As many of you may have noticed SIUE has switched to a new anti-virus product known as Sophos (http://www.siue.edu/anti-virus/). I am not a big fan of this switch. However, my dislike of Sophos has little to do with the product and a great deal more to do with the specific testing and communication policies that came with it. You may also have noticed the Google’s g-mail (http://mail.google.com) just added a virus-scanning component (http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=25760). Although Google has not announced what software they are using (or even if they used a third-party product), this site (http://thebillygoatcurse.com/37) makes a convincing case (http://www.thebillygoatcurse.com/gmailresults.html) that Google is currently using Sohpos just like us.
The Story on Digg (http://digg.com/security/GMail_Anti-Virus_-_Powered_by_Sophos)