AV-Comparatives February 2007

most of them, except one, will perform lower than OneCare. mostly much lower. thats all i say .

 

By the way , the latest report13 makes it much easier for AV-Comparatives readers to understand themselvers which are vendors1,2,7 and 8 from the test of AV support , June 2006

 

So, there aren´t "real" surprises.
I´m interested in the results of Ikarus, VBA32, ClamAV and ArcaVir (if it is tested someday).

 

What are the "others"? Rising, UNA and VirusBuster? Any more?

 

already answered

 

I think vba32
wil perform better than the others

 

Oops, sorry.
So bets are still on?

 

Lucky for some

... IBK, just a suggestion... how about doing a test using Free AVs... like AVG, Avast, AVS and AviraPE

 

Wu is the point in testing avira PE detection is basically the same except in areas with spyware like the DOS category and the PUP category.

 

Personally, I think when the report comes out, it might give someone like Eset reason to stick their chest back out. But hey, what do I know.

 

Here is my prediction for the secondary set:

Ikarus - 90-93%
Rising - 87-90%
VBA32 - 85-87%
CounterSpy - 85-87
Una - 75-80%
Comodo - 70-75%
ClamAV - 50%

 

Since when did counterspy became an av?

 

i too, was wondering this

but i think V2 is like an anti-malware now, and not just anti-spyware.

 

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/introducing-counterspy-v2.html

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/evolving-antimalware-technology-model.html

 

My guesses

ClamAV 29%+ or - 10 percent
CounterSpy 60% = or - 5 percent
Comodo 65%=+ or - 5%
UNA 70%+ or - 5%
Ikarus 75%+ or - 5%
Rising 80% + or - 5%
VBA32 85% + or - 5%

 

I think Ikarus will defeat all others by far

 

Does anyone know the whereabout of ViruScape? It had once has a high score of around 93% detection, if I could remember correctly. Their spokesman in their last statement stated that version 2 was sold to anther company. Would that be Comodo?

 

has anybody here ever tried escan? it has done well in the test but never really talked about......

 

There's no way in hell that they get more than 30% overall detection with On-Demand test. And just believe me, i've never been wrong with antivirus predictions

 

Wasn't the reason those programs don't participate in the "normal" test that they don't reach the minimum required 70%-80% detection?

 

the minimum required detection rate for av-comparatives is this year set to 85% (due the high demand to take part).

 

Hmmm, I guess I better stick with Kis then,

 

Like you already said a lot of months ago...

Melih, Comodo CEO, said that in a few time they will reach the highest detection rates, but I really doubt and said that maybe in 2 years or even more, because they have a very immature engine, needs to add a lot of signatures, experience, etc...

So, I don't have any doubt that you prediction will not fail...

 

I would like to second this suggestion. I don't think that this should be done as part of the regular comparatives, but as it's own separate test should be quite interesting. What do you think of this IBK?

 

currently no time, and as I do it basically for free, I am also not that much interested in spending efforts in doing it (atm). somewhen in future, maybe, who knows...