comments about the July PC World magazine AV and spyware tests?

[Gin]

for those who missed (?) it ( like me):

-{ Quote: "Pest Zappers

More utilities than ever claim to vanquish viruses and smash spyware. Our tests prove they're not all created equal.

Scott Spanbauer
From the July 2003 issue of PC World magazine
Posted Thursday, May 29, 2003
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http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,110654,pg,1,00.asp

AV reviewed:
extendia AVK
F-secure
RAV
KAV
MacAfee VScan
Panda titanium
NAV 2003
PC-Cillin 2003

Guess the bestbuy....

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,110654,pg,3,00.asp

[Technodrome]

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Guess the bestbuy....
" }-

Ill take a shot... Norton?



Technodrome

[Smokey]

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-{ Quote: " quoting: Gin link=board=24;threadid=10022;start=0#msg65210 date=1055018168]


Guess the bestbuy....
" }-

Ill take a shot... Norton?

Technodrome
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Nice shot, you have won the first price: NPF! ;D

Much pleasure with this fantastic price!!! 8)

It's your lucky day, and you are a lucky guy!! ::)

[Technodrome]

Whoooohuuuuu! ;D

I won't share... >:(


;D



Technodrome

[VikingStorm]

I find it funny how the detection rating for Norton is 'Excellent', when it could only detect 60% of compressed viruses. I wonder if leaving out NOD32 was deliberate.

[Chuck57]

Well, after reviewing those that were umm, tested, I feel quite content with my PCCillin. It made a strong showing all across the board. I'm not sure how Norton was made 'best buy' considering that some of the others seemed to do better. Norton seems to pop up as favored all across the magazine spectrum, though.

[Pilli]

Hmmm! ;D So based on the "Subjective" element i.e. Usability Norton wins? Rather sad really:

-{ Quote: ". After evaluating each program for both lab performance and usability, we chose Norton AntiVirus 2003 as the Best Buy.
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[Firefighter]

To everyone from Firefighter!

When Kaspersky was better than RAV in their "heuristics" test, I can't understand when eXtendia AntiVirus AVK was the best of all in their "heuristics"! ???


"The truth is out there, but it hurts!"

Best Regards,
Firefighter!