Dr Solomon's Antivirus

Dr. Solomon's
Original author(s)Alan Solomon[1]
Developer(s)S&S International
Initial release1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeAnti-malware

Dr Solomon's Antivirus Toolkit was an antivirus suite which incorporated prevention, detection and repair for Microsoft MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows (up to 98), Novell, SCO Unix, Sun Solaris and OS/2. It was created by Alan Solomon of S&S International.

History

Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit was first created in 1988[2] and launched commercially in 1991.[2] This move was to rival market leaders Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus and McAfee VirusScan.

Dr. Solomon's won several computer magazine awards and recommendations. Jerry Pournelle recommended it in his column for Byte magazine in 1992, and more recently wrote "Solomon's was unreservedly the best virus service around."[3] In 1993, Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit was awarded the Queens Award for Technological Achievement. At this time the company name was "S&S International". Later it became "Dr. Solomon's Software Ltd." in the UK, with similarly named companies in Germany, the United States and Australia. In 1997, InfoWorld stated that Dr. Solomon’s was “best at detecting viruses”.[4]

After some previous tension between the two software products,[5] on 9 June 1998, McAfee (then known as Network Associates) agreed to acquire Dr. Solomon's Group plc for $642 million in stock.[6]

References

  1. ^ Iain Thomson (14 April 2009). "Top 10 IT Heroes". pcauthority.com.au. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Dr Alan and Susan Solomon". The Sunday Times. 27 April 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  3. ^ Jerry Pournelle (14 May 2000). "Mail 100 8 - 14 May 2000". Jerrypournelle.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. ^ Peschel, Joe (2 June 1997). "Dr. Solomon's best at detecting viruses". InfoWorld. June 1997: 132. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Yardena Arar (8 April 1997). "McAfee Versus Dr. Solomon: Fresh Round of Antivirus Mudslinging". PC World. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ^ Cheri Paquet (21 August 1998). "Network Associates Plans to Integrate Dr Solomon's Tools". PC World. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

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