OESIS OK BlogOESIS OK Certification Program Updates Am I OESIS OK Utility UpdatedWe have increased the ability of the utility to be used as a diagnostic tool.
Version 2.1.5.1 adds a number of enhancements:
1. Added the AV-Comparatives Logo to the Am I OESIS OK? Utility New CertificationThe antivirus component of Blink Professional 4.x from eEye Digital Security is now Gold Certified.
Am I OESIS OK? Utility Updated to 2.1.4.2An update has been posted for the Am I OESIS OK? diagnostic utility. 1. Changed vendor list logo images
Please download and let us know what you think! Lavasoft Joins OESIS OK ProgramWe'd like to welcome our newest member, Lavasoft to the OESIS OK Certification Program. Ad-Aware 8 is now in the queue for testing and integration.
Antiy Joins OESIS OK ProgramChinese anti-malware company Antiy has joined the OESIS OK Certification Program. Their Ghostbusters application is now in the queue for integration and certification.
Am I OESIS OK? Utility UpdatedVersion 2.1.4.1 has been released. This release contains bug fixes relating to issues displaying diagnose log with non-Unicode symbols. AhnLab Joins OESIS OK ProgramKorean security software company AhnLab has joined the OESIS OK Certification Program. Their V3 Internet Security 8 product is now in the queue for testing.
A Host of New Certifications to AnnounceSunbelt Software has received Gold Certified status for the antiphishing, antivirus and URL Filtering components of the VIPRE Consumer Premium 4.x product. In addition the firewall has received Certified status.
K7 Computing has received Certified status for the antivirus component of their Total Security 2010 product.
Austrian security software company Ikarus has also received certified status in the antivirus category for Ikarus Virus Utilities 1.x
Quick Heal is now certified in the antivirus category for Quick Heal AntiVirus 11.x, Quick Heal Internet Security 11.x and Quick Heal Total Security 11.x. Come to the First Annual OPSWAT User ConferenceWe are happy to announce the scheduling of OPSWAT's first annual user conference on May 27, 2009. Registrants who purchase their tickets prior to February 15 can receive 50% off the ticket price by using discount code ouc2010.
Kingsoft Joins OESIS OK ProgramChinese AV company Kingsoft has submitted their Internet Security 2010 product for testing. Welcome aboard.
AV-Comparatives Performance Tests This is slightly old news at this point, but an interesting test to highlight. AV-Comparatives has done a, yes, comparative test on how some of the major AV players affect system performance. One of the major complaints about scanning technologies is the fact that they can drag down system performance and hog resources. Hop on over to their website to check out the results in full. The tests compare system performance using the following measures: file copying, archiving/unarchiving, encoding/transcoding, installing/uninstalling applications, launching applications, downloading files and the Worldbench testing suite.
Tested products include: avast! Free 5.0 AVG Anti-Virus 9.0 Avira AntiVir Premium 9.0 BitDefender Antivirus 2010 eScan Antivirus 10.0 ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0 F-Secure Anti-Virus 2010 G DATA Antivirus 2010 Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 Kingsoft Antivirus 9 Plus McAfee VirusScan Plus 2010 Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 Norman Antivirus & Anti-Spyware 7.30 Sophos Anti-Virus 9.0.1 Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2010 TrustPort Antivirus 2010 New Packages Received From ESETWe have received several packages from ESET: A beta build of their NOD32 AV for Mac A beta build of their NOD32 AV for Linux ESET Smart Security 4.0.474 update ESET NOD32 AV 4.0.474 update
They are all in the queue for integration.
New Packages Received From Check PointWe have received three VPN clients from Check Point: 7.0 Flex Client, 7.3 Flex Client and 7.5 with integrated client. They are now in the queue for testing and integration. We have begun a major push to include more VPN clients in response to customer demand.
New Package Received from PandaWe now have Panda's Cloud Office Protection 5.x and have added it to the queue for testing and integration.
Official Announcement of AV-Comparatives Partnership
As noted in this press release we have now officially partnered with notable testing and certification organization AV-Comparatives. Having already established themselves as one of the most reliable testing agencies in the world, their data will now be made available for integration within the OESIS Framework. Additionally, we can use their certification logos on the Am I OESIS OK? utility. New Package Received From Sunbelt
We have received VIPRE Consumer Premium with Firewall 4.0 and have added it to the queue for testing. New Package Received From Check Point
We have received Check Point's Flex Agent health agent application and have added it to the queue for testing. Websense Announces OESIS OK ParticipationData loss prevention market-leader Websense has included their OESIS OK participation in a 2009-in-review press release. Available here.
New Certification for Network Access Control
Another Example of the Prevalence of Rogue Antivirus
It's no secret that black hat search engine optimization is often used to attract people to nefarious websites. Often using a trending topic (a celebrity divorce, death or sex scandal), internet evildoers will use these techniques to push their websites to the top of the search results. When the unwitting user clicks on the webpage they're greeted by fake antivirus adverts which prompt them to buy tools that will remove the infections they're led to believe they have contracted.
As it turns out, purveyors of these fake AV products (which are often affiliate marketing schemes) are getting so expert at manipulating google that just yesterday they effectively turned google itself into a disseminator of malware.
As this Network World article noted: On Tuesday, clicking on the illustration on Google's front page commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Esperanto's creator L. L. Zamenhof, generated an awful lot of malicious search results -- taking visitors to dodgy advertisements or pages that tried to trick visitors into thinking their computers were infected and paying for fake antivirus software. VB100 Test Results InVirus Bulletin has done a series of tests using Windows 7.
Free signup is required to see the results (Subscription required for full details).
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