another magazine AV group test

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  1. rothko

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    hi

    i know magazine tests of AVs don't generally go down well, but they usually make for good discussion, especially when the experts weigh in and pull them their methods to pieces!

    so here is another one that has just been published in the UK by PC Pro magazine, quite a well respected magazine really - one of the most popular amongst IT Pros here I would say.

    http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/155/antivirus-software/products.html

    enjoy :D
     
  2. Blackcat

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    Some comments on NOD's rating in this test has already been discussed over on the Eset forum.
     
  3. rothko

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    yeah, NOD32 didn't fair too well with this reviewer
     
  4. RejZoR

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    I don't understand why they mix up paid and free stuff together.
    Like avast! and AntiVir don't have their real counterparts...

    And whats up with number of samples!? 200+ samples!? Give me a break... :rolleyes:
     
  5. plantextract

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    come on they tested on ~200 samples, that's a very conclusive test of detection rates. Also GUI reviews are subjective to the reviewer.
     
  6. trjam

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    Oh yeah, BullGuard is better then Nod and Norton. Total crap.:thumbd:
     
  7. plantextract

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    at least they got onecare right :D
     
  8. trjam

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    well that, and Avira almost.:D
     
  9. LoneWolf

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    I never pay very much attenshion to any of these magazine AV or AS reviews.
    Take them with a grain of salt.
     
  10. Antarctica

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    You are too kind, I would say 1 lbs of salt.:D
     
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    What I see here unchanged compareing this with other antivirus tests is that Kaspersky is nr.1.
    As always. :thumb:
     
  12. plantextract

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    they got avira wrong, they used the free version of it, they should have used the premium version, who knows how many of those "viruses" were adware/spyware and thus undetected by the clasic version
     
  13. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    this forum is biased!
    does not make sense. o_O
     
  14. plantextract

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    what do you mean?
     
  15. ren

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    hello,

    perhaps because deepguard is f-secure technology and not kaspersky one, which is proactive defense module.
     
  16. plantextract

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    well i think it's norman, but anyway i think they mean that the clicker & other trojan it found was due to that. it doesn't say deepguard is from kaspersky
     
  17. ren

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    re,

    you're right about the article, I misinterpret it. my mistake. sorry.
     
  18. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    this forum is biased!
    detection was made by the av parts, why do they differ?

    and to think avg FREE beat 7 of those tested for detection, which is most of them..... is just stupid.
     
  19. trjam

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    I agree. Who do you trust? Yourself.:rolleyes:
     
  20. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    this forum is biased!
    i dont trust none of these, or even the big tests from av-test and av-comp.

    i look at them in interest of course, but i dont personally take anything from them, i just find them interesting is all.

    who i do trust?.....nobody!

    live life on the edge, always alert, i believe thats the best way :)
     
  21. trjam

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    well Chris, you opened the can of fishing worms. My dying question is, with nothing implied, why does AV Comparitives find Nod always number 1, and 600 other sites dont. I am not saying it isnt, because I like it, but the reality is, all this testing is bullshit. Pardon my, "you fill in the blank." But really, you best trusting source in this matter, is the frigging members here. Not a so called testing expert, not a magazine, not a young dude in Greece. It is the members here at Wilders. And that my friends, is the gospel truth. :D
     
  22. plantextract

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    kav 7 has new herusitic analyzer, maybe that's it.
     
  23. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    this forum is biased!
    i dont know why av-comp find nod32 so great and some others dont, i dont really look too much into these tests, like i said... i just find them an interesting read.

    personally, i would have no problems what-so-ever using nod32 no matter what people said about it.

    do you think i dont get the same comments for drweb?

    it doesnt bother me one single bit, there will always be 'that-type' of people around, sometimes its fun to confront them :D

    however, if i ever left my drweb which i very much doubt, id probably go-back to fsecure, as i had some good years with them and i know what they can and cant do and how things seem to run, or might give fprot a trial and see how that would go.
     
  24. Macstorm

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    Ermm... nevermind :rolleyes:
     
  25. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    this forum is biased!
    if i created a website, did ZERO testing but posted the results... people would agree with the results.

    lol, they would if i put avira, kaspersky or whatever at the top, with nods heuristics at the top, and but drweb near the bottom.

    .....................

    its pure fact that people would agree with the results, yet NO TESTING at all made.

    i find that funny in itself, and just shows what people are like. :D
     
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