Anti-Virus Solutions Comparisons - March 2008

earthling

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    So I,m carrying forward the gud work originally started by Chaminga-

    below are the Anti-Virus Solutions Comparisons - March 2008 Test Results by AV-Test.org


    Introduction
    The number of unique malware samples received by AV-Test.org increased from 333,000 in 2005 to 972,000 in 2006 and reached 5,490,000 in 2007. During January and February 2008 alone we found more than 1.1 million samples spreading in the internet.

    All products were tested in the best available 2008 security suite editions in English language. The tools were last updated on March 1, 2008 and tested on Windows XP SP2 (English).


    Test Method
    In case of the actual testing, we first checked the signature-based on-demand detection of all products against more than 1.1 million inactive samples we've found spreading or which were distributed during the last two months. We included all malware categories in the test: Trojan Horses, backdoors, bots, worms and viruses. Instead of just presenting the results, we categorized the products this time, from "very good" (++) if the scanner detected more than 98% of the samples to "poor" (--) when less than 85% of the malware was detected. (Ed: For the US version, I have changed this to letter grades — A, B, C, etc.)

    Possibly unwanted applications like ad- and spyware had to be detected. A collection of more than 80,000 inactive samples was used for this test. We used the same ranking criteria as for the malware detection rates.

    Besides, we checked the number of false positives the products generated during a scan of 100,000 known clean files. This includes common files from different Microsoft Windows and Office versions as well as other well-known products and drivers. Only suites with no false positives received a "very good" (++) rating.

    Furthermore, we checked how long AV companies usually need to react in case of new, widespread malware (read: outbreaks), based on 55 different samples from the entire year 2007 and 3 samples seen in 2008. "Very good" (++) AV product developers should be able to react within less than two hours and we found a reaction time of more than 8 hours unacceptable and thus, "Very poor" (--).

    (For the Comprehensive Test Method- Here's the Source[user friendly ver.]) or Original Paper in AV-Test.org


    Detection of ad- and spyware
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    Detection of malware sample
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    Anti-virus comparison test of current anti-malware products, March 2008 - Comprehensive Test Results
     
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    earthling

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    So roughly looking at the results.. the best AV programmes are

    AVK (G Data)
    WebWasher
    AntiVire (Avira)

    Since A new version of AVK or any version of WebWasher is almost impossible to find in Torrents... here's the 3rd Best Anti Virus Software working torrent to Download-

    Avira - AntiVir Premium Security 2008.v7.06.00.308 - TORRENT
    (read user comments of torrent before downloading)
     
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    nksoft

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    good work machan! Only if i saw this before i wouldn't have un-install my Good old AVG and install Kaspersky :( They have almost same overall marks. Kaspersky have slowed my boot up time & file copy/move time!!! Aparade mage auwruddaka AVG online updates :no:
     
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    Anusha

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    nksoft said:
    good work machan! Only if i saw this before i wouldn't have un-install my Good old AVG and install Kaspersky :( They have almost same overall marks. Kaspersky have slowed my boot up time & file copy/move time!!! Aparade mage auwruddaka AVG online updates :no:
    :rofl:
     

    earthling

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    nksoft said:
    good work machan! Only if i saw this before i wouldn't have un-install my Good old AVG and install Kaspersky :( They have almost same overall marks. Kaspersky have slowed my boot up time & file copy/move time!!! Aparade mage auwruddaka AVG online updates :no:

    So true ban..I had Kaspersky too.. & it slowed down my PC a lot....Also u r right... looking at AVG..it has a better detection rate for Spyware than Kasp..

    I downloaded the Avira AntiVire which I gave the torrent for....

    That one is awesome.. So very userfiendly & doesnt slow down the PC at all... U can chose the guard options to "scan read & Write' or 'read Only' or 'write only'... I configured it to 'read only'..so no probs....

    try that out or re-install your Old AVG.... AVG 8 is also good..
     

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    earthling said:
    So true ban..I had Kaspersky too.. & it slowed down my PC a lot....Also u r right... looking at AVG..it has a better detection rate for Spyware than Kasp..

    I downloaded the Avira AntiVire which I gave the torrent for....

    That one is awesome.. So very userfiendly & doesnt slow down the PC at all... U can chose the guard options to "scan read & Write' or 'read Only' or 'write only'... I configured it to 'read only'..so no probs....

    try that out or re-install your Old AVG.... AVG 8 is also good..
    I'll just stay away from Rapidshare, public torrents, kazaa/bearshare/limewire and not letting friends plug in their flashdrive/hard drives (I will plug them and manage things, if they want to...but they don't get to touch a thing!), instead of installing a virus guard...But that's just me...:D

    If there is a suspicious file (like a crack that I couldn't find on a virus-free site), I check it with virustotal.com. They scan it with 20 odd virus guards and gives me the result...:D
     

    nksoft

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    Anusha said:

    :frown: :frown:


    earthling said:
    U can chose the guard options to "scan read & Write' or 'read Only' or 'write only'... I configured it to 'read only'..so no probs....

    try that out or re-install your Old AVG.... AVG 8 is also good..

    ok macho.. will try.. BTW.. i think you should go with 'write only' for better protection... just a thought ;)
     
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