Virus Bulletin
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| description | IT specialist magazine |
| Headquarters | Oxfordshire, UK |
| First edition | October 19, 1989 |
| Frequency of publication | Monthly until July 2014, since then daily online articles |
| Web link | www.virusbulletin.com |
| ISSN (print) | 1366-6614 |
The Virus Bulletin is an English-language specialist magazine about computer viruses , worms and other types of malware .
It initially appeared as a monthly print magazine, to the distribution of PDF - Downloads was changed. In July 2014, the monthly cycle was also canceled. Since then, individual articles have been published almost every day and are freely available for download on the publisher's website.
history
Virus Bulletin was founded in 1989 by Jan Hruska and Peter Lammer , among others , who are also co-founders of the British security software company Sophos . In the beginning, the editorial team was also located in the headquarters of Sophos, in Abingdon, England. The Virus Bulletin always emphasized that it had complete editorial independence and that it did not give preference to Sophos products in its tests and evaluations.
content
Numerous employees and experts from various antivirus software vendors have written articles for the magazine over the years. Comparative tests of the detection rates of anti-virus software are carried out and published on a regular basis.
Regular topics and sections are primarily the prevention, detection and removal of malware and spam . The Virus Bulletin regularly contains analysis of the latest virus threats, articles on the latest developments in the fight against viruses, interviews with anti-virus experts and reviews of the latest anti-malware products.
The magazine has introduced a seal of quality for malware programs that manage to detect 100% of viruses in the wild without false positives. Such products receive the promising VB100 award .
Others
The magazine hosts the Virus Bulletin Conference for computer security professionals annually . Participants are representatives of all major antivirus providers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/archive/ Virus Bulletin Archives , August 16, 2017
- ↑ https://blog.eset.ie/2012/01/11/eset-receives-71st-vb100-award-from-virus-bulletin/ VB100 Award from Virus Bulletin , January 11, 2012
- ↑ https://blog.emsisoft.com/de/29516/vb100-zertifikation-fuer-emsisoft-von-virus-bulletin/ VB100 certification for Emisoft from Virus Bulletin
Web links
- VirusBulletin.com Official Website