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  • New VB100 and VBSpam test results published

    See which anti-malware and anti-spam solutions achieved certification. Shortly before the Christmas holidays, we published a new VB100 anti-malware test report as well as a new VBSpam test report. VB100 – clean sweep John Hawes and his team put 29 anti-malware solutions through their paces on Windows Server 2008 and, for the first time ever…

  • Report: 15 solutions achieve VBSpam award

    Despite short spike, image spam no problem for spam filters. Good news for those who need to run a spam filter (in other words: everyone who runs a mail server). For the second time in a row, all 15 participating full solutions in our comparative anti-spam tests achieved a VBSpam award. They all blocked a…

  • At least 99.4% of spam blocked in recent Virus Bulletin test

    All solutions on test blocked at least 99.4% of spam, but some struggled with false positive issues; survey also shows few products support DMARC. The results of the most recent VBSpam spam filter test show that all 18 of the solutions tested blocked at least 99.4% of all spam – although some struggled with false…

  • Latest VBSpam tests show web host spam harder to block

    Most filters see a small increase in their catch rates overall. The results of VB ‘s latest spam filter test show that the spam sent from web hosts is significantly harder to block than spam sent via other means. Following various reports on the amount of spam sent from compromised web hosts, we compared delivery…

  • Catch rates drop in latest VBSpam tests

    Spam more of a challenge for majority of products. The results of VB’s latest spam filter test show that spam has become more difficult to filter – with 15 of the 19 products missing more spam than they did in the last test. Nine out of the 19 full solutions tested saw the percentage of…

  • VB data supports Google’s claim to having reduced compromised accounts

    Internet giant may indeed do something right; Yahoo! has a real problem. Internet giant Google claims that a ‘complex risk analysis’ using ‘more than 120 variables’ has reduced the number of compromised accounts on its system by 99.7% since 2011. VB ‘s data suggests that this could indeed be the case. It is usually good…

  • Impressive results in latest VBSpam test

    Excellent performances in spam filter test – plus evidence of a correlation between spam ‘passing’ SPF and an increased delivery rate. No fewer than ten anti-spam solutions achieved a VBSpam+ award in VB’s latest spam filter test, with another ten achieving a standard VBSpam award. The results of the latest VBSpam test are good news…

  • Correction to VBSpam results

    Spamhaus and SURBL results re-evaluated. The most recent VBSpam results incorrectly stated that SURBL failed to detect a blacklisted URL in any of the emails in the Wombat feed of phishing emails; the performance of Spamhaus on the feed was also affected. We have since discovered that a technical glitch on our side meant that…

  • Latest spam filter test shows spam catch rates have bounced back

    Spam catch rates improve, but performance on phishing lags behind that on other spam. Earlier this week we published the results of the 22nd VBSpam comparative spam filter test, which saw 19 products win a VBSpam award. Overall, products performed well and most products’ spam catch rates improved, thus reversing a trend we reported earlier…

  • Latest VBSpam test results show drop in spam catch rates again

    Downward trend in performance continues. In the latest VBSpam comparative test of anti-spam products, 21 anti-spam solutions achieved a VBSpam award, but for the majority of products the spam catch rate showed a continuing decline. We first reported this drop in March , and catch rates barely bounced back in May . The results of…