Select countryOslo, 17 January 2002
’The Data security company Norman ASA announced today that they have renewed their agreement with DnB. DnB will continue to give Norman Virus Control as an added value service to those customers who use DnB.no for financial services.
For the third year in a row DnB has signed an agreement with Norman ASA to give its 200.000 or more internet customers Norman’s Virus Control software for free.
DnB started to give its internet customers Norman Virus Control for free already in January 2000, and was the first online bank to encourage its customers also to protect their computers. These internet customers will now get access to the latest version of Norman Virus Control with several new features e.g automatic internet update of the software.
- With the dramatical increase in malicious programs we have seen especially at the end of last year, we are very happy to say that we will continue to offer our customers this added value service with antivirus protection for the third year in a row, says Jan Juel Vanberg responsible for DnB.no. Our customers should feel that they are protected with one of the best antivirus products that is available today.
DnB’s Internet customers can feel secure
Virus Bulletin gave Norman its fifteen ”100% award” in November 2001. Since Virus Bulletin started comparative tests of antivirus products in January 1998, Norman is one of the few vendors to score consistently high with a clean sweep of 100% awards since the release of Norman Virus Control version 5. This is the proof that the product is stable and does what it is meant to do – detect and repair computer viruses. This should also be a proof for the customers of DnB that choosing Norman Virus Control as protection for their computers, says Bjørn A. Windfeldt, VP Marketing in Norman ASA.
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. For further information see: http://www.virusbtn.com
For further information, please contact
Norman ASA, VP Marketing Bjørn A. Windfeldt, tel.+47 67 10 97 76, mob. +47 41 53 97 76
About DnB
DnB is Norway's largest financial services group. Around 1.8 million retail customers and well over 50,000 corporate customers maintain accounts with the Group. In addition, Vital has a customer base comprising around 410,000 customers, of whom 208,000 hold individual life insurance policies. DnB has a market share as principal bankers for 25 per cent of the Norwegian corporate market.