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Antivirus Vendors

From Mary Landesman, your guide to Antivirus Software, an alphabetical listing of antivirus vendors offering a wide range of features and services.

Vendor Whitepapers (28)

AhnLab, Inc.

Agnitum

Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Bitdefender, Romania, and the Dragon-Wolf
The story of how a company and a country help honor and define one another.

ZeroKnowledge
Freedom Anti-Virus is an integrated solution that includes cookie blocking, privacy protection, and ad blocking.

AVG Technologies (formerly Grisoft)

Avira GmbH (formerly H+BEDV)

BitDefender

ALWIL

Bullguard

AVAST Software (formerly ALWIL)

Central Command

CA Technologies

CAT Computer Services

Coranti, Inc.

ALWIL

VirusBuster
Hungarian developers of VirusBuster for Windows (95/98/Me), VBShield for Novell NetWare and VirusBuster MailShield for SMTP.

AVAST Software (formerly ALWIL)

Quick Heal Technologies

CA Technologies

CAT Computer Services

VCatch
VCatch specializes in malicious mobile code, even providing solutions for virus-prone P2P filesharing.

Trend Micro
PC-Cillin is just one of the products offered by Trend to protect your PC from malicious code.

Symantec
Symantec's Norton Antivirus defends desktops and servers from the threat of computer viruses.

Computer Associates

Sybari
Developers of Antigen, Sybari offers antivirus solutions for Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, and SharePoint.

Stiller Researcher
Wolfang Stiller's Integrity Master protects files by preventing modifications.

Sophos
Taking a less traditional approach, Sophos specializes in detection rather than disinfection of computer viruses.

SafeTNet
Pelican Software's SafeTNet provides behavior blocking of files on the local drive and prevents hostile Javascript and VBScripts from modifying your system registry.

Proland Software
Protector Plus Antivirus, developed by Proland Software, defends a wide range of Windows platforms, MS-DOS, and NetWare.

PER Antivirus
Antivirus software for the International audience: Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Spain, and Italy for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 with Email Protection.

Panda Software
Panda develops a range of antivirus solutions, from home use to large enterprise. Script blocking and attachment filtering are two features separating their desktop product from the pack.

Computer Associates

Quick Heal Technologies

Norman Data Defense
Specializing in access and virus control, Norman Data Defense provides traditional virus signature scanning with behavior blocking.

NetZ Computing, Ltd.
Billed as self-sufficient protection, InVircible, by NetZ Computing, Ltd. is pure behavior-blocking based on integrity checking.

Network Associates
Better known as McAfee, Network Associates develops a full line of anti-virus and firewall products for a wide array of platforms.

MKS Sp z o.o.
MKS is a Polish antivirus firm developing mks_vir.

Command Software Systems, Inc.
Command Software Systems produces Command Antivirus, a complete line of enterprise antivirus software built upon the F-Prot scan engine.

Mikko Technology
File Protector 2000 Special Edition v1.19, hides and protects files and folders in various ways for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.

Command Software Systems, Inc.
Command Software Systems produces Command Antivirus, a complete line of enterprise antivirus software built upon the F-Prot scan engine.

MicroWorld Technologies, Inc.
MicroWorld develops eScan, an enterprise antivirus solution, and MailScan, content security software that scans e-mail, attachments, and web pages.

Kaspersky
Russian developer Kaspersky provides antivirus protection for Microsoft and Linux platforms. Unique online scanner allows single files to be uploaded and scanned.

Dr.Web
Russian developers Dr.Web provide antivirus software for Windows desktops, Novell, OS/2, LINUX, FreeBSD, and Solaris.

H+BEDV
H+BDEV provides AntiVir software for everything from DOS to Exchange servers. AntiVir for Linux and FreeBSD as well as AntiVir Personal Edition 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP are available free for personal use.

Hauri
Korean-based HAURI, Inc. is an anti-virus and data recovery solution company. Their product, ViRobot, is available for desktops, servers, and as an SDK.

Finjan Software
Makers of SurfinGuard, Finjan protects Windows 32-bit platforms against Internet-borne threats such as ActiveX and Javascript.

Hacksoft
From Peru, antivirus software for DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, 98, NT and NetWare. Website/products in Spanish language version only.

Frisk Software
FRISK Software produces F-Prot Antivirus. The F-Prot scanning engine is widely used in other antivirus products, but is also available directly from FRISK Software Ffor Exchange, Linux, BSD, AIX, Windows, and DOS.

Grisoft
Grisoft, developers of AVG, provides one of the few free antivirus scanners left on the market. In addition to their free desktop scanner, AVG is available in Professional and server editions.

F-Secure
Taking a managed security approach, F-Secure provides service and protection for a wide array of platforms using multiple scan engines.

GFI Mail Essentials
Mail Essentials provides email content checking, antivirus software, and spam blocking for Microsoft Exchange and SMTP.

G Data
German-based G Data develops AntiVirenKit.

GeCAD Software
GeCAD Software develops RAV antivirus software, including a free online virus scanner, adult content blocking, spam filtering, and plugins for many popular IM programs.