Microsoft product found not up to scratch in AV-Comparatives review.
Respected testing organisation
AV-Comparatives
has released the results of its latest in-depth test of anti-virus products, with a large batch of products tried out over a wide range of malware. Only one product,
Microsoft
‘s
Windows Live OneCare
, failed to detect enough of the test set to qualify for any level of certification.
As part of a thorough regime of testing,
AV-Comparatives
runs tests of on-demand detection ability twice a year, pitting products in their most in-depth scanning modes against a vast collection of samples. Top of the test tables this time were
GData
‘s
AntiVirusKit
and
AEC
‘s
TrustPort
(reviewed in the latest issue of Virus Bulletin, available to subscribers
here
), both multi-engine products which spotted over 99% of the samples. Products from
Avira
,
F-Secure
,
Kaspersky
and
MicroWorld
also made the top ‘Advanced+’ grade.
The detection level required for certification at the lowest level, ‘Standard’, was recently raised from 80% to 85%, and the
Microsoft
product missed this, scoring just 82.4% overall. As this minimum level of detection is a requirement for inclusion in the review,
OneCare
risks being excluded from further testing.
‘It’s very disappointing to see a major product not reaching a good enough level of detection,’ said Andreas Clementi, who runs the
AV-Comparatives
testing. ‘For the sake of their customers, I hope
Microsoft
will be working hard to improve things and ensure
OneCare
offers full protection to its users.’
OneCare
came last in the detection tables for both viruses and trojans. In a further test of polymorphic virus samples,
OneCare
was placed 15th out of the 17 entries, with fully reliable detection of only four of the 12 viruses used.
Microsoft
‘s product also failed to achieve VB100 certification in our
recent test
of products available for the
Windows Vista
platform.
McAfee
and
Doctor Web
products achieved the
AV-Comparatives
‘Standard’ grading, with several others including
Symantec
,
BitDefender
,
Alwil
,
Grisoft
,
Eset
,
Norman
,
Frisk
and
Fortinet
attaining the ‘Advanced’ level. Full details of the test results and methodologies can be found at the
AV-Comparatives.org
website,
here
.
Posted on 02 March 2007 by
Virus Bulletin
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