Av-Comparatives February '08

The 6 month free trial of Avira AntiVir Premium swayed me.
But when it's over i may go back to Avast or I may buy Avira, haven't decided yet.

 

Thanks for the news, it's been a while since i don't visit rokop forum

 

Re: Av-Comparatives February '08 - results posted

The results are online (the tables):
- Standard: VBA32.
- Advanced: BitDefender, McAfee, Microsoft, Norman, Sophos.
- Advanced+: Avast, AVG, Antivir, eScan, NOD32, F-Secure, GData AVK, Kaspersky, Symantec, TrustPort.

 

very surprised..
I thought that specially Microsoft and Mcafee had made some very huge improvements on their latest products. And also bitdefender v11.
hm guess i was wrong

 

was you?

 

Yes

 

I don't see the tables, also not when typing the "supposed" link ..

 

On Comparatives page, halfway down,
'To get an overview of the comparatives, we summarized them in tables. You can find them here.'

 

Oh I see, thank you thankful

 

For future reference:

 

Why isn't F-Prot included?

 

Frisk decided to not participate in this round. Dr.Web is also absentee.

 

I there a thread somwhere where it is explained why frisk don't participate anymore?

 

Interesting. Looks like Avast! got advanced+ this time.

 

Anyone know if they have tested AVG 7.5 or 8.0?

 

I tend to doubt it's 8 as that was just released.

 

AVG 7.5

 

7.5 says on home page.
well done grisoft!
i wonder how close vba32 was to advanced?
can IBK answer this please?

 

See Dr Web and AV Comparatives, about mid-thread or so, and that's about as detailed as it will get.

Blue

 

which products version were tested can be seen on the first page

 

I haven't been on your site so how could I know? I just saw the results that Lucas posted.

Didn't thought of visiting your site either, right away. But then again, I should have done it. But my question wasn't to hard to answer. Anyways, thanks for the information.

 

I didn't include the version because that info is available on the home page
But the tables are somewhat hidden.

 

Seems everyone improved in general.....Although I was more interested in seeing ArcaVir tested rather than VBA32, I guess one has got to cater to the majority's opinion

 

I think one can talk about "improvemets" only after they see the product X in its long period (at least year) . Not just the previous test .

You can never be sure what samples were used the last year and now to make such judgement .

 

A lot of products are rated advanced plus. This shows the maturity of the class. I hope most of you realize that with this many solid AV's available, there should be little reason to argue over which is best. It mainly comes down to personal taste and compatibility.