Most organizations are aware of the risks threatening their IT
environment. Viruses, trojans, worms, exploits and many other threats
represent a serious danger for the IT department. A collapse of the IT
system could mean grave financial losses right up to insolvency for a
company. The IT departments of companies are conscious of this problem.
Getting the best protection against these threats is the only issue. A
simple file antivirus solution alone is totally inade-quate, as there
are too many threats from contaminated e-mails, exploits etc. What is
re-quired is a comprehensive suite that provides protection against all
of these. Functional Diversity Because of the immense functional
diversity of various antivirus suites and corporate prod-ucts, it is
becoming increasingly difficult for decision-makers in the IT sector to
get a proper overview. Which product should one opt for and for which
areas of protection? During these tests our main focus has not been on
malware detection rates, but on the prod-ucts' handling and
user-friendliness, and the scope of functionality. We have compiled the
functional scope of various products in a detailed table. For malware
detection rates of indi-vidual products please refer to the tests of our
website: http: //www.av-comparatives.org
