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Thursday, June 26, 2003
Companies urged to protect against computer viruses
By Arvy E. Lopez
SINCE more than 82,600 computer viruses are discovered each month, companies should use an anti-virus solution to avoid serious losses.
During a press conference at Waterfront Cebu City Hotel, Sophos Anti-Virus Asia managing director Charles Cousins said that in Cebu there had been an increase in demand for anti-virus solutions.
According to Cousins, computer viruses are codes written and created by humans that copy themselves usually without permission and damage computer software and hardware.
An example is the “Love Bug” of 2001, he said.
The Love Bug virus, which originated in the Philippines and entered as e-mail with the subject line “I love you,” is one of the best-known viruses that spread worldwide and cost businesses millions of dollars.
Sophos, a United Kingdom-based developer of anti-virus software, has appointed HPS Software and Communications Corp., a company that offers information technology (IT) solutions, as its partner in Cebu.
HPS managing director Stanley Yap said Sophos Anti-Virus solutions offer multi-user support as well as timely, regular and transparent updates to its customers.
Yap said the partnership would help Sophos penetrate the Cebu market as well as raise security and information awareness among Cebu firms.
Sophos, which has acquired five percent of the country’s market share for anti-virus solutions, ranks the Philippines as its second biggest market in Asia, after China.
(June 26, 2003 issue)
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