VB AV-Test April 2012

[abu shofwan]

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/test?id=174

Where Norton ?

[Noob]

Thanks for the link !

[mattfrog]

I'm a little confused - could someone explain what the number 100 signifies? Surely not all those products acheived 100%, unless the sample size was so small / old?

[Triple Helix]

Originally Posted by mattfrog

I'm a little confused - could someone explain what the number 100 signifies? Surely not all those products acheived 100%, unless the sample size was so small / old?

VB100 comparative testing is a regular independent comparison of anti-malware solutions.
Each test report combines the unique VB100 certification scheme with in-depth analysis of product performance on a range of scales.
VB100 certification

The VB100 award is a certification of products which meet the basic standards required to be recognised as legitimate and properly functioning anti-malware solutions.
To display a VB100 logo, a product must:

• prove it can detect 100% of malware samples listed as 'In the Wild' by the WildList Organization
• generate no false positives when scanning an extensive test set of clean samples

All this must be done with default, out-of-the-box settings in the VB lab environment.
All solutions tested are submitted for testing by their developers. Full procedures of the certification scheme can be found here, with detailed test methodology here.
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/index

HTH,

TH

[Thankful]

No webroot. Ikarus passes, Emsisoft fails.

[Thankful]

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/rap-index

[Ranget]

weired test result

why Returnil is Fail while Fsecure is a Win

very Diffrent result for the same engine i think ?

[tk55]

i don't get it too. why would i need to see a result that says every product is 100%?

[KelvinW4]

what happened to unthreat!

[Rompin Raider]

Originally Posted by tk55

i don't get it too. why would i need to see a result that says every product is 100%?

Check the graph! Under VB100...select latest comparative:

[JRViejo]

Merged Threads to Continue Related Topic.

[NAMOR]

Originally Posted by Ranget

weired test result

why Returnil is Fail while Fsecure is a Win

very Diffrent result for the same engine i think ?

Returnil uses the F-Prot engine from Frisk

[Nevis]

looks like everyone did well in this. Cannot find norton.
Also trustport and F-Secure failed, thats something new.

[PeZzy]

One (1) False positive and Emsisoft fails.

Yet they allow and pass antiviruses which allow their host to become infected with malicious programs they don't deem to be "In the Wild".

What is the logic in that? I'd rather have a antivirus that notifies me of suspicious programs, allowing me to investigate further, rather than an antivirus that happily allows an infection.

[The Hammer]

Originally Posted by Nevis

looks like everyone did well in this. Cannot find norton.
Also trustport and F-Secure failed, thats something new.

Maybe Norton is becoming the new Dr. Web. That means a withdrawal from testing. AV_C, VB, a trend?