PRESS RELEASE
Oslo, Norway, 02 June 2004

In the June edition of Virus Bulletin magazine Norman ASA has been awarded the Virus Bulletin (VB) 100% test for Norman Virus Control for Windows XP. This is the 23th award Norman has received so far for its solutions.

The criterion for VB 100% is to discover all viruses that are identified on the international virus list “In The Wild", which is hosted by http://www.wildlist.org. Virus experts and analysts from all around the world keep this list updated on a monthly basis with viruses and worms, which are constantly active.

In this edition of Virus Bulletin’s “In the Wild" test, there were remarkably high numbers of new viruses. The average level of new viruses per month will vary from 20-30. However, on this occasion there were in total 60 new viruses. The growth in number is a result of recent virus outbursts on the Internet. The W32/Bagle and W32/Netsky attacks affected the list in particular, as these are the type of viruses that comes in different shapes and forms. The new W32/MyDoom, W32/Dumaru and W32/Mimail also caused the list to be longer than normal.

“We are especially proud to succeed in these types of tests at a time where we see such high activity of viruses and worms. It is in times like this we get positive feedback for our technology and organisation, as the award clearly proves.  The Norman Sandbox in particular, has proven to be a very good investment for our customers, where more than two in three of all the new viruses will be discovered before the definition files are distributed, but also the fact that our traditional technology is up-to-date, as the VB100% verifies, is particularly satisfying" announces Steinar Wigtil (head of development).

For more information, please contact:

Steinar Wigtil, Director of R&D, Telephone +47 67 10 97 29
Francois Tschachtli, VP International Sales, mobile phone +41 79 322 13 90
Audun Lødemel, Marketingdirector, Telephone +47 67 10 97 79, mobile phone +47 93 44 65 31