Test Man6
join:2003-04-12
USA
| reply to Frisky
Re: VERY interesting latest AV Comparatives test
One minor thing to keep in my mind regarding these results is that Avira Premium was the program tested.I hear that the difference between Avira Premium and Avira free is that there is more spyware/adware definitions in Premium.
At any rate these results will cause a lot of users to seriously consider Avira for their a/v needs.
Rightfully so. |
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IBK
join:2003-06-20
Austria | as spyware etc. in not included in the test-sets, you can consider that premium and free version would get same results. |
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Jer03
join:2006-08-16
Las Cruces, NM
| reply to Frisky
HI Frisky,
I appreciate the reply, and understand that the test was with the old version. I am looking forward to the test with V4. I understand that IBK is going to run a special test with it. That will be good.
F-Prot (I got corrected for posting F-Protect, but assumed that was what the Prot stood for.) has a loyal following of some very savvy folks, so I am expecting almost miracles. 
Although I am not currently a user, I appreciate the license fee plan that is very generous and helps famillies and those who have more than one computer. I hope you can continue that, but realize that you might not be able to.
Thanks again, and keep up the good work.
Best Regards,
Jerry |
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Test Man6
join:2003-04-12
USA | reply to Mele20
IBK,
Thanks for clarifying that about Avira and the Premium vs. free detections.
Thanks also for the professional tests! |
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Test99
Premium
join:2003-04-24
San Jose, CA
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 ·InPhonex
| reply to Mele20
said by Mele20  :....especially with Avira being free! I just downloaded Avira Personal Edition Classic. Is that the free version? It says the license is valid until November 30.
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data
join:2006-07-08
| reply to Mele20
I don't understand why so many people are now excited about the results Avira achieved in the recent comparative test. Every AV vendor could make the same detection based on flagging every strange runtime packed file at the cost of producing a high number of false positives. If you use legit software that is protected against reverse engineering, you'd get most of the files flagged as suspicious. In real life, I couldn't live with that, I noticed about 20 FPs because of this in a single day. |
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one1112
join:2006-01-31
Long Beach, CA | reply to Mele20
False Positives
Is there anyway to see how many false positives each AV had? |
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IBK
join:2003-06-20
Austria | yes, in the second part of the test, which will be released in some months. |
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