anti-trojan tests wanted

This is useful reading
"Hints for determining the credibility of anti-trojan tests"

http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=archive&id=sec02

but where are some really good RECENT tests
(that possibly include and antivirus apps like KAV,
DrWeb......)?

Can anyone help ?

 

Hi Trans, Anti-Trojan tests are very sparse indeed, testing for Trojans is far more difficult than In the wild viruses.

The latest one that I have seen is here:
http://www.anti-trojan-software-reviews.com/database-currency-test.htm

And it was discussed here on Wilders here:
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=19201

 

Thanks Pilli,
I've seen this before and is somewhat old...
There are new versions of Trojan Hunter and
The Cleaner .

The tester's comment for the last one is :
"however in 2003, The Cleaner's performance deteriorated markedly. We'll be keeping a watching brief on The Cleaner in the coming months and if there is no improvement it will be dropped from our recommended list."

I'm really curious about "The Cleaner 4"s performance
and TrojanHunter's 3.7 as there were improvements
over the older versions (or not?)

 

Trans, I have to admit a bias to TDS3 which has the largest database of all the current Anti-Trojan programmes, I do not count Pest Patrol because it's database is trying to be all things to all men/women Also DCS products support is second to none

People say that TDS3 is complicated but a full scan can be achieved in just a few keystrokes, after that it is fun trying all it's various utilities.

TDS4 is just around the corner and will offer three versiona, a set it and forget resident scanner, on demand scanner & TDS4 Pro.

If you buy TDS3 now you will automatically get a TDS4 upgrade for free.

As I said I am biased and I do not work for DCS

Sorry I cannot guide you to any other reviews for TH or the Cleaner.

 

Hi

Here is a nicely written site which explains everything from how your shinny new XP home addition comes with all the usual file sharing, Plug and Play by default to make home computer easier for the non technicial people, all the way to tests with various hardware firewalls.

TDS, BoClean, Trojan Hunter ect are covered in their Anti-Trojan
reviews.

I actualy think this is a nice site. I think you will like it

http://www.firewallguide.com/anti-trojan.htm

Yes I am trying out trojan Hunter 3.8 and even though it is having problems with unpacking, it is still telling you of all the packed files it sees and from what I can see, besides the false possitives
on Anti-Keyloggers files in the System 32 DIR, Trojan Hunter is at least alerting you of alot of nasties it doesn't know at ths time are even nasties and it IS detecting the newest Iopus Keylogger.

In the last two years, the home computing world has become much more educated with safe HEX, thanks to all the great forums like this one and we as users out there trying to get the word out as best we can.
Thank You ALL !!!!!!!!!!

Happy Surfing

con

 

"Trojan Hunter is at v3.8 at the moment - and has some issues to deal with as well - mainly in regard to UPX unpacking."

This is true. Fortunately, Trojan Hunter is one of the few AT scanners which have an additional memory scanner. That's why the UPX 0.84 packed Theef 2 sample mentioned @ Rokop will still be detected by TH.

In fact, most AT scanners do not have a sophisticated unpacking engine. Consequently, they will generally fail to detect compressed malware samples. FYI, this also applies to TDS-3 (i.e., its file scanner fails to identify the above-mentioned Theef sample as well). However, the TDS-3 mem scanner will catch it.

The new AT scanner ewido security suite shows that a generic unpacking engine (emulation) is useful indeed. Its file scanner has no problems to unpack and detect the Theef sample.