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Holly crap, ESET is one of the worst ones...and the performance saved by it is nothing to write home about.

Should have not renewed my lic.

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reply to schnappz
ESET never does well in their tests, but they perform much better in the AV comparatives reviews. In the AV comparatives reviews they usually always score an advance plus rating.

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reply to schnappz
personally, at this point, i don't think any of the av vendors are doing a very good job.. maybe the problem is that it is just impossible for them to keep up with all of the new variants of malware that come out every day..

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AV-Test reports of ESET will be always tainted and prejudiced. ESET will never do well in AV-Test because Andreas Marx will never forgive ESET's attack dog Rodzilla for proving beyond any doubt that he lied and forged test logs to hide his monumental BAT Virus testing mistake. It is too bad ESET chose to suck up to Andreas Marx by deleting most of the posts on Wilders Security because only those like you who were there at the time will ever know the truth.

reply to schnappz
I would not pay much attention these tests to be honest, most don't seem to reflect real world threats. If you carefully monitor some of the multiengine test sites and results, you will find some interesting things regarding what detects various threats and what doesn't.

ESET has lost some talent, i quit using them a few years ago. Switched to Avira, then noticed Avira missing quite a lot lately. These days I run Emsisoft Anti-Malware/AV, combined with a cloud based 'second chance' solution.

What multiengine test sites? Websites like VirusTotal?

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Comparing one AV test house's results for various AVs at a specific point in time strikes me a lot like comparing an auto magazine's gas mileage tests of various model cars at a specific point in time. Whatever the ranking today following a particular test, the "top dog" will probably be elsewhere on the list after their next test or after using somebody else's test... or the models being tested will be changed/updated almost as soon as the test results are published so they'll be only marginally applicable. Since few AVs do particularly well on zero-day threats, what really matters most to me is their "test" performance over a long timespan against a variety of tests from a number of testers... a factor that will probably not vary substantively with version updates until the basic AV engine is redesigned. If an AV performs in the top handful of candidates in a number of different testing houses' results over a several-year span of time, that's a reasonable indicator that AV maker is fairly competent at what they do, compared with AV brands that consistently rank lower. If the trend of that long-term performance indicates stability or improvement, that's a good indicator also.

I realize there are arguments that an AV security layer will always lag the real world with regard to late-breaking threats... but IMO AVs still remain a viable protection layer for many users against a lot of threats that, while not zero-day, are extant in the wild and will remain so for quite some time. For some users, a HIPS scheme may work better than AV. But for others, the encumbrances of a HIPS are inconvenient or intolerable. And so on. Some folks prefer raincoats, others prefer umbrellas, and perhaps still others choose to never go out in the rain... one could fruitlessly argue forever about which approach is more effective, since so much depends on the needs, convenience, and perspectives of each user.

Personally, I think (much like caffeinator ) that one's safe-hex settings and browsing habits will make a much greater difference in avoiding infection than AV flavor (if any) if one is using a reasonably modern browser, OS, router, and some decent anti-malware tools. Hence I never get worked up over the latest particular AV test result/ranking... which is probably not what either the AV makers or the AV testing houses want me to believe, since they perennially use each round of rankings to sell more of their products or services.
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»www.virscan.org/

Will show you who is getting the really nasty stuff out there. If you monitor it over the long term, you will discover what I did. Ikarus picks up a whole lot of stuff other products miss, and when combined with Emsisoft's Antimalware database, it's fantastic. (emsisoft uses both Ikarus+A2 engines)

For example;

»r.virscan.org/6c773fb7e8ae88e82c···28c6f159

Thats pretty common, and not comforting when only one product is picking up stuff a significant portion of the time with real-world threats on Virscan.

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ignore, forum double posted, sorry.