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Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by webster, Aug 13, 2009.

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  1. webster

    webster Registered Member

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    The Pctools results certainly don't surprise me.

    Although somewhat worse than expected.
     
  3. EraserHW

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    Symantec missed a couple of Virut samples, because of a minor adjustement to their detection routines.

    Even Kaspersky didn't detect some Virut samples. Tho, Symantec has not been as lucky as Kaspersky because those samples that are gone undetected by Symantec were inside the WildList.
     
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    I'm happy :)
     
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    norman passed the testing ,but as far as i am concerned that norman's detection is mediocre,even getting worse and worse,by testing asia virus sample in a security forum.moreover,i wrote an email to them(feedbacking some suggestion)but not get any reply
     
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    The article claims the following in the end.

    Well, I guess that depends on what they mean by close. ESET have 40, that sounds pretty damn close to me ;)


    Cheers
     
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    What a pity.Symantec Endpoint Protection and Rising failed.
     
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    Say, funky, is there a particular reason you stopped using WD? I'd problems when it was running, but hey - I would definitely have used it otherwise, no doubt. :rolleyes:
     
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    I stopped using it because Microsoft removed the HIPS stuff in windows 7, so best to just get used to not using it now. I didn't remove it because it was bad or anything.
     
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    Okay, I've personally kept a installation of the current final (the one which does incl. HIPS) on my file-drive as I prefer XP anyway. :)
     
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