Latest AV-Comparatives test results released

High scores as 7 out of 16 graded Advanced+ in on demand tests

Independent testing body

AV-Comparatives

have released the results of their latest round of on demand anti-malware scanning tests, produced twice a year and featuring a selection of leading products.

The latest test features a total of 16 products, which were measured for detection performance against a massive collection of malicious samples, split into two sets with one containing sample representing the last 7 months, and the other the twelve months before that. Detection rates are balanced against false positives to produce an overall grading on a four stage scale. Of the 16 included, 7 achieved the highest ranking of ‘Advanced+’.

The top achievers were

Alwil

‘s

avast!

,

BitDefender

,

ESET

‘s

NOD32

,

F-Secure

,

G DATA

,

MicroWorld

‘s

eScan

and

Symantec

‘s

Norton

. Also doing well at the ‘Advanced’ level were products from

AVG

,

Avira

,

Kaspersky

,

McAfee

and

Trustport

, with

Avira

,

McAfee

and

Trustport

marked down thanks to false alarms despite high detection rates.

McAfee

‘s product was tested with their

Artemis

in-the-cloud technology active.

Lower down the table came

Microsoft

‘s solution, rated ‘Standard’, while offerings from

Kingsoft

,

Norman

and

Sophos

ranked only ‘Tested’ – with

Sophos

‘ score again counterbalanced by a relatively high false positive rate.

Most products were tested with ‘best possible’ detection settings. The test will be completed with a round of retrospective testing of the same products, due out in a few months’ time. Full details of the test and the methodology used can be found on the

AV-Comparatives

website,

here

.

Posted on 21 September 2009 by

Virus Bulletin