Virus.gr test - NOD32 much better

Even if some will say this is not a reliable test, I've seen NOD32 got better results than in the previous test. Place 7 and 88.79% vs. place 18 and 85 % detection.

Great work ESET!

 

It is clear enough from AV-Comparatives that NOD has improved in malware detection since v2.12....I still would not trust any test from virus.gr though. The collection is still not proper enough.

But, I do see Eset has improved a lot for ITW as well as zoo malware detection and heuristics, for which I congratulate them for doing a great job.

 

Well, yes...perhaps virus.gr is not so reliable but I've seen 2 similitudes with av-comparatives.org tests.
In both NOD32 gained 3 % from the previous test and also in both it's not so good yet in detecting trojans-backdoors, but the huge amount of updates from January plus the 2 AH incrementions hope solved a little the issue.

 

According to this test (virus.gr), NOD32's trojan detection is way better than dedicated anti-trojan products such as: A-Squared, Trojan Hunter, The Cleaner etc., and even Ewido. McAfee and BitDefender were the only AV scanners that beat NOD32 in this area (besides the Kaspersky-engined products). AV Comparatives' test also show that NOD32 is one of the best in this area (above 90% detection of trojans/backdoors).

Also, from personal experience (trojan collecting and hazardous net surfing habits), I'd say NOD32 is very, very good at detecting trojans.

So I wonder what made you draw this conclusion?

EDIT: I'm not saying there's no room for improvement in this area, I do believe there still is. But it isn't really NOD32's weak spot, which (IMO) is rootkit detection/removal and maybe spyware/adware detection. I'd like to see how it compares to SpySweeper f.ex. when it comes to spyware/adware detection.

 

Well, kjempen, you're absolutely right!

It detects Trojans and Backdoors.... ( I tell it also from personal experience ), but I was just wanting to say it's room for better here and missing 6000 trojans versus 1 or 200 for Kav is a difference.

Anyway, they have made really big updates this months + 2 AH updates, so they're improving. No need to fight on this.

 

Where did you take the number 6000 from ?

 

Testresults http://www.virus.gr/fullxml/redirect.asp?id=256&type=dw (rar-file)

 

This is the webpage; http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=72&mnu=72

 

the trojan part of virus.gr test is especially flawed, i have explained this in another thread here, and FYI, the maker of the test confirmed

which antivirus is good in rootkit removal?
i can only think of f-secure, and even it has a separate product integrated. a product which requires a lot of knowledge and expertiseto use succesfully i might add

 

Yes, the virus.gr test is flawed, I know (trojan server-detection vs detection of everything else included in a trojan "package"). That's why I also mentioned AV-Comparatives which is a bit more professional and "correct" (performed in co-operation with AV vendors).

As for rootkit detection/removal, did I say anywhere that NOD32 was weaker than any other AV in this area? No, I didn't. I just stated that this is a weak spot for NOD32, and the same probably goes for all/most AVs out there. I may be wrong (or not) but to me it seems a bit that rootkits are a growing threat (see f.ex. the Sony rootkit troubles), and it would be nice to see my favorite AV keep my PC also safe from this

 

yep rootkits are a growing problem, yes indeed

thats why prevention is the key.. nod with advanced heuristics can nail many( usually most..) rootkit installers before they have a chance to infect
if you're usin an app like process guard its almost impossible for a rootkit to install

once a rootkit is installed it can really be a b***h to remove

 

Well, actually there were 6450 in the archive to which ctrlaltdelete posted the link.

But illukka's post explain everything. An NOD is good at detecting Trojans. AV-comparatives test showed that.

 

I noticed that in virus.gr NOD32 came in 10th in their August 06 tests.

 

Rank Antivirus - Detected using only heuristics

1 Nod32 2.51.30 - 41503
2 Vba32 3.11.0 - 32911
3 VirIT 6.1.9 - 16469
4 AVG 7.1.405 Professional - 13624
5 AVG 7.1.405 freeware - 13624
6 Rising AV 18.41.30 - 12214
7 McAfee 10.0.27 - 10708
8 Ikarus 5.19 - 7191
9 F-Prot 6.0.4.3 beta - 6247
10 Ukrainian National Antivirus 1.83 - 5506

 

LOL, stop posting that nonsense Virus.gr "heuristic" test. According to his testing method, an antivirus program that detects more samples with signatures has a bad heuristic. Sounds logical, no?

 

Doas AVG have heuistic detection ??

I think NO!

 

A virus scanner with no heuristics ?

 

YES!!!