Mumbai, March 30, 2010 - eScan, one of the leading Information Security solutions that provide proactive protection against viruses, spam, trojan, and many other information security threats has received “Advanced+” award from AV Comparatives in the this year’s first On-Demand Detection Test.

eScan successfully passed comparative testing by AV-Comparatives, which saw the antivirus solutions of twenty leading vendors products put through their paces.

The tests were designed to determine the ability of each security solution to detect the very latest Malware. The use of such a technique for evaluation purposes is considered particularly important as a user's computer should be protected against even the very latest threats for which signatures do not yet exist. The latest test set used was much smaller then the previous times. This was a deliberate attempt by AV Comparatives so as to receive the most accurate and authentic results and hence the norms were stricter too.

eScan received the AV-Comparatives highest award “Advanced+” after demonstrating excellent results in Malware detection and with the lowest number of false positives amongst the products test.

"We are happy to have started this year well. This has clearly demonstrated the superior technology of eScan in detection of Malware with the lowest number of False Positives because false alarms sometimes can cause as much trouble as a real Malware infection. These awards always drive us to constantly strive to innovate and provide the best of our services to our partners and our customers." Said Mr. Govind Rammurthy, CEO & Managing Director of eScan.

Since its launch last year, eScan 10 has proven to be a technologically advanced solution, providing a simplified GUI which makes it easy to operate even for a novice user. For more tech savvy users, eScan offers advanced configuration controls providing multi-level enterprise-grade configurable protection to those who want it. eScan 10 also features real time network activity monitor; making use of a TCP viewer utility, solidly implemented high quality main anti-Malware, anti-hacking components and many additional tools.