New Virusinfo test

http://virusinfo.info/index.php?page=testseng

AVG is doing great things

 

drweb does 'ok' on this one, shame its not the same at the moment on reputable tests.

 

Dr Web is doing great indeed.
Well done. I like this test

 

Hi!

These tests haven't got objective results, because on virustotal a lot of damaged files are uploaded. I had got one sample of Win32/Nuwar and I tested that on virustotal. Eight antiviruses detect malware, but file was corrupted, so there wasn't any risk. There is important if antivirus detects only functional malware. Finally, I don't see something about false positives.

 

They should put in an extra button alongside of Detection, Heuristics, Suspicious and Pack/Crypt.

Name it something like "Managed to do SFA" and throw in some decent security apps like Sandboxie, Defensewall, Geswall, Safespace and Returnil to name a few.

 

exactly, that's why I ain't sure about this so-called test

hmm

 

Haha
You lost your trust in Dr Web?

These guys are real hard core virus junks. I trust this test. Beautifull thing is that they so the same test each month

But there are too many tests these days, I agree

 

interesting results. Avira as usual among the first 2.

 

Does anyone know which version of AVG was tested? Pro or Anti-Malware?

 

aye, a little

but we shall see how things 'move-along'

hopefully.

 

I believe it is anti malware

 

wow i never thought much of avg.. i mean they are a decent all around product but have never realy stood out in the testing.. wonder how well they will do next month maybe this was a good test for them since last month they did pretty good but no where near what they did this time

suprisingly kaspersky did a lot worse this time than i would have guessed..

 

could someone post some info on the actual test/testers.

how reliable, as they dont really match av-comp/av-test.

 

AVG AV + AVG AS = AVGAM really makes a difference. It has taken AVG out of the ranks of the "also rans."

Jerry

 

drweb always does well in 'these tests' but poor in all the others, so i 'have to' question the test itself.

however, its still nice to see drweb do well in a test.

so now i wonder, how would drweb + prevx do?

in this test, prevx1 (why not 2.0?) detects more than avast,norton,mcafee,microsoft and a few more.

nobody knows, but still...... curious.

 

It seems like AVG is doing well enough to acquired a company called: Exploit Prevention Labs.


http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2228171,00.asp

 

henryg, you left out a word that makes your post ambiguous.

Grisoft bought the other company.

 

I still wonder if AVG Pro or Anti-Malware was used. Did anyone see where it may say this?

 

i didnt mean as a company i mean in testing they always do pretty deent but never top out the tests i dont think ive seen that in a long time if ever...im sure as a company they are fine as there are a lot of avg users out there..if they keep that pace up thought they may be the next one to beat..im just suprised to see such a large junp from the last tests for them.. not usually the norm unless they used a new verson or a updated program

 

Expected results, taking into account the testing method.

 

i wouldn't say expected results, but yeah.... have to question the test.

50+ samples taken from VirusTotal, and checked across a selection of AV programs.

honestly, anyone could do this.

 

Not so.
50+ samples taken from infected machines, and checked on VirusTotal.

 

how are the samples checked, virustotal? Hardly conclusive

 

Its too small of a sample and would be biased against market leaders as they would be the most likely AV's in use on a random selection of machines. Essentially its a selection of what the market leaders missed.

 

thought id have a go, quickly put together, but you get the picture.

with some valid malware from my collection (all types)

@IBK ... worth a go eh? but not your suggestion... i choose virscan instead of virustotal

enjoy




Drweb + prevx would score 50 aswell together, as the misses were on different files

just shows how easy these kind of tests are.

note: one file undetected by drweb, IS detected by drweb on my computer, so its not 100% effective.