Webroot Software, Inc., the leading supplier of anti-spyware program for consumers, and Sophos, the worldwide head in shielding businesses against spam, viruses & spyware, recently made an announcement of a technology joint venture, which is claimed to bring forth a newest type of protection in the market to combat the highly- potential Internet security threats.

With the joint venture, Sophos’s anti-virus technology will be licensed by Webroot, an anti-spyware vendor, for making use of selecting consumer & enterprise products of Webroot. The latest Webroot solutions are going to be integrated with Sophos’s highly developed anti-virus study and technology into Webroot’s anti-spyware program, Spy Sweeper, to make consumers and enterprises available better-quality security to combat both spyware and viruses in one snugly incorporated and easy-to-use solution. The latest products from Webroot can be availed later this year.

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