Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced that its VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware product has received the VB100 award from Virus Bulletin, the highly-respected independent comparative testing group, in the December 2009 issue of its online publication.

The test was conducted on the Windows 7 platform and Sunbelt Software, in its first-ever entry into this prestigious test, successfully detected all "in the wild" viruses 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. The outstanding level of malicious program detection recognizes the depth and accuracy of Sunbelt's VIPRE antivirus technology.

Virus Bulletin tested several different antivirus products for their detection rates, lack of false positives, and speed of scanning on Windows 7. VIPRE successfully detected 100 percent of viruses in the wild. 35 of the 43 entries were awarded the VB100 designation.

"Perhaps one of the most long-anticipated VB100 appearances, ...it is with great excitement that we finally get to record and report some results," wrote Virus Bulletin in the review. "The WildList proved no obstacle despite the set of tricky Virut samples, and with no false positives either VIPRE earns a VB100 on its first appearance; we hope to see many more."

Virus Bulletin conducts independent comparative testing of antivirus products. The tests focus on virus detection rates and scanning speed, as well as look at how each product fares when scanning set files that are known to be clean. In order to display the VB100 logo, an antivirus product must have demonstrated in Virus Bulletin tests that: It detects all viruses currently spreading throughout a diverse user population during both on-demand and on-access scanning; and it generates no "false positives" when scanning a set of clean files. The product must fulfill these criteria in its default state.

Unlike some other similar-sounding testing schemes, Virus Bulletin uses the most up-to-date WildList - available from the WildList Organization - in its tests. This means that products that are 'plugged in' to changing threat generation are the ones most likely to be granted VB100 awards. More information about Virus Bulletin can be found on its website: www.virusbtn.com.

"Inclusion in the VB100 is a mark of distinction among antivirus providers and confirms Sunbelt's VIPRE product line as one of the most accurate and effective on the market today," said Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software. "Real-time detection of viruses in the wild has been a point of emphasis for us, and has never been more important considering the rising level of cyber attacks."

About VIPRE and MX-Virtualization™
Sunbelt's VIPRE integrates the most sophisticated technology on the market today, including a compact, high-speed virtualized Windows environment called MX-Virtualization (MX-V), which performs rapid behavioral analysis of potential malware. Without any user interaction, malware is executed in an environment that mimics many core Windows functions, and analyzed for certain malware signatures and behavioral characteristics. This functionality enables VIPRE to detect many types of malware without the necessity of creating a constant stream of dedicated signatures and heuristic systems.

MX-V is part of a number of other detection methods used by VIPRE, including classic signature detection and heuristics. The performance impact on a user's system is virtually unnoticeable, in keeping with Sunbelt's commitment to delivering next-generation antivirus without the large memory and CPU footprint common to other solutions.

January 26th marked the beginning of Sunbelt Software’s three day press tour which took place throughout London as Alex Eckelberry, Sunbelt’s CEO, and John-Erich Mantius, Director of International Sales, met with key members of the press with the goal of building awareness around the Sunbelt brand and launching Vipre, its latest software security solution.

Sunbelt, who recently appointed Interactive Ideas as its distributor for the United Kingdom, is implementing a series of initiatives in the coming months to become a “household” name by delivering next generation anti-malware protection for SMB customers as well as consumers. Sunbelt differentiates itself from its competitors by offering superior technology based on an entirely redesigned platform which features incredible speed and new MX-virtualization technology to combat zero-day threats at a very affordable price.

System administrators have long complained about the impact other incumbent security vendors’ technology have had on resources with slow scanning speeds and boot-up times frustrating end users. Vipre is easy to deploy and to maintain making it very friendly to admins and users alike.

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"..4th February 2009 —Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software today announced the UK launch of VIPRE Enterprise™, its new anti-malware solution for business computing environments. VIPRE Enterprise has been developed from the ground up to provide comprehensive endpoint malware protection without the performance and resource headaches of many traditional enterprise antivirus products.

'VIPRE Enterprise addresses the pent-up frustration of system administrators over the problems of existing endpoint security solutions, such as high resource usage and difficult or poor agent management and deployment,' said Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software. 'The combination of the all-new VIPRE endpoint agent, with our field-tested management console provides administrators with a robust, stable and simple-to-use platform to provide comprehensive and powerful protection for all of their managed desktops.'.."  IT Backbones Computing

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"...Sunbelt Software has announced the UK launch of VIPRE Enterprise™, its new anti-malware solution for business computing environments. VIPRE Enterprise has been developed from the ground up to provide comprehensive endpoint malware protection without the performance and resource headaches of many traditional enterprise antivirus products.

'VIPRE Enterprise addresses the pent-up frustration of system administrators over the problems of existing endpoint security solutions, such as high resource usage and difficult or poor agent management and deployment,' said Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software. 'The combination of the all-new VIPRE endpoint agent, with our field-tested management console provides administrators with a robust, stable and simple-to-use platform to provide comprehensive and powerful protection for all of their managed desktops.'..." SNS UK

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"..10th January 2009 - Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced the top ten most prevalent spyware and malware threats for the month of January 2009. The report, compiled from monthly scans performed by Sunbelt's award-winning antispyware tool, CounterSpy™, and its new anti-malware solution, VIPRE™ Antivirus + Antispyware, is a service of the Sunbelt Software Malware Research Labs.
The results represent the number of times a particular spyware or malware infection was detected during CounterSpy and VIPRE scans that report back to Sunbelt's community of opt-in users..." ITResellers.com

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"..After several weeks of informal collaborations, the world's top virus hunters have formed an official posse to hunt down these very slick bad guys. At least one million PCs, perhaps as many as 10 million have been infected, says Eric Sites, a researcher at Sunbelt Software. (The numbers vary because security researchers differ on how to extrapolate some of the numbers intercepted from a counting mechanism that’s part of the worm.) By comparison, the Storm worm that spread via viral spam messages in 2007 is believed to have peaked at about 1 million botted PCs..." WebHostDirectories.com