“According to various sources around the net, Google won’t disclose who is providing the Antivirus technology for it’s web based email service, Gmail.
Since it was just begging to be answered, I decided to find out for myself. Antivirus signatures between vendors are as unique as a fingerprint, so I figured it’s possible to fingerprint the antivirus vendor.
Using various malware picked up from “Google Hack” Honeypots, as well as secret sources around the net, I cross referenced the Gmail virus alerts with the VirusTotal.com database. Using these pieces of malware, I was able to determine through process of elimination that the antivirus provider for Gmail is Sophos, an industry leader. This is my determination based on the data returned to me from Virustotal.com. More testing would verify my claim, perhaps someone would like to compare results?”
From BillyGoatCurse.Com. Go through Ryan’s Test results. He has done a teriffic job. 
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