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
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