“Only X Out of 32 Antivirus Products Detect This!”

[ronjor]

Ever seen a title like this before? Do you know what it means? It usually means that the author didn’t actually test the malware sample on 32 Windows machines, each protected by a different AV product, but that he uploaded the sample to the free VirusTotal service and received a report.

DidierStevens

[Macstorm]

Thanks for the link, Ron.

And remember, when you’re using the VirusTotal service, you’re testing your submitted sample, you’re not testing the AV products. At most, you could say you’re testing bare AV engines with a configuration that is unknown to you.

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[Dark Shadow]

Hi ron, thanks for the link,good read.

[MasterTB]

Great reading material!!