Virus Bulletin August 2011 comparative anti-virus test

[King Grub]

Results listed here:

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/test?recent=1

And the RAP results for feb-aug 2011 in the usual graph form:

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/latest_comparative/index

[Noob]

Nice!
Couldn't find Emsisoft on that list LOL (I mean in the image)

[sg09]

OMG!!! BKIS highest in proactive and 2nd highest in reactive...

[Kernelwars]

Originally Posted by sg09

OMG!!! BKIS highest in proactive and 2nd highest in reactive...

what is BKIS sg?

[sg09]

Originally Posted by Kernelwars

what is BKIS sg?

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/vendor?id=88

http://www.bkis.com/index.aspx

It is a front-line Vietnamese antivirus. It used to be below average. But from the last few months it is showing outstanding improvement in VB. I am wondering if they have licensed any top notch engine. It already has a dedicated cloud.

[King Grub]

Originally Posted by Kernelwars

what is BKIS sg?

It is security software from Vietnam. http://bkis.com/index.aspx

[SweX]

I am happy that ESET is stuck on the same place as usual

And also as usual Trustport is at the top.

But it's great to see that Avast, Avira, and GFI did well too. Though Webroot needs to improve a little.
And BitDefender should have done better.

[SweX]

Originally Posted by sg09

I am wondering if they have licensed any top notch engine. It already has a dedicated cloud.

BD of course Or maybe Avira.

[shadek]

Is BKIS light?
If it's BitDefender engine, then I'm afraid I'll pass. I'm hoping it's a true cloud product like Prevx is/was. Then it'd be darn light.

[SweX]

FYI. BKIS is on sale atm. http://www.bkis.com/home/BuyOnline.aspx

Feature list: http://www.bkis.com/home/default.aspx?content=BkavPro

[shadek]

Originally Posted by SweX

FYI. BKIS is on sale atm. http://www.bkis.com/home/BuyOnline.aspx

Yeah, I noticed that. Even on sale, it's still quite average priced and it's only for one user.

[The Hammer]

Originally Posted by shadek

Is BKIS light?
If it's BitDefender engine, then I'm afraid I'll pass. I'm hoping it's a true cloud product like Prevx is/was. Then it'd be darn light.

It's pretty hard to avoid Bit Defender's engine these days as it is extensively licensed.

16 FP for PC Tools - well done

[toxinon12345]

The following vendors have secured their VB100 awards in latest 5 tests:

Sophos, ESET, QuickHeal, Central Command, BitDefender, Avira, Avast.

[eBBox]

Why this big difference between F-Secure IS and F-Secure Client Security?

And Bitdefender doing way worse than the licensed engines in F-Secure, G-Data, and Bullguard etc.

[NAMOR]

Originally Posted by eBBox

Why this big difference between F-Secure IS and F-Secure Client Security?

And Bitdefender doing way worse than the licensed engines in F-Secure, G-Data, and Bullguard etc.

Can't answer the first one but, F-Secure has other engines other than bitdfender, same with G-Data. And I believe that Bullguard adds their own spyware definitions to their product, so they have those as well as the bitdefender ones.

[shadek]

Originally Posted by NAMOR

Can't answer the first one but, F-Secure has other engines other than bitdfender, same with G-Data. And I believe that Bullguard adds their own spyware definitions to their product, so they have those as well as the bitdefender ones.

That's right. Many suites have BitDefender in them, but other in-house protection mechanisms like BB, anti-spyware etc in place!

[Brandonn2010]

Wow, AVG actually FAILED the VB certification because of 2 false positives.

[shadek]

Originally Posted by Brandonn2010

Wow, AVG actually FAILED the VB certification because of 2 false positives.

Comodo is failing, as per usual. I do think their suite provides an excellent overall protection... but all this Comodo AV evangelism provided by its users needs to stop.

[GrammatonCleric]

Originally Posted by shadek

Comodo is failing, as per usual. I do think their suite provides an excellent overall protection... but all this Comodo AV evangelism provided by its users needs to stop.

You crazy??!!! Comodo failed because this test is biased and has not shown any real life experience. Also because Reason !, Reason 2, Reason 3. Fumming capitalized reason 4. And Besides any moron would see that positive comment regarding COMODO 1, comment 2 and comment 3.
Followed by "Only educated users use comodo".

Sorry about that, I was channeling Melih.

[shadek]

Originally Posted by GrammatonCleric

You crazy??!!! Comodo failed because this test is biased and has not shown any real life experience. Also because Reason !, Reason 2, Reason 3. Fumming capitalized reason 4. And Besides any moron would see that positive comment regarding COMODO 1, comment 2 and comment 3.
Followed by "Only educated users use comodo".

Sorry about that, I was channeling Melih.

Haha! That was hilarious! I thought after the first sentence that; HERE WE GO AGAIN! ANOTHER COMODO EVANGELIST! But not!

[kjdemuth]

Straight from BKis web page
"Bkav Pro is particularly equipped with Safe Run, a breakthrough technology. In Safe Run mode, the system stays safe even when user unconsciously opens a virus file or a malicious website."
Hmm doesn't kaspersky also have safe run. Hmmmm

[shadek]

Originally Posted by kjdemuth

Straight from BKis web page
"Bkav Pro is particularly equipped with Safe Run, a breakthrough technology. In Safe Run mode, the system stays safe even when user unconsciously opens a virus file or a malicious website."
Hmm doesn't kaspersky also have safe run. Hmmmm

I can't find anywhere that 'Safe run' is compatible with x64 systems. Usually, those 'Safe Runs' and 'Sandboxes' are based on 32-bit systems.

[toxinon12345]

Originally Posted by shadek

all this Comodo AV evangelism provided by its users needs to stop.

COMODO is outstanding in the firewall side, not anti-malware.

[shadek]

Originally Posted by toxinon12345

COMODO is outstanding in the firewall side, not anti-malware.

I never said their firewall wasn't good. I just pointed out their AV.