AV-Comparatives Results - Nov 2007 Retrospective/ProActive Test

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  1. Macstorm

    Macstorm Registered Member

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    Again, kudos to the folks at KasperskyLab :thumb:

    Rules are rules, there's no room for the luck here :cool:
     
  2. ggf31416

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    And Avira only 349 samples over the double of that target.
     
  3. trjam

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    F-Secure 1 FP, not bad but some changes are needed next year. Good work Eset, add to your signature base and you may be uncatchable.
     
  4. Escalader

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    Hi Guy's:

    The way I see these results is simple only 2 products reached Advanced +,

    Nod 32 and Kav.

    The folks at AV-Comparatives advise reliance on the Certification Level only not the %'s.

    We can try to twist and shout about if only this was done differently, or product x was only n short of advanced but the results are in like them or not.

    But not to despair, they are all ( well almost all) good products.

    If my clients want my recommendation for an AV given they are starting fresh I would pick Nod32 V2.7 or Kav.

    FWIW ( not much) I own and use NOD 32 v2.7 and run KAV once and while from their free web service.

    AV findings? zero, nada, nil, none, void, blank what ever.

    Enjoy the thread.
     
  5. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    i aint sure what they do risl, but we live and hope for improvement ;)
     
  6. trjam

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    Sorry, I just dont buy it. Look over time, at ALL testing reports and Eset does not rank at the top on average. This isnt a comparision of testers but more of a global picture of a product. I see about 5 that consistently rank in the top 5 at just about all, and Eset isnt one of them. I am a dumb man when it comes to what it takes to do this stuff, but I just dont buy it. I know I will be bashed for saying this, but timing is a beautiful thing sometimes.
     
  7. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    @ IBK

    do you plan on giving Jiangmin KV2008 a test?

    curious about this product, comments from asia are 'a highly rated product', more so than Rising.
     
  8. MalwareDie

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    I wonder if in the scan speed test, Fortinet was tested without its heuristic on. If it was, I wonder if its scan speed would have differed with its heuristic turned on.
     
  9. btman

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    /Cheer Kaspersky. Well done. Scan was slow, but I assume it was a first scan on that system and so iSwift wasn't used.
     
  10. Escalader

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    Yep! I understand where you are coming from! Antivir is in use on one PC in my local Lan as a freebee AV! Lots of neat things in that product I like the tool!

    The issues with it are the scan speed thing and of course the False positives.

    How does your AV handle the FP's? Can the user restore them given they are a critical piece of code?

    There are some real horror stories here and elsewhere about how FP's brought a system down to the point of being rebuilt!

    But to each his own:cool:
     
  11. Thankful

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    Looking forward to the 2007 summary report next month.
     
  12. SystemJunkie

    SystemJunkie Resident Conspiracy Theorist

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    Lool, like ever... nothing has changed, the same old story.
     
  13. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    nope, nothing really changed.

    well, some did... but in general, as expected.
     
  14. SystemJunkie

    SystemJunkie Resident Conspiracy Theorist

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    why nobody post a link?
     
  15. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    lol, so you think it should score A++ ?
     
  17. SystemJunkie

    SystemJunkie Resident Conspiracy Theorist

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    Ah okay, thanks!:thumb:
     
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    look at avast !!!!!!
    only 3% away from advanced +
    avg has also improved , few fps and a decent detection rate .
     
  19. SystemJunkie

    SystemJunkie Resident Conspiracy Theorist

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    It is proactive, so more heuristic based as I see right now.
     
  20. JerryM

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    I also. One feature I really like about Kaspersky is the very fast scan after the first one.

    Regards,
    Jerry
     
  21. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    but isnt this were people start having problems?
     
  22. Mele20

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    Avira sure got slapped down. :D Rightly so too. Avira has got to do something about the ridiculous amount of FP's. I can't believe I went from three AV which don't get much FP's to three that get the most when I hate FP's.
     
  23. C.S.J

    C.S.J Massive Poster

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    you like to switch between 3 av's at a time? :)

    isnt that hard work? :D
     
  24. Mele20

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    No, I don't use three AV's at the same time. :D I started out with McAfee years ago, then Norton for several years, then NOD32 for a couple of years, then Kaspersky, Bit Defender, Kaspersky, F-Prot, Avira. The first four have a long history of not many of FP's and the last three (not including my second try of KAV) have the highest incidence of FP's along with DrWeb which I have always avoided because of their reputation for lots of FP's. Maybe I should try McAfee again ...make a full circle. :D
     
  25. JerryM

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    Hi Chris,
    I think you might be correct, but I have not had the problems with Chdsk or others that surface from time to time.

    I don't visit risky sites, but when I search for things I might want to buy, such as camera batteries, or scenic photographs for greeting cards, I do not fully trust the sites. So I like to give a fast "Critical Areas" scan. It takes just a few seconds and gives me greater confidence.

    I admit that nothing is ever found, but who knows when some BG might try to penetrate my defenses?

    If you don't use those OEM FSIS you might get old and still have them around.:D I might just be that Jeff wants to get several years worth.:D

    Regards,
    Jerry
     
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