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  • AV-Test.org issues latest round of testing results

    Symantec and Microsoft outdo Trend and McAfee in live tests. Independent testing organisation AV-Test.org has released its latest round of test results in a simplified format, providing at-a-glance details of performance in a series of tests aimed at mimicking real-world situations. Testing covered a wide range of criteria, all run in a fully connected and…

  • Anti-spam products do well in VB testing

    VB announces anti-spam certification results. Virus Bulletin has announced that 12 products earned VBSpam awards in its latest round of comparative anti-spam testing. A total of 14 products took part in the test, with two achieving the highest level Platinum certification, while nine earned Gold awards and one achieved Silver certification. The Platinum awards were…

  • VB announces next VB100 test on Windows 7

    Deadline announced for first VB100 comparative on new operating system. VB has issued a call for submissions for the next VB100 comparative, to be run next month on Microsoft ‘s much-anticipated new version of Windows , Windows 7 , with a deadline for submissions less than a week after the scheduled public release date for…

  • 11 out of 26 anti-virus products fail VB100 certification

    VB reveals which products failed to meet VB100 certification criteria, and updated ‘RAP quadrant’ showing Reactive And Proactive detection abilities. Virus Bulletin has revealed the results of its latest VB100 certification test on Windows Server 2008. Of the 26 products tested 11 failed to achieve VB100 certification, all of the failures being at least in…

  • Microsoft steps into free AV market

    Security Essentials release creates expected storm of words. Microsoft ‘s release of its free Security Essentials product this week sparked the expected barrage of views and opinions from all angles, from those hailing the release as the end of the AV industry to those slating the free product as inadequate and pointless. The new release…

  • Security experts pool ideas at European conferences

    Research and expertise shared at CARO and AMTSO meetings. Last week saw two major gatherings of top security and anti-malware experts from across the globe, as the third annual CARO conference was held in Budapest, Hungary, followed by a well-attended meeting of the AMTSO testing standards group, which saw the ratification of several significant documents.…

  • Banking sector confuses users over online safety

    Leftfield AV detection scores used to promote ID theft tool. With online banking an increasingly important way of interacting with our banks, the security of online transactions is a huge issue for users. Even more important for banks is the perception of security, as users worried by scare stories about stolen passwords and plundered accounts…

  • AV-Comparatives releases latest detection figures

    Large collection test shows major improvement from AV giants. Independent testing organisation AV-Comparatives has released its latest bi-annual detection test figures, with 17 products included in the field and a test set containing a massive 1.3 million samples. The first set of results of 2009 showed notable improvements for major players Symantec and McAfee .…

  • Vulnerability test raises hackles

    Secunia suite trial slates lack of PoC detection, but test methods called into question. Vulnerability specialist Secunia published the results of a trial of internet security suites this week, with stark findings showing very poor detection rates of the selection of exploits and proof-of-concept overruns used. However, the test has run into considerable criticism from…