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Norman
ASA, a leader in the field of data security, announced
today the release of its newest antivirus program Norman
Virus Control version 5.6. This release includes an
enhanced version of Norman’s patent pending technology
Norman SandBox v2, made for detection of new, unknown
viruses.
The
Norman SandBox v2 operate by sending suspicious files to a
virtual computer network inside the antivirus program, a
«sandbox», monitoring the actions of the file in a
simulated run. If virus behavior is detected, the Norman
SandBox v2 performs the necessary actions to prevent
damage from the virus.
Second generation, Norman SandBox v2 has vast improvements
over the previous version. The simulation of networks and
improved detection of advanced Win32 worms will help
detecting unknown viruses and worms before anyone has
described or analysed them, protecting customers at an
earlier stage than ever before.
By
running suspicious executables inside this simulation of
networked computers, Norman Virus Control v5.6 provides a
new proactive line of defence that does not only rely on
traditional signature updates and trigger happy heuristics
searching for fragments of known viral code. This ensures
protection against new, unknown viruses, worms and other
malicious code from entering customers system.
“We
believe this technology will improve our customer’s
security, and take them into a new era in the fight
against malicious code”, says Henning Hansen, President
and CEO of Norman ASA. “There will never be an antivirus
solution handling 100% of the virus problem. But we
believe this is a huge step towards forward in fighting
this serious problem, and we will continue to improve it”.
“The latest version of Norman SandBox v2 solution can
update and extend the virtual machines together with the
virus definition updates, without requiring user
intervention. This allows us to continuously maintain the
highest level of virus protection for our users. Necessary
changes to the equipment and configuration of the virtual
machines will be distributed as very small incremental
updates of the definition files. This makes it very easy
and fast for us to adjust the Norman SandBox v2 and other
key components in Norman Virus Control to a specific
situation when it occurs”, say Steinar Wigtil, Director of
R&D.
For
further information, please contact
Steinar Wigtil Director of R&D, tel. +47 671 097 00 mob:
+47 415 397 29
Audun Lødemel VP Marketing, tel. +47 671 097 79 mob: +47
934 465 31
For further
information, please contact
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