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Solve : December AV-Comparatives Report? |
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Answer» Quote Comparative results and reports are published online during the following months: "The Retrospective test report of November has been released. Go to www.av-comparatives.org, click on Comparatives and select the Report Nr. 20 to read the detailed test results. Many products got lower awards due too many false alarms. Kaspersky took a plunge... Readers should really read the full report to understand the results. http://www.av-comparatives.org/ avast! Professional Edition 4.8 AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 AVIRA AntiVir Premium 8.1 BitDefender Antivirus 11 eScan Anti-Virus 9.0 ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus 3.0 F-Secure Anti-Virus 2009 G DATA AntiVirusKit (AVK) 2009 Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 McAfee VirusScan Plus 12.1 Microsoft OneCare 2.5 Norman Antivirus & Anti-Spyware 7.1 Sophos Endpoint Protection 7.5.1 Symantec NORTON Anti-Virus 2009 TrustPort Antivirus Workstation 2.8 VBA32 Scanner for Windows 3.12.8.2Thanx for the update... NOD keeps climbing it seems. Might have to take it around the block to see.I've always liked Nod32. It's my "go-to" online scanner in malware removal. http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/ Especially if I think or see evidence there is illegal software running. It SNIFFS out and removes it I still trust the Kaspersky online scanner also only it doesn't include any removal options.Nod32 is definitely making a legitimate run at the top spot! I've always liked their reviews and testing methods myself... They seem to be the least biased out there.I agree. You will notice that there are a few not on the testing list. Panda being the most notable. This is because they won't let AV Comparatives test their products. A few articles. anti-virus rants: av-comparatives vs panda AV Comparatives tries to beat a PandaFor awhile there were others that were excluded as well... But if you dug deep enough into the material it was always the AV brand that refused...not them. This immediately put them up there on my CREDIBILITY list as being un-biased. The only software they mention on the site is a direct link to the vendors site, no sponsor links. That says about all I need to know right there. Panda shouldn't be so easily offended by whatever it is they did. From what i remember of it Panda originally challenged their testing methods after a so-so review and their Engineers and the Panda Engineers had back and forth bickering that carried on for some time... Last i heard it was in the "i'm rubber...you're glue" stage...Re NOD32: I've used it myself, both the older 2.7 and the new 3.0 (3.0 I used both as the standalone AV, and as the security suite). I was very impressed by v2.7, it's fairly light on resources (COMPARABLE to AVG 7.5 IMO). v3 is a bit heavier, and I ran into some issues - when uninstalling the trial version I was on, the system froze, had to do a hard reset. The firewall was not removed, and because it installed as a networking driver, somehow I couldn't use my network card. I found no way to fix this, and had to reformat. I'd still recommend it though, I can't comment on its actual effectiveness as I didn't run into any viruses whilst using it but it does TEND to get good reviews. |
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