AV-comparatives proactive test predictions

Drweb has, I think we can be sure of this.

Also avira

 

I'm surprised at F-Secure, which is one of my favorites.
Agree that AVG has made some very good strides in the last couple of years.
Jerry

 

I think F-Secure's "Standard" rating is more due to FPs than actual proactive protection numbers....

 

I wonder if Fortinet was penalized for too many fp's even though the heuristics were turned off lol... or was it because it scored too low.

 

Please can anyone tell me where can I find these results?

Thanks
Mike

 

This time the test used sampled obtained only 3 weeks after the tests, not 3 months. That explains some of the "too good to be true" results.

 

The page just says "comming soon" when I go there

 

Kudos to Eset and Kaspersky. In a round robin fight, a good betting man would wager these are the 2 that would be left standing in the end.

 

Found.

Thank U.

Mike

 

Thanks to IBK and his team for the hard work they put in.
Interesting that Microsoft is becoming a player in the AV area (Advanced).

 

Yes, but its not all that surprising for what money can buy

 

Still the version 2.7 was tested. Whether the new version V 3 would topping the actual result of V. 2.7 ?

 

1st of all I would thank IBK and his team for doing these tests, which are extremely important.

2nd I agree with Thankful: Microsoft will be great and may be (or really) some small players could declare bankrupt!!

Mike

 

Its nice to see Kaspersky having excellent heuristics. Good job to them.

And thanks to IBK for doing these tests.

 

Correct!!!

 

Leaving out FP's what percentage is required to score an Advanced+ and just a "normal" Advanced?

 

40,0%

 

Than some of us have made some great improvements

 

IMO, this test is obsolete. The next phase of malware detection will be behavior based. Products like Symantec Endpoint 11 or Threatfire in combination with the right signatufe based AV are likely to be the standout performers.

 

hmm.... strange Avira has again many FPs. I've spotted a decrease in their number on my own experience, but who knows...
1 December is the big date, isn't it ?

 

maybe drweb will get close to this advanced plus! Detection target but lowered for fps

Has 40 percent always been the target for the top rating?

 

yes, always

 

Excellent remark,

Please IBK what version of the search engine was installed : version in use when you made the test or the version downloaded with the three months old definitions ?

Thank you for all your work.

Regards,

MaB

PS : i'm not an Antivir Fanboy

 

Avira needs to fix the html heuristic or their product will always be penalized for too many fp's. Every fp I've had in a while are all from the html heuristic.