Seit dem grandiosen STAR TREK film von J.J. Abrams, gibt es regelrecht eine Explosion an Star Trek Marketing Aktionen bekannter Softwarehersteller.

So hat z.B. SOPHOS (bekannter AntiVirenprogramm Hersteller) einen kostenloser Virenscanner auf klingonisch veröffentlicht. Dieser kann bedenkenlos zu einem bestehenden Virenscanner dazuinstalliert werden, da er sehr wenig ressourcen verbraucht.

Dennoch ist dieser eher ein Gimmick für eingefleischte STAR TREK Fans.

Der offizielle Grund für diese Edition laut Sophos:

Why did we translate it into Klingon?

Our routine monitoring of sub-space transmissions alerted Sophos that the loss of the Klingon battlecruiser Klothos was not due to Romulan incursion into the Khitomer system, but a result of trying to remove VBS/PeachyPDF-A from the battle computer using M’swoN’kar after Commander Kor opened an attachment from the system S’cam-419.

Immediately our Product Marketing away team embarked on a mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and flog them Network Access Control solutions. Sadly they chose Qo’noS as their first destination and when their severed heads were beamed back to Sophos, the engineering team created this software, not in a spontaneous display of gratitude to the Klingon race (as the Register would have you believe) but to honour their memory.

Systemanforderung laut Sophos:

• Scans without the need to uninstall or disable your existing anti-virus.
• Runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista.
  This software has compatibility issues with the version of msxml4.dll used by cloaking devices on Romulan-modded D7-class battle cruisers. Installing this software on such vessels is punishable by ordeal of Ginst’a'Ed.
• Uses a single scan to detect viruses, spyware and adware – including zero-day threats.
• Updates automatically for 30 Galactic standard days.

Website: http://www.sophos.com/klingon

Lizenstyp: Freeware