Windows 8 Enterprise Antivirus Market Starts Off Slow

Microsoft announced yesterday that it has already sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses, but these are overwhelmingly consumer -- not business -- licenses.

German anti-malware testing firm AV-Test, which closely follows the industry, counts only six corporate endpoint protection solutions for Windows 8 as of Nov. 28, 2012:

• Commtouch Command Anti-Malware 5.1.20
• Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite 6.0.3
• Fortinet FortiClient 5.0
• Norman Endpoint Protection 9.10
• Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 10.2
• Webroot SecureAnywhere Endpoint Protection 8.0.1

By contrast, AV-Test counts 60 consumer anti-virus products available and compatible with Windows 8, including some big names -- like Kaspersky, McAfee and Symantec -- not yet available in corporate editions.

AV-Test only included final, released versions. Beta and other test versions of other products might be available.