AV-Comparatives 2011 dynamic tests

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  1. SweX

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    In the On-Demand test at least, I know that Avira and others requested it.
     
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    Page 18: http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse/methodology.pdf

    "Which version and what settings of the products where used"
     
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    Uhm...

    Oh really? They are not doing that yet? I hazard to guess they do test their malware against all major AVs pretty much daily. Security by obscurity never worked.
     
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    Agreed.
    Some of the big boys even test every single hour, according to a 'GangstaBucks TDL4 affiliates' info screenshot that is. link.
    (from lotuseclat79 post here)
     
  8. doktornotor

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    Excellent article, thanks! :thumb:

    P.S. Nice sig! :D
     
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    Avast could have done even better if behavior shield settings were changed. The default action is to auto decide but i think the safest choice is 'ask' .
     
  10. pajenn

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    i'd like to have seen how prevx and rising antivirus would have fared in this test...
     
  11. xandros

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    avast free antivirus and have excellent rate :)
    norton the winner in this test :thumb:
     
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    Like in many others :cool:
     
  13. Quitch

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    Why do the dynamic tests use out-of-the-box settings while the detection test uses maximum (or vendor choice) settings?
     
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    No, I saw that and read the document, but I don't recall seeing an answer to my question in there. Can you be more specific?
     
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    Kaspersky and Norton are two best performers :)
     
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    This kind of test aims to simulate a real-world condition
     
  18. Quitch

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    Well, in that it surely fails, because regardless of whether it's downloading a file or running a scan, default settings are what 99% of people will be using. Hence my question.

    Now I've read in the on-demand scan test it's to level the playing field, remove custom behaviour where scan criteria are upped on a match, etc. Yet I'm not really sure I understand how that gels with the dynamic testing, and also makes the two tests hard to compare in a meaningful way since they're using completely different AV settings.
     
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    April results appear on the chart.

    Where is Microsoft?
     
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    Trend Micro 98% blocking overall...:thumb:
     
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    Pretty good showcase from avast!. And that's a free version!
     
  23. elapsed

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    Tests have still not finished.
     
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    Where is the link for the April results?
     
  25. King Grub

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    First post in the thread. The link goes to the results from April now.
     
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