AV-Comparatives: Real-World Protection Overall Report - March to June 2014

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  1. anon

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    AV-Comparatives:


    Real-World Protection Test March-June 2014 (PDF):
    http://www.av-comparatives.org/dynamic-tests/

    Real-World Protection Test March-June 2014 (Chart):
    http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php?chart=chart2&year=2014&month=7&sort=1&zoom=3
     
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  2. avman1995

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    Awesome stuff from QIhoo and Avira.... :)
     
  3. Minimalist

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    Thanks for sharing report. The best AVs are doing great :thumb:
     
  4. trjam

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    Congrats to Panda, you have really proven you deserve to be at the top.
     
  5. Securon

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    Good Evening! All Set...with Eset ! Sincerely...Securon
     
  6. SweX

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    Thanks for the update.
     
  7. Brandonn2010

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    Panda continues to impress

    Avast! continues to disappoint. Still waiting for all the Super Mega Evo Screen Shields to deliver results.

    Surprised to see Lavasoft so low considering it uses Bitdefender.
     
  8. Rompin Raider

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    Well hello Panda! Nice job as well as several others. Interesting.....
     
  9. ance

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    Well said, even Fortinet is better than Avast. :eek:
     
  10. Antimalware18

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    First off I would like to say great job Panda, Avira, ect.

    Second off I would also like to say that I don't really like the "real-world test" If I am no mistaken Isn't the real world test where they visit live malware links?
    Because If so a program can have amazing "real-world" protection from a amazing web filter (panda) and somewhat mediocre signature detections (also panda from malware pack results)

    But yet a program with great signature detections as shown through malware pack results as is the case with Baidu AV yet shows mediocre results in the real-world test.

    In no way am I bashing panda I quite like the software. This is just a few things I have noticed from the real-world test results over the months...
     
  11. Noob

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    Congratulations to the top players. :thumb:

    If you read the testing procedure, they also let the malware execute so they actually test the whole suite. (Web filter, signatures, behavior blockers, everything!)

    However one thing that holds true is that if a software has a very good web filter it could pass the test easily.
     
  12. Minimalist

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    If malware is distributed through web and web filters can prevent the download then AV did it's job and protected the system. IMO real world protection tests are the most relevant among the tests they do.
     
  13. FleischmannTV

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    @Antimalware18

    If a program has no webfilter at all and the fileguard detects the malicious file, it's counted as blocked as well. You can achieve 100% at AV-Comparatives without a webfilter.
     
  14. garrett76

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    As well as all the other products licensee of bitdefender, Lavasoft uses just the bitdefender's signatures, it completely lacks of the behavioural part, i.e. active virus control.
     
  15. m0use0ver

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    Yup, this is the most critical area of tests from a protection standpoint.

    The other critical test area is for computer remediation after they have been inevitably bypassed.

    All other tests have limited or no real world value beyond advertizing material for vendors or extra income for the testers.
     
  16. Firefighter

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    I'm a bit of wondering how Qihoo 360 Internet Security performed that well in this test, when they haven't updated trojan/phishing websites regularly.

    2013-06-14 Trojan websites in database 667,181 -- Phishing websites in database 2,370,781

    2013-07-24 Trojan websites in database 667,181 -- Phishing websites in database 2,370,781

    2014-04-01 Trojan websites in database 910,833 -- Phishing websites in database 2,932,451

    2014-06-30 Trojan websites in database 910,833 -- Phishing websites in database 2,932,451

    2014-07-04 Trojan websites in database 910,833 -- Phishing websites in database 2,932,451

    2014-07-08 Trojan websites in database 1,234,122 -- Phishing websites in database 3,815,422

    2014-07-18 Trojan websites in database 1,234,122 -- Phishing websites in database 3,815,422
     
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  17. Inside Out

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    Qihoo IS isn't just about databases and signatures; its cloud protection and heuristics are also very good.
     
  18. taleblou

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    Well I take these result with a grain of salt. My own personal tests of real world test for me shows panda does bad comapred to avast. Speicaly in the post download running exe. My tests show panda missed a bunch of malwares and allowed them to run while avast sandbox behavior/hips stopped all of them even thsoe missed by avast antivirus.

    So to me AVAST set to maximum protection rules over others.
     
  19. Firefighter

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    How can I enable sandbox in avast free?

    PS. I have used Panda free online scanner before in my Win 7 Home Premium system and those Panda files causes BSOD when I tried full system scan with 360 ISo_O? I know that Panda doesn't encrypt their defs by no means, so wtf?
     
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  20. malexous

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    Symantec and G Data were also tested.

    http://www.securitywatch.pcmag.com/...-antivirus-protection-test-winners-and-losers
     
  21. Inside Out

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  22. Brandonn2010

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    Can anyone confirm if Panda's results were with or without the toolbar installed?
     
  23. IBK

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    default = with toolbar.
     
  24. SLE

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    And why you don't like the test -because it's someway more realistic? ;-)

    What is more relevant: Testing of some live infections which exist itw or playing with some strange malware packs, where nobody can say you anything about the prevalation of the malware (does it exist in real world or only in the pack, is this malware functionally at all etc.) o_O

    Even more, most so called "malware packs" you can see in private tests contain files that aren't malware and are only classified wrongly by some AVs. (Most providers of such packs use AVs to detect if something is malicious or not).

    So even if the WPRT is far from being perfect - private malware pack testing has no relevance at all.
     
  25. phyniks

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    Are these test with AV's default setting or max. setting ?

    for example,regarding Avast,is PUP Detection and Hardened Mode activated?or about Avira...do they check all threat categories?
     
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