Virus Bulletin was founded in 1989[1]` as a monthly hardcopy magazine, and later distributed electronically in PDF format.

Virus Bulletin claims to have full editorial independence and not favour Sophos products in its tests and reviews.

[4] The magazine holds an annual conference (in late September or early October) for computer security professionals.

[5] In recent years both magazine and conference have branched out to discuss anti-spam and other security issues as well as malware.

Notable previous speakers include Mikko Hyppönen,[6] Eugene Kaspersky[7] and Graham Cluley, as well as representatives from all major anti-virus vendors.