Sophos Anti-Virus 7.x

Sophos released Anti-Virus 7.x, features looks good, anyone tried?




Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000 or later release notes
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Product version : 7.0.0
Virus engine version : 2.47.0
Virus data version : 4.19E, July 2007

www.sophos.com


Contents
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New in this version
Known problems


New in this version
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* Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS)

* Buffer overflow detection

* Application control

 

The detection rate isn't very good and Sophos wasn't too mature about it when they saw their poor detection rate at av-comparatives.org and demanded that the test on Sophos be taken off the site.

 

This appears to be the new version of Sophos. Its definitely better than the older Sophos versions in terms of raw detection rates, but I have my reservations about its "Mal/Packer" type detections. Of course, it hasn't been tested yet and hence I won't draw any conclusions just yet.

 

As they don't want to be included in av-comparatives tests anymore, IBK may want to perform a 'private test' and secretly disclose the results to everyone

 

Ethics

 

and NDAs

 

er... mate you just did.

 

Reservation is not always equal to conclusion

What I was meaning to say is that I have some doubts about its "Mal/Packer" type detections, however, only when it has been tested and reviewed can I be sure of whether my doubts were correct or not.