AV-Comparatives Retrospective / Proactive Test May 2011 released!

You can read about that in the PDF as well! At least some clues

 

I'm sure you can donate to GFI to get Vipre tested

And Yes I agree it would be interesting if they could be tested by AV-C!

 

Yeah,put ´em all against the wall...so I could die happy when time comes.

 

This is interesting to say the least. Still scratching my head as to why they didn't participate.

BenMar

 

It is flagging a number of files as OpenCandy adware.
md5:

9c0ecd7b392e5f21065f58e2bf037e27

37a7044b7b40190c8c1832c7fa3dec9c

a581ddead65da7fa7e158081be89e1c2

ad094d45f4644e35081b4de42521e3b5



I haven't got time yet to submit them yet.

 

Yes indeed.

 

I guess this test is useful for simulating detection of "zero-day" malware without signatures.

 

i hate the fact that they use G data 2011 there is 2012 now

 

Probably because at the time of the test 2012 wasn't released yet

 

seems to me that its not about the year, its about the latest version

 

As said on the report, the last updates of the programs were on February 2011.

 

and avast?

where is avast?

 

The OpenCandy detection is not FP, it used to be actually adware. After changing their policy, they are no longer detected. For more info, read here.

 

Re: and avast?

Avast like other vendors, didn't want to participate in this comparative.
Great result for G-Data, ESET, Avira and Kaspersky... But surprised for TrustPort, F-Secure and BitDefender...

 

Hi Marcos,

I guess you wanted to point to the other current OpenCandy thread at the Eset forum:
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=297169

In particular reply # 9 by danieln

 

What happened to ESET?Another High FPs rate from it.Feel disappointed.It probably not as low FPs as last time anymore.

 

That's strange indeed. Where is avast! ? They used to participate in all tests.

 

So will this detection on these softwares be removed or will be removed in future product updates of those softwares?

 

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ichito,

As far as I know you are NOT allowed to quote in that way from AV-Comparatives.

 

OK, you're right - it's my mistake ... sorry.
This was the first and last time

 

I don't think it is because it doesn't allow the use of an Internet connection for cloud detection behaviours. While that might be useful as a sidebar, as the main test I really don't think it represents a particularly common scenario where your on-access scanner is seeing a file for the first time AND you're offline.

 

why isnt norton tested ?

 

I'm very surprised too,as a company they've never been afraid to be tested for better or worse.There must be a specific reason why they chose not to be a part of this particular testing round,perhaps an explanation will be forthcoming .

 

For me MSE poor detection rates don't matter much.. since i have not been infected by any malware since using MSE and sandboxie on my notebook.I have other on demand tools for detection, if missed by MSE.These tools like malwarebytes,Hitman Pro etc. have not found anything MSE missed so far and i do surf the dark side.These tests results are fun to look at...that's all.