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Security news11 March 2004
Sophos receives prestigious German TÜV certificate
Sophos is the first vendor of anti-virus and anti-spam software to have received a certificate from the German Association for Technical Inspection (TÜV). The certificate was awarded for Sophos's flagship product, Sophos Anti-Virus.
TÜV Saarland awarded the certificate after conducting a comprehensive test of four email providers and the virus protection offered by each of them.
The test focused on virus detection rates, whether any false positives were discovered, and the efficiency of the anti-virus software. In total, the different anti-virus products were tested against 367 different file, macro and script viruses.
Sophos Anti-Virus proved itself to provide comprehensive protection with a 100% virus detection rate for the GMX email service, receiving an "excellent" rating. Sophos Anti-Virus became the first virus protection product to be certified by TÜV Saarland.
GMX and another provider achieved 100% virus protection during the tests, whilst other email providers who offered free virus protection, only achieved a detection rate of 54%.
The full testing results can be viewed at www.tekit.de.
