Microsoft passes latest VB100 virus test; Some security giants fail !

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iMav

The Devil's Advocate
dino sir what ur pointing out to is right as i said earlier plagrism and site ads arent right im against them but this particular issue is an exception which u need to consider thats all im saying and why i brought grudgy's name was cause he clearly stated that either post full articles or dont post at all which to me came rather as a surprising statement from 1 senior member to another ;) trust me dino sir this particular case is an exception ;) most ppl know VB site in this case if u follow he links u end up at a login page and anand collated the results himself the results of the test were for every 1 to see but anand brought out the fact that MS topped them thats what im saying and not that the source should be put or 1 should be allowed to put his blogs as source this particular case has to be considered differently painting everything with the same brush is not right and fatty pointed the same thru point 1 which was refering to this particular case :) as i said lets put this case to rest
 

din

Tribal Boy
Giving all respect to Anand for postint this first ...

fun2sh said:
hey wat kind of thing avast failed? i use avast. Plz clarify. nahi to main nod par shift kar lunga.

The source (virusbtn.com) says - Failure reason: 1 false positives - for Avast.

Also some result history - from 1998 to 2007

Symantec - 41 Success / 6 Failure / 8 No Entry

Microsoft Forefront - 3 Success / 0 Failure / 52 No Entry

Avast - 24 Success / 20 Failure / 11 No Entry

Kaspersky - 40 Success / 15 Failure / 0 No Entry

F-Secure - 27 Success / 13 Failure / 15 No Entry

McAfee - 27 Success / 13 Failure / 15 No Entry

Microsoft OneCare - 2 Success / 1 Failure / 52 No Entry

Saw an old thread in between !

How they test - Here
 
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The_Devil_Himself

die blizzard die! D3?
this means avast din't fail actually but just showed an false positive.And may I ask who actually believes the reliability of such tests?(please don't answer it,some questions are best left unanswered)
 

din

Tribal Boy
Aaaw

I forgot to post the top one

47 Success / 3 Failure / 5 No Entry

Guess who ? Eset aka NOD32 - passed in last test too.
 

iMav

The Devil's Advocate
which means my avast is actually more sensitive and wud give me a warning if theres no virus also :D
 

The_Devil_Himself

die blizzard die! D3?
^^lol.yep.and the main reason is it is free!!!so you can't really complain.nod32 and kespersky et al which costs a lot are no better than avast the free one.lol.
 

din

Tribal Boy
VB100 test - Windows Vista Business Edition - February 2007

Alwil (Avast) Status: PASS

CA Home Status: PASS

CA eTrust Status: PASS

CAT QuickHeal Status: PASS

Eset Status: PASS

Fortinet Status: PASS

F-Secure Status: PASS

GDATA Status: FAIL
Failure reason: NaN wildlist misses

Grisoft Status: PASS

Kaspersky Status: PASS

McAfee Status: FAIL
Failure reason: NaN wildlist misses

Microsoft OneCare Status: FAIL
Failure reason: NaN wildlist misses

Norman Status: FAIL
Failure reason: NaN wildlist misses

Sophos Status: PASS

Symantec Status: PASS

Source - same (virusbtn.com)
 

din

Tribal Boy
@infra_red_dude

I agree with you in that case. Using Symantec for quite some time. I think the money we paid for that was worth. Never had any serious issues so far. May be it depends on user. Some others may see Symantec having problem.
 
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