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Dr Solomon's Claims Macro Virus Breakthrough
News There are over 600 macro viruses in existence today, according to Dr Solomon's. The UK firm's Anti-Virus Toolkit 7.72, available by the end of May, contains what it calls Advanced Macro Heuristic Analysis, or the ability to detect undocumented Word...
[May 12, 1997, 15:29]
US Report: Dr Solomon's Buyout Delays Mac Virus Update
News Delays in issuing virus updates were caused by security software giant Network Associates purchase of anti-virus software firm Dr Solomon's Group Plc. Users of Dr Solomon's Virex program were notified earlier this month that the September update...
[October 1, 1998, 9:06]
Dr Solomon's Buys Mac Anti-virus, Network Tools
News Our worldwide success in the anti-virus software market mainly focuses on PC platforms; now as part of the broadening of our product line we are strengthening our offerings in the Macintosh market," said Mike Hill, director of product marketing at...
[October 13, 1997, 16:57]
Dr Solomon's Scores Big Quarter
News In a prepared statement, Geoff Leary, Dr Solomon's chief executive, said: "We continue to win market share in the US with substantial growth in both our retail boxed product and licence sales, giving an overall bookings increase of 195 per cent on...
[October 15, 1997, 15:10]
One Year Ago: Dr Solomon's Claims Macro Virus Breakthrough
News Dr Solomon's is taking a big stick to the scourge of macro viruses, generally considered to be the biggest threat in the virus world today. There are over 600 macro viruses in existence today, according to Dr Solomon's.
[May 12, 1998, 6:00]
Dr.Solomon's Catches Growth Bug
News Dr.Solomon's has nearly trebled its annual operating profits on the back of increased demand for anti-virus software and a successful entry into the US retail market. Dr.Solomon's is now ranked third in the list of top US anti-virus publishers...
[July 25, 1997, 16:01]
Dr Solomon's Posts Excel Macro Virus Fix
News Anti-virus specialist Dr Solomon's has posted a detector for the ExcelMacro/Laroux virus, the first replicating Macro virus able to infect Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. The driver is available on S&S's Web and CompuServe site.
[July 26, 1996, 17:46]
Dr Solomon To Sell Lotus Notes Virus Scanner
News Dr Solomon's can be contacted by telephone on 01296-318700. Called NotesGuard, the product scans databases and mail files in Lotus's groupware flagship. The product looks for virus activity in in-bound and out-bound e-mail messages, including...
[September 30, 1996, 16:00]
Dr. Solomon's Gets A Tonic With Record Profits
News The performance of the retail product in the US is particularly pleasing," said Geoff Leary, Dr Solomon's chief executive. The plan is for the Solomon's engine to be integrated into the Virex line. Operating profit was £3.2 million, up 69 per cent...
[January 16, 1998, 16:01]
McAfee Sees Upside In Dr Solomon's Flotation
News Jeff Barnes, UK country manager of McAfee said the move would force Dr Solomon's UK customers into reconsidering its choice of anti-virus and security products. Nobody knows what they are [for Dr Solomon's] at the moment.
[November 13, 1996, 16:58]
Dr Solomon's Says McAfee Virus Alert Is Just Marketing
News "We don't believe it is in the wild," said Mike Hill, director of product marketing at the UK firm. We would define that as being found at least twice in completely unrelated companies. The only infections are from people who have downloaded it to...
[February 12, 1997, 10:06]
Five Years Ago: Dr Solomon's Says McAfee Virus Alert Is Just Marketing
News First published 12 February, 1997 We don't believe it is in the wild," said Mike Hill, director of product marketing at the UK firm. We would define that as being found at least twice in completely unrelated companies.
[February 13, 2002, 6:01]
Five Years Ago: Over 1,000 Macro Viruses - Dr. Solomon's
News First published 5 June, 1997. Graham Cluley, senior technical consultant at the UK anti-virus house, said that macro viruses are still growing at a rate of about five per day: "The anti-virus business just goes on and on.
[June 3, 2002, 7:01]
Over 1,000 Macro Viruses - Dr. Solomon's
News Graham Cluley, senior technical consultant at the UK anti-virus house, said that macro viruses are still growing at a rate of about five per day: "The anti-virus business just goes on and on. There are about five new macro viruses a day, although...
[June 5, 1997, 13:17]
Solomon's Digs Out IRC Worms
News Martin Brown, senior technical consultant for Dr Solomon's, said the easiest answer is to change the default save directory to any other directory, thus preventing the worm overwriting the user's default script file.
[December 16, 1997, 10:11]
Solomon's Ships Own-brand Virex For Mac
News Dr Solomon's is stepping up its activity in the Macintosh market by shipping its first branded version of Virex (£99 + VAT single-user), the anti-virus package it bought from Datawatch in October last year.
[March 9, 1998, 14:00]
Five Years Ago: Macro Viruses Still Causing Hassles
News It's just one line of code different [from the original] that has a syntactical bug that causes the system to crash afterwards so it's pretty obvious," said Graham Cluley, senior technical consultant at Dr Solomon's.
[November 11, 2001, 6:00]
Quotes Of The Week, March 3-7
News McAfee's Jeff Barnes hitting back at claims from Dr Solomon's. McAfee's been saying [founder and non-executive board member] Alan Solomon has retired from the firm, which he hasn't, and calling us Dr Dolittle," - Graham Cluley of Dr Solomon's...
[March 7, 1997, 10:38]
Hauser Sugar Sweetens UK Entrepreneurs
News It's an excellent idea," said Mike Hill, director of product marketing at Dr.Solomon's Software. Dr.Solomon's has been the beneficiary of UK venture capital money in the past but Hill added: "I applaud anyone who can try and break down the fairly...
[June 6, 1997, 16:05]
Five Years Ago: Hauser Sugar Sweetens UK Entrepreneurs
News It's an excellent idea," said Mike Hill, director of product marketing at Dr.Solomon's Software. Dr.Solomon's has been the beneficiary of UK venture capital money in the past but Hill added: "I applaud anyone who can try and break down the fairly...
[June 6, 2002, 7:02]
