In 1998 the well-respected magazine Virus Bulletin started issuing a "100% award" to the virus control products which find 100% of all viruses "In the Wild" in the magazine's comparative tests. Presently the test is carried out every second month.

Virus Bulletin says this about this award:

"The Virus Bulletin 100% awards recognize those products best able to detect viruses known to be 'in the wild'. Unlike some other similar-sounding schemes, Virus Bulletin uses the most up-to-date WildList in its tests. This means that products that are 'up with the game' are the the ones most likely to be granted VB 100% awards."

	Norman Virus Control receives its 15th 100% award since this was first issued. In November 2001 antivirus software for Windows NT was tested.
	Again Norman Virus Control is awarded. In September 2001 antivirus products for Novell Netware were tested.
	Norman Virus Control gets its second award this year for NVC version 5. In April 2001 antivirus products for Windows 2000 were tested.
	Norman Virus Control gets a new award for the newly released NVC version 5. In February 2001 the antivirus products were tested on Windows Me operating system.

More information about this award as well as comparisons over time between different antivirus products may be found here.