AV-Comparatives publishes malware removal test

16 products challenged to remove selection of tricky infections.

Independent testing body

AV-Comparatives

has published its latest set of test results, a comparison of how well products clean and remove infections. The test included 16 different products, many of them the latest 2010 editions.

The test involved a small number of infections chosen for their diversity, all taken from the field via infected systems brought in for repairs. The list of ten samples presented some stiff challenges to the field of competitors, with many struggling to completely remove all traces of infection.

Of the products tested, products from

BitDefender

,

eScan

,

F-Secure

,

Kaspersky

,

Symantec

and

Microsoft

came top of the table with the ‘Advanced+’ rating, while

Alwil

‘s

avast!

, products from

AVG

,

Avira

,

ESET

,

McAfee

,

Sophos

and

Trustport

followed close behind in the ‘Advanced’ division.

G DATA

and

Norman

solutions were rated ‘Standard’ and

Kingsoft

merited only the ‘Tested’ badge.

Full details of the test procedures and results can be found at the

AV-Comparatives

website,

here

.

Posted on 29 October 2009 by

Virus Bulletin