| Anti-virus comparison test of current
anti-malware products, Q1/2008 |
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© 2008 AV-Test GmbH, Last Update: 2008-01-22 |
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Signature Detection |
False Positives |
Proactive Detection |
Response Times |
Rootkit detection |
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Details for the "Signature Detection" results |
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(on-demand) |
(negative) |
(incl. HIPS/BB) |
(to new widespread malware) |
(active samples) |
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(see column B) |
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| # Test cases |
1024381 |
65000 |
3520 |
55 |
12 |
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Numer of Samples |
1024381 |
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| AntiVir |
++ |
+ |
+ |
++ |
+ |
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AntiVir |
1020627 |
99.6% |
| Avast! |
++ |
o |
o |
+ |
+ |
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Avast! |
1018204 |
99.4% |
| AVG |
++ |
+ |
o |
o |
+ |
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AVG |
1005006 |
98.1% |
| AVK 2008 |
++ |
o |
+ |
++ |
- |
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AVK 2008 |
1022418 |
99.8% |
| BitDefender |
++ |
o |
++ |
+ |
+ |
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BitDefender |
1003902 |
98.0% |
| ClamAV |
-- |
- |
- |
++ |
-- |
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ClamAV |
791505 |
77.3% |
| Command |
-- |
+ |
- |
o |
-- |
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Command |
729233 |
71.2% |
| Dr Web |
o |
o |
+ |
o |
+ |
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Dr Web |
887736 |
86.7% |
| eTrust-VET |
-- |
++ |
- |
-- |
+ |
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eTrust-VET |
566161 |
55.3% |
| Fortinet |
+ |
-- |
++ |
+ |
n/a (gateway product) |
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Fortinet |
957558 |
93.5% |
| F-Prot |
+ |
+ |
- |
o |
o |
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F-Prot |
986961 |
96.3% |
| F-Secure |
+ |
+ |
++ |
+ |
++ |
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F-Secure |
999806 |
97.6% |
| Ikarus |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
o |
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Ikarus |
1002894 |
97.9% |
| K7 Computing |
-- |
o |
- |
- |
-- |
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K7 Computing |
571329 |
55.8% |
| Kaspersky |
++ |
o |
+ |
++ |
+ |
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Kaspersky |
1003470 |
98.0% |
| McAfee |
+ |
++ |
+ |
- |
+ |
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McAfee |
959919 |
93.7% |
| Microsoft |
+ |
++ |
- |
-- |
o |
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Microsoft |
992880 |
96.9% |
| Nod32 |
+ |
+ |
++ |
+ |
+ |
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Nod32 |
953936 |
93.1% |
| Norman |
+ |
+ |
+ |
o |
o |
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Norman |
962191 |
93.9% |
| Panda |
+ |
o |
++ |
o |
++ |
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Panda |
979409 |
95.6% |
| QuickHeal |
- |
o |
o |
o |
- |
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QuickHeal |
862919 |
84.2% |
| Rising |
+ |
o |
o |
o |
o |
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Rising |
962674 |
94.0% |
| Sophos |
+ |
+ |
++ |
+ |
+ |
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Sophos |
1001655 |
97.8% |
| Symantec |
++ |
++ |
+ |
o |
++ |
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Symantec |
1006849 |
98.3% |
| Trend Micro |
++ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
++ |
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Trend Micro |
1009662 |
98.6% |
| VBA32 |
o |
o |
+ |
o |
o |
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VBA32 |
885313 |
86.4% |
| VirusBuster |
-- |
+ |
- |
o |
o |
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VirusBuster |
693944 |
67.7% |
| WebWasher |
++ |
o |
++ |
++ |
n/a (gateway product) |
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WebWasher |
1023742 |
99.9% |
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| Index: |
++ = very good (98%+) |
++ = very good (no false
positives) |
++ = very
good |
++ = very good (less than 2
hours) |
++ = very good (all rootkits detected) |
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+ = good (90%+) |
+
= good (one false positive) |
+ = good |
+ = good (around 2 to 4 hours) |
+ = good (all but one rootkit detected) |
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o = satisfactory (85%+) |
o = satisfactory (two false
positives) |
o =
satisfactory |
o = satisfactory (around 4 to
6 hours) |
o = satisfactory (two rootkits missed) |
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- = poor (80%+) |
- = poor (three false positives) |
- = poor |
- = poor (around 6 to 8 hours) |
- = poor (three rootkits missed) |
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-- = very poor (less
than 80%) |
-- = very poor
(more than three false positives) |
-- = very
poor |
-- = very poor (more than 8
hours) |
-- = very poor
(more than three rootkits missed) |
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