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PC Magazine AV Tests (blocking and removal) (31/1/2012)

Blocking Chart

Removal Chart

What would make these tests more interesting is if a side by side comparison sheet of advertising dollars spent at PC magazine by the companies being tested were published at the same time.

reply to Tempus45
(Wow, Rubenking is still there.)

PCMag: How We Test Malware Blocking.

What would make these tests more interesting ... is if A/V were actually an effective way of stopping malware.

reply to Tempus45
I'd like to see detection results from VirusTotal for first time submissions.

I feel there's something to be said for real life threat conditions as opposed to those fabricated in a lab.

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edit: VirusTotal feels that their detection statistics are not a suitable metric to base an A/V choice.
They feel that VT may not use other A/V features, available to the end user (which seem to be heuristics and that's it).

That might be why a user shouldn't base their A/V choice solely on VT stats.

However, it's not a good reason to withhold VT stats.

1st submission detection rate stats would show real life trends in detecting advanced 0day malware.

Without VT's volume of 0day malware, a lab couldn't provide that same data.

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reply to Noah Vail

AV Test 1211 - do not believe everything you read.

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Re: PC Magazine AV Tests (blocking and removal) (31/1/2012)

reply to Apophys

Re: AV Test 1211 - do not believe everything you read.