VBSpam Award Given To VIPRE Email Security

01.22.10

VBSpam Award Given To VIPRE Email Security

By John Vinson

If you're someone who relies greatly on award winners, then you should know about Sunbelt Software's VIPRE Email Security. It was the latest recipient of the VBSpam Award, given out by Virus Bulletin. They're an independent testing group which is involved in the betterment of email spam protection. They awarded Sunbelt Software in the January 2010 issue of their online publication.

This was the first time Sunbelt Software sought entry into the review. VIPRE Email Security scored a 98.77 percent catch rate. This number was ample enough to solidify its position against competing software. Virus Bulletin uses a test which measures false positive rates, and the spam catch rate of various software.

There were fifteen pieces of software tested, and two new types of spam were added to the fold. First, image spam which tested emails containing at least one image. Second, 'large spam' which consisted of emails exceeding 50,000 bytes. The large spam emails have been notorious for slipping through the cracks.

Virus Bulletin included a statement in the online publication, concerning Sunbelt, "Over the past few years, Sunbelt has become a big name in the world of computer security... the product certainly has a good spam catch rate and won a VBSpam award with relative ease."

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It's rather impressive that a newcomer to the review was able to walk away with top honors, especially going up against fourteen other competitors. Here's what Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software had to say, "According to Virus Bulletin, the past decade has been defined by the emergence of spam as a malicious criminal activity that is showing no signs of dissipating, thus validating the industry's need for superior products that combat this growing threat." He continues, "VIPRE's superb results in its first Virus Bulletin anti-spam test validate the product's reliability and performance in protecting end users' inboxes."

VIPRE Email Security retails for $40.69 for a 1 year subscription, and provides a slew of options to its users. They claim the software acts as a comprehensive package which monitors various aspects of malicious spam. If you're an Exchange user, there's options available to integrate VIPRE Email Security directly into your Exchange network. You can find further details on it's product page. It will be interesting to see if they can defend their award the next time a review surfaces.

About the Author:
John is a staff writer for WebProNews.