The VB100% Award was given to Norman Virus Control for detecting all "In the Wild" viruses during both on-demand and on-access scanning as well as having no false positives in Virus Bulletin's comparative test.

"We believe this award again confirms that Norman Data Defense Systems is in the top league for detecting and removing viruses and other harmful code. For our customers the Virus Bulletin Awards proves that Norman continues to make good and stable products. Tests like these proves we have developed an excellent product for finding and deleting viruses", says Steinar Wigtil, Director of R&D.

The June 2003 issue of the magazine Virus Bulletin tested 25 different antivirus products on Window's XP Professional platform. Virus Bulletin's tests are among the most renowned international studies of antivirus products' capability to detect rampant viruses. Norman Virus Control has now received 21 VB100% Awards since Virus Bulletin introduced these in 1998. This ranks Norman among the leading players in the antivirus industry.

In the next several weeks, Norman will be introducing a new AV technology which will offer a first-of-its-kind capability to catch and clean new, unknown viruses and worms before they infect computers and before pattern files have even been written. This new virus detection technology will be integrated in NVC 5.6.

Norman Virus Control has a consistent record of rating highly in product tests, including Checkmark Certification from West Coast Labs, on detecting and cleaning viruses and has won twenty-one 100% Virus Bulletin Awards since 1998. Norman's virus scan engine has been licensed to a host of companies and institutions, and protects millions of workstations.

The Virus Bulletin 100% Award is given to products that detect all "in the wild" viruses during both on-demand and on-access scanning in certain Virus Bulletin tests. Virus Bulletin has tested the world's leading anti-virus products since 1998. Tests are carried out every second month and are widely recognized within the industry. The comparatives tend to focus on virus detection rates, scanning speed and, more recently, performance overhead of on-access or resident scanning components.

For more information, please refer to: http://www.virusbtn.com/ and http://www.wildlist.org

For further information, please contact

Norman Data Defense Systems, Steinar Wigtil Director of R&D, tel. +47 67 10 97 00 +47 mob: +47 41 53 97 29