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New OPSWAT Certifications
Our team is happy to announce several new OPSWAT Certifications and two new partners: F5 Networks and IObit! The following products are now verified compatible with leading SSL VPN and NAC solutions...
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How to create an Endpoint Scanning Bootable USB Thumb Drive for Windows
Organizations often need the ability to scan the files of a PC or laptop for malware via an external system rather than from the PC itself. For example, a facility might need to allow contractor owned...
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OPSWAT Announces More than 1000 Certifications Awarded to more than 100 Partners
OPSWAT today announced that the company has now partnered with more than 100 security software vendors through the OPSWAT Certification Program to award more than 1000 OPSWAT Certifications. OPSWAT...
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OPSWAT Releases AppRemover for Mac Tool
OPSWAT today announced that the free AppRemover tool, which helps users easily uninstall antivirus and public file sharing applications, is now available on the Mac platform. Antivirus programs are...
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Comparing Antivirus Threat Detection to Online Sandboxes
Metascan uses multiple virus and malware detection engines and aggregates their findings to identify potential threats. There are other ways to detect potential threats, and one approach is to create...
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OPSWAT Releases Major ICAP Update for Metascan
OPSWAT today announced the release of the latest version of Metascan which includes significant improvements to Metascan’s ICAP support, making the technology easy to integrate to any network’s...
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Security Score: Factors included in the score of your device
Security Score is a free tool provided by OPSWAT that aims to provide the user with an assessment of their system's security by giving a numerical score. This score is intended to give a quantifiable...
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OPSWAT Releases Security Score Tool
OPSWAT today announced the official release of Security Score, a free tool for easily evaluating the security status of computers. The security tool also generates recommendations for users on how to...
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Recent OPSWAT Certifications
We have awarded many new OPSWAT Certifications in the past few weeks! Welcome to Tencent Mobile International, Blackbelt Defense and PJMagic Total Security, who all received their first OPSWAT...
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McAfee: He Could've Just Used AppRemover
The latest viral hit to arrive on YouTube this week is a video of John McAfee, the creator of the popular anti-malware program McAfee, titled ‘How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus’. Within this racy...
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More June OPSWAT Certifications
Congratulations to our partners on the latest OPSWAT Certifications, verifying the industry-wide compatibility of the below applications. Welcome to F-Secure, our newest OPSWAT Certified...
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New, Improved Market Share Report Coming in August
We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of a new and improved market share report in mid-August! We have been working on some big changes to our data collection and analysis for our periodic...
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How to Scan Computers with Our Bootable USB Thumb Drive When There is no...
A few weeks ago we published a post on how to create a bootable USB thumb drive for scanning endpoints to help organizations that need to scan computers from external systems rather than from the...
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OPSWAT Certifications for July
Over the past few weeks, new OPSWAT Certifications have been completed for products in 12 different categories. Congratulations to F-Secure on new gold certifications and a warm welcome to our newest...
View ArticleDetection of Non-Windows Viruses by Antivirus Engines Installed on Windows
Because our Metascan technology runs on Windows, we receive a lot of questions about malware designed for Linux, Android, iOS and other operating systems getting past the antivirus engines embedded in...
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OPSWAT Releases Major Metadefender Update
OPSWAT today announced the release of their new Metadefender technology, a significant enhancement to the company’s previously named MetaDefender for Media software. The new version of Metadefender...
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More July Certifications!
More certifications have been awarded for the month of July! Congratulations to these vendors on receiving OPSWAT Certifications, verifying the industry-wide compatibility of the below...
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OPSWAT Launches GEARS Cloud for Network Security and Manageability
OPSWAT today announced the release of GEARS Cloud, a network security and manageability solution that allows IT administrators to monitor devices, automatically fix compliance issues, and uninstall...
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Before and After Photos of OPSWAT's New Office
We have recently moved into our newly renovated office building in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco and would love to share a few photos with everyone! The office renovation and move...
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OPSWAT Now Utilizes Cloud Hosting Capabilities of Windows Azure
OPSWAT is now utilizing Windows Azure to host some of the infrastructure of Metascan Online, a free site for scanning files against more than 40 commercial antivirus engines through the web. The...
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