March 25, 1997 6:00 PM ET
Dr. Solomon's rolls out virus protection for newsgroups
By Maria Seminerio

Dr. Solomon's Software Inc. is hoping to make newsgroup participants feel a little safer online with today's rollout of its Internet VirusPatrol. Internet VirusPatrol scans attached executable files and documents within discussion groups. It uses the company's Advanced Heuristic Analysis technology to check for suspicious code, company officials said. Since it went into testing earlier this year, the software has detected an average of five to six malicious postings in Usenet newsgroups each week, files that users typically wouldn't recognize as dangerous, said Shane Coursen, senior technology consultant at Dr. Solomon's, in Burlington, Mass. The software is available as a free download on Dr. Solomon's Web site at www.drsolomons.com/. Copyright(c) 1997 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company is prohibited. PC Week and the PC Week logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. PC Week Online and the PC Week Online logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Send mail to PC Week