AV-Comparatives May Retrospective/Proactive Test released

AV-comparatives.org has released new Retrospective/Proactive Test.

In total 16 antivirus products were tested.

Top three performers were Microsoft, ESET NOD32 and Kaspersky.

Avira found most but it was penalized due to some false positives and didn't make to to top three.

Three last ones were F-secure, Norman and Kingston.

Read entire test here (Retrospective/Proactive Test May 2009, Report (PDF - english))

AV-comparatives Retrospective/ProActive test released

AV-comparatives has tested again how different antiviruses detect new malware.

Below are detection rates:

ProActive detection of new samples (1st week only):
1. Avira & Kaspersky 71%
2. GData 66%
3. NOD32 54%
4. Sophos & BitDefender 51%
5. Trustport 50%

ProActive detection of new samples (all 4-weeks):
1. Avira 67%
2. Kaspersky 60%
3. GData 59%
4. NOD32 51%
5. Sophos 50%

In overall NOD32 was ranked as first, followed by Avira and Kaspersky.

Read entire test here (Comparatives - Retrospective/ProActive Test November 2008).

AV-comparatives released performance test

Ever wondered that is your antivirus solution slow or fast compared to others?

AV-comparatives tested this time how anti-virus softwares impact on system performance.

Top three performers were:

1. ESET
2. Symantec
3. VBA32

And these three were heaviest solutions:

1. F-secure
2. TrustPort
3. Sophos

Read entire test here (Comparatives - Performance Test).

AV-comparatives September test out

AV-comparatives September test has been published.

This time top 3 antiviruses are:

1. AVIRA AntiVir Premium 99,2 %
2. G DATA AntiVirus Kit 99,1 %
3. Symantec AntiVirus 97,9%

In total there was tested 16 antivirus programs.

Read entire test here (Comparatives, On-demand comparative August 2008).

On-demand AV-comparative test for February 2008 released

On-demand comparative test for February 2008 was released yesterday in AV-comparatives.org

The following products were used with their best possible settings:

avast! Professional Edition 4.7
AVG Anti-Malware 7.5
AVIRA AntiVir Personal Edition Premium 7.06
BitDefender Professional Plus 2008 11.0
eScan Anti-Virus 9.0
ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus 3.0
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2008 8.0
G DATA AntiVirusKit (AVK) 2008 18.0
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.1
McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008 12.0
Microsoft OneCare 2.0
Norman SS Antivirus & Anti-Spyware 7.0
Sophos Anti-Virus 7.0
Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 2008 15.0
TrustPort Antivirus Workstation 2.8.0
VBA32 Scanner for Windows 3.12.6

Read more here