AVC-August Results

Some AVs block the threats always and the interaction only mean subsequent actions.
In this test, I'm not sure if it means a dependent bypass or just a user interaction.

 

I will be more interested in the Webroot results once they start testing SecureAnywhere rather then the current set of Webroot products.

The F-Secure results surprised me especially when comparing them to the BitDefender results.

 

F-Secure blocked just 93.x %? Hard to believe. Trend Micro, the worst AV topped with 99.5%. Weird.

 

Avira will always do well.
In spite of the dislike for Norton it continues to be at the top year in and year out.
Jerry

 

do not forget, this month is small test set, only 187 links or something like.
IBK wrote in german forum they are adding new versions to the tests for the next month, so they have only small test this month

 

Vipre=fast scan
Its light on resources that for sure but full scan here (160gb) takes 6 hr to complete with ~40% CPU consumption....

but that's OT...

 

Trend Micro: On-demand protection = worst
On-line Protection = Best
As AVC dynamic test relies on on-line protection. Trend almost tops.

 

Vipre is not fast in od scanning .. but yes would like to see vipre in testings

 

TM is one of the best when is comes to web protection. So it's not surprising at all.

 

See, I wouldn't buy Trend Micro just because of these results. I am satisfied with Avast right now despite how it did.

 

I wouldn't buy it either because of that (I was just saying why it scored so well). Since the rest of the product isn't that good.

 

Hey "markusg"

Could you provide us the the source (the link) to that German forum IBK wrote

 

i have to agree with both of you even though avast was down some this time i personally would not use trend micro. mainly because of the HORRIBLE experiences in the past with them though the new version is supposed to be better now. it def surprised me at how well they did in this test though.....

 

im sorry:
http://www.rokop-security.de/index.php?showtopic=21522
zusatzinfo: im Monat August wurde nur mit wenigen URLs getestet (nur 187). Also nicht allzuviel reininterpretieren.
In den anderen Monaten wird wieder mit einer größeren Anzahl getestet (im August gab es Schwierigkeiten durch die Aufnahme neuer Produkte bzw. Produktversionen).


you can see, only 187 links, because they have added new produkts for the next tests and this made some problems.
so i think we will see in the next monts more links and this means other rankings.

 

Cool

but i like the tests against zeroday malware
i don't know but this isn't pretty enough testing

another thing Good job Trend micro

 

I agree, any plans to include behavioral tests?

 

What is the definition of 'user dependent' in those results? e.g. Avast lets the user choose to 'do nothing' quite often rather than 'go to jail, go directly to jail'. Is this what user dependent means here?

 

Hopefully they won't be like GFI \ Sunbelt (Vipre) and avoid AV-Comparatives.

 

avasts 'do nothing' option actually blocks access to the file thats detected regardless, its a very misleading option and something that ive complained about several time on their forums, clearly they didnt see why its misleading. Same thing happens when u press the "x" to close the popup window.

 

I agree with you it is misleading, just as Avira's "Always Ignore" is as well.

 

User-dependent in case of avast means the AutoSandbox offer (introduced in v6). This is internally connected to a more sensitive heuristics module.

 

I believe we are actually trying to get into the AV-Comparatives testing right now. From what I understand, they need to drop another company from the tests before including us due to resources. However, this is just what I heard. I don't work in the part of the company that deals directly with the testing organizations.

 

Alex Eckelberry wrote on FB Vipre fan page,back in august that they are running private tests with AV-comparatives

 

Hope to see Avast and Eset come back up on the next round of tests.

 

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