Thursday, August 25, 2011

Outpost Security wins 8th in-a-row VB100 award


Agnitum’s Internet security suite wins 8th straight VB100 award with 100% detection of in-the-wild malware and polymorphic viruses

St. Petersburg, Russia — August 25, 2011. Agnitum, developer of highly-rated PC security solutions since 1999, is pleased to announce that Outpost Security Suite Pro, the company’s full-featured Internet security solution, has won its eighth consecutive VB100 award, underscoring the product’s solid proactive protection under Windows Vista x64.
VB100 August 2011The excellent for in-the-wild malware and polymorphic virus detection rates put Outpost Security Suite Pro ahead of commercial Internet security solutions delivered by well-known vendors such as AVG, Comodo, and PC Tools.

The four layers of protection and advanced technologies (including SmartScan for fast subsequent checks) in Outpost security solutions have proved once again their effectiveness against online threats under all popular versions of Windows.

"We are honored to join the short list of eight companies (including Avast, Avira, Eset, Kaspersky, Sophos and VirusBuster) that have achieved VB100 certification eight or more times since April 2010," says Vitaly Yanko, Agnitum’s Director of Sales and Marketing. "We’re looking forward to even greater successes in the future."

New Outpost Pro 7.5

The latest iteration of Outpost Pro, Version 7.5 — Performance Edition, delivers high-speed performance and high-quality protection while using minimal PC resources. Three products are available — Outpost Security Suite Pro, Outpost Firewall Pro and Outpost Antivirus Pro.

Outpost Pro 7.5 uses the 4th generation of SmartScan technology to optimize malware scans and the new SmartDecision technology acts as the user’s Personal Virus Advisor to assist in security decision-making.