Sophos, a world leader in IT security, today announced a new version of Sophos Anti-Virus which fully supports the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, version 6.5 includes:
* Protection against viruses, spyware, adware and PUAs.
* Application control, which allows businesses to set their own policies regarding whether user groups are allowed to run software such as IM clients, VOIP, peer-to-peer file sharing and distributed computing projects.
* Behavioural Genotype Protection to guard against unknown threats.
* High performance scanning with Decision Caching.
* Central management and update features, using Enterprise Console.
* Automatic updates against the latest threats every 10 minutes.
"Sophos's proactive protection delivers a complete defence against viruses, spyware, adware and potentially unwanted applications," says Brett Myroff, CEO of master Sophos distributor, NetXactics.
"Customers using Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000/XP/2003, version 6.0 will be updated to support Vista automatically, without any user intervention," he adds.
"While other security vendors aren't happy with how Vista has implemented its increased security, Sophos has been working closely with Microsoft and fully supports new functionality, such as Kernel Patch Protection (also known as PatchGuard)," says Richard Jacobs, CTO at Sophos. "Sophos Anti-Virus running on Vista provides unprecedented protection."
To download an evaluation version of Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows, please visit http://www.sophos.com/security/topic/vista.html.
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NetXactics is a South African-based company, focused on the provision of security solutions. It is the master distributor for UK-based Sophos Plc, one of the leaders in the provision of anti-virus and anti-spam software for the corporate environment. For more information, visit NetXactics at www.netxactics.co.za.
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