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A different approach to malware protection.

High performance, Business Antivirus and Endpoint Security

Today, traditional viruses make up only about four percent of the total current malware universe - and are relatively easy to detect and remove. Protecting against the new wave of malware that has emerged over the last five years requires a fundamental shift in how technology is engineered to stay one step ahead of organised cyber criminals. Given the need for increased threat protection, many vendors have responded by retooling their existing antivirus products and adding new layers of antivirus capabilities, rather than building better, more efficient core code. The resulting solutions tend to be bloatware that dramatically impact system performance.

VIPRE's approach is different. They have translated years of experience in researching, detecting, and remediating sophisticated malware into the next-generation endpoint protection technology, VIPRE - Virus Intrusion Prevention Remediation Engine - without building on older generation antivirus engines or other sourced technology components. VIPRE Antivirus Business is fast, efficient technology in a single, powerful threat engine with low impact on system resources.

So the GFI VIPRE Antivirus Business product line offers seamless, tightly-integrated security solutions that deliver antivirus and antispyware protection, client firewall, and malicious website filtering technologies to protect against the ever-changing and sophisticated wave of malware in a comprehensive, highly efficient manner.

VIPRE makes the VB100 list - VIPRE is listed on the VB100 list by Virus Bulletin, the highly-respected independent comparative testing group.

GFI Software, a leading IT and security solutions provider for small and medium-sized enterprises, today announced that GFI VIPRE Antivirus received the VB100 award from Virus Bulletin, the highly-respected independent comparative testing group, in the December 2010 issue of its online publication.

The VB100 comparative review tested 64 antivirus products on the Windows 7 platform for malware detection rates, lack of false positives, and speed of scanning. GFI VIPRE Antivirus successfully detected 100 percent of viruses “in the wild” without creating a single false positive. Viruses are generally categorized as “in the wild” when they are spreading as a result of normal day-to-day operations on and between the computers of unsuspecting users.

To pass the VB100 award testing criteria, antivirus products must detect 100 percent of malware listed as “in the wild” by the WildList Organization during both on-demand and on-access scanning.In addition, the products must not generate any false positives when scanning a set of clean files. The products must fulfill these criteria in their default state. 43 of the 64 entries were named VB100 award winners.

“Malicious threats continue to emerge and evolve on a daily basis, and customers need to be assured that their antivirus solutions are constantly being updated to meet the rapidly changing security landscape,” said Alex Eckelberry, general manager, GFI’s Security Business Unit. “Winning the highly-regarded VB100 award again illustrates GFI’s dedication to ongoing quality and our commitment to ensuring our users are thoroughly protected from both new and existing security threats.”

In addition to the VB100 award, GFI VIPRE Email Security for Exchange received VBSpam certification for the second year in a row, scoring a spam catch rate of 98.05 percent. The VBSpam comparative review tested 19 full solutions and one reputation blacklist for their spam catch rate and false positive rate, with VBSpam awards going to products that exceeded a predefined benchmark based on both measurements. The VBSpam tests use Virus Bulletin’s live email stream as well as a live spam feed provided by Project Honey Pot and a second spam stream provided by Abusix. GFI VIPRE Email Security for Exchange achieved a final score of 96.30 based on its overall spam catch and false positives rates, validating its effectiveness in protecting users’ inboxes.

Virus Bulletin conducts independent comparative testing of antivirus products. The tests focus on virus detection rates, speed of scanning, and the outcome of how each product fares when scanning a set of files that are known to be clean. More information about Virus Bulletin can be found on its website at www.virusbtn.com

How does VIPRE malware detection compare to competitors?

As mentioned above, Virus Bulletin has been testing antivirus products for years. Apart from their VB100 certification, they have another interesting test called RAP. It's for "Reactive and Proactive", and helps you form an impression of the heuristic and generic proactive detection capability of security software products - in particular how well products perform against malware that appears after vendors have submitted their products to Virus Bulletin for testing. They create a quadrant a few times a year, and compare all products they have tested. And as you can see from the link to their stats below, VIPRE does EXCELLENT in this test, compared to all the other products out there. Top right in the quadrant is highest quality. Here is the August 2010 one: VB RAP Test August 2010.

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