100% award, confirming its position as one of the most powerful virus protection products available.
Virus Bulletin tested 21 different anti-virus products for their detection rates, lack of false alarms, and speed of scanning. Sophos not only detected all the in-the-wild virus samples it was tested against, but also came out with a perfect score in the false alarm test.
Sophos outperformed a number of competing products which missed some of the commonly encountered in-the-wild viruses, including NetShield from Network Associates.
"The quality of virus protection offered by Sophos Anti-Virus continues to be applauded in independent tests," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "Sophos offers not only the best in customer service and technical support, but also delivers to businesses a first class defence against virus attack."
Sophos Anti-Virus uses the same virus-finding engine in all of its products, ensuring a similarly high detection rate 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.
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