Another test comparitive

Ok Im sure we are all in the mood to digest yet another comparitive test lol. I dont know if this test has been posted before, I apologise if it has.

Read more at the following site:

http://www.zone365.com/content/10/96/2

 

I didn't even look at this line at first. Just dug into the main body. I was thinking "All products were tested with the current version as of 6-14-04"...WTH? LOL

Thanks,

Chris

 

Well perhaps the date is less important than the inclusion of some AV's which dont normally make it onto other tests.

 

For example I didnt know much about MKS until recently and I dont think the average pc user does either. KingSoft is a chinese AV which I have never heard of before but on this test its right next to NOD.

 

Interesting test,but 321 samples isn't enough to compare anything imo.

 

A somewhat more quantitative examination that affirms RejZoR's opinion can be found here. One can quibble with the details, but the basic conclusions are sound.

Blue

 

These test results look familiar... If I remeber correctly they were posted at many forums by someone pushing eXtendia AVK and MKS.

 

We just have to believe to that test lol

If you ask me all tests are not reliable unless tester provide us with name of all tested Viruses

I can run a false test too and bring visitors to my web site with milion of banners... maybe I would make 20$ from banner clicking lol

 

Me too...

In May or June of 2004...

 

I believe the tester's name was 'Kobra'...

 

As far as I know this is Kobra's test.
Its been available on the net since april of 2004

M

 

Well apart from the voracity or otherwise of the methodology the results are pretty much in line with other tests are they not? with the possible exception of NOD perhaps. The big names are at the top, the free proggies inhabit the middle ground and the lesser lights are in the lower level.

 

Correct. Here is the link to the initial thread as I recall over at DSLReports, it dates from mid-June of last year, although there could have been an earlier report with fewer AV's.

At the time, it seemed to be a fairly representative ranking. But things change with time, and ~9 months is almost an eternity in this field. It's out of date in detail, although some broad conclusions (e.g. the general performance of KAV and KAV based engines) still apply, others may be superceded by expanding signature files and improved heuristics.

I would place more trust in a recent challenge test, say those from av-comparatives.org.

Blue

 

There were more than 120.000 viruses and malicous codes in the computer world. Only 321 samples isn't enough to take a decision.

 

eXtendia AVK always seems to do very well. I find it a little heavy on usage though. Thats why I use it as my backup on demand scanner and nod32 as main (very light Av). I do wish they had a 2005 eXtendia AVK. I sent an email asking about this and haven't received a reply yet. Not suprised.

 

You'll only see a new eXtendia AVK when RAV updates are discontinued.

 

I've seen the dual-engine eXtendia AVK offered for $14.99 by a few online sellers now - here's one of them:

http://www.tekdeal.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.3/it.A/id.2056/.f

 

I don't trust in it test.
Please, NAV detecting more using heuristic than NOD32/Dr.Web/KAV? Impossible. NOD32's heuristic is the best on the market and Dr.Web's heuristic is good. NAV's heuristic sucks.

 

I just tried MKS aka ArcaVir on my pedestrian PIII 450 MHZ 256RAM pc and had to uninstall as it was slowing things too much. Just tried the new AVAST since it supposedly has improved resource usage from previous versions. Hmm cant say I notice much difference, AntiVir still seems to be the smoothest on my slow pc.

So what does anyone think of that chinese AV KingSoft? I have never seen it tested anywhere before. Its always interesting to know what the chinese are up too lol, they have just entered the manned space race after all.

 

Did you simply accept the default settings or did you try and optimize/tweak the settings? Did you run the program with all features enabled? Did you completely uninstall any other AV's on your computer?

I am not saying that it did not slow down your computer, but time trying to tweak the settings may have helped. Simply stating that it slowed down your system, without a little more detail, is not a great help to other members here who may be thinking of trying this AV on their older computers.

Relatively unknown. I have seen some 'private' testing on some of the forums where the detection rate was nothing to write home about.

 

I left ArcaVir on the default settings. By the same token KAV 5.0 Personal on default settings seemed to be lighter on resources than ArcaVir on my slow pc athough both seem to be best suited to high end users.