Notícias
Noviembre 2004
Microsoft pide protección contra virus mejorada de Norman ASA (inglés)
Microsoft has once again chosen Norman Virus Control with SandBox to ensure that Microsoft products are virus free when delivered to the market.
Over the last year Microsoft's release labs have used Norman Virus Control with SandBox to ensure that all software is free from viruses and worms before being released to end users. The results have been so convincing, that Microsoft again has selected Norman Virus Control with SandBox for testing of all new software, patches, upgrades etc. before the products are released to the market.
"This is an important recognition of the capacity and effectiveness of the SandBox-technology. We are proud that Microsoft chooses to use our antivirus product to ensure that viruses do not infect new software releases. Microsoft is just one of several prestigious companies now choosing Norman Virus Control with SandBox to eliminate viruses", says Norman's CEO, Henning Hansen.
Norman is a key player in the Microsoft Virus Information Alliance, together with nine other international antivirus companies. Norman works closely with Microsoft to identify new viruses and determine the impact of these viruses to Microsoft's products and costumers
As part of the security-alliance between Norman and Microsoft, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) has had support for Norman Virus Control since the launch of SP2. Microsoft launched the Service Pack 2 in August 2004.
Norman Virus Control with SandBox represents a milestone in the war against viruses, because of its capacity to stop new and unknown viruses from damaging computers. SandBox allows suspicious files to enter a closed system, which emulates a normal network environment believing it has reached the computer; the suspicious file is run and it's actual intentions is revealed. This makes it easy for Norman SandBox to eliminate the not yet signature-defined virus before it does any damage to the computer.