ICSA Labs Certification crowns RAV AntiVirus

RAV AntiVirus entered the gallery of ICSA Certified software after RAV AntiVirus Desktop successfully passed the sets of tests imposed by ICSA Labs - a division of TruSecure Corporation -- to attest the reliability and technological excellence of antivirus products.

Bucharest, October 22, 2002

RAV AntiVirus entered the gallery of ICSA Certified software after RAV AntiVirus Desktop successfully passed the sets of tests imposed by ICSA Labs - a division of TruSecure Corporation -- to attest the reliability and technological excellence of antivirus products.

The systematic ICSA Labs tests were performed on a Windows XP Professional software platform, and rated the functionality of the On Demand and On Access modules of RAV AntiVirus Desktop.
The ICSA Labs Certificate is recognized as one of the most important professional appraisals in matters of software performance.

In order to receive this certification, RAV AntiVirus for Windows XP had to meet a series of wide-range specific tests that challenge the reliability and scanning capabilities of antivirus products. The detection rate must be 100% for viruses in the current In the Wild List, the ICSA Labs Common Infectors Test Suite, ICSA Labs Polymorphic Test Suite,; 90% is the minimum detection rate for an antivirus to pass the ICSA Labs Virus Collection test. No false positives reports are admitted by the ICSA False Alarm test, conducted against the ICSA Labs False Positive Test Suite.

"RAV AntiVirus Desktop for Windows XP has passed our tests on first attempt", said Larry Bridwell, Content Security Programs Manager at ICSA Labs. "With no false alerts, over 90% detection rate for the ICSA Labs Virus Collection and a high scanning speed, RAV AntiVirus Desktop for Window XP successfully met the ICSA certification criteria", added Larry Bridwell.

"This is a confirmation for us, and a very important one, as it reinforces our goal: to develop and maintain high performance antivirus and security solutions, and to do so in a close and permanent contact with our users demands. We like to think that, if the present is a permanent challenge, we should go ahead and challenge the future", said Oana Bornaz, CEO of the RAV Division within GeCAD Software.

About ICSA Labs
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ICSA Labs, an independent division of TruSecure Corporation, offers vendor-agnostic testing and certification of security products. Hundreds of the worlds top security vendors submit their products for testing and certification at ICSA Labs. The end-users of security technologies rely on ICSA Labs to authoritatively set and apply objective testing and certification criteria for measuring product compliance and reliability. The organization tests 95% of products in key technology categories such as anti-virus, cryptography, PKI, IPSec, VPN, firewall, PC firewall, intrusion detection and content security.

RAV AntiVirus
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RAV Antivirus is the leading brand of GeCAD Software, a technology company specialized in providing top anti-virus solutions for all categories of users. After releasing its first antivirus program, back in 1994, GeCAD Software has grown ever since to be represented, by Distributors, Resellers and OEM Partners, on more than 100 countries on all the continents around the world.

Our strong commitment towards quality has secured us a privileged position in a fast-evolving market, the key advantage being a state of art product and high quality customer-oriented services.

The RAV Antivirus line of products also includes: RAV AntiVirus for Mail Servers (for UNICES, MAC OS and Windows), RAV Antivirus for File Servers (for UNICES and Windows), RAV AntiVirus MailFilter and RAV AntiVirus for Novell Netware.

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