This “test” has been discussed a few months ago already.
I can only say that Avast is one of the best in that test, Why ? Because there are still 30 other AV’s behind it !
If you are number 13 out of a list of 46 > That’s not bad at all !
If you see that AVG, Norman, Bullguard, Bitdefender,E-trust etc… are all behind AVAST ? Why do you think Avast is not safe ? There all good products also.
If only the big boys (so to speak) like Kaspersky, F-secure, Macafee, Norton etc seem to score a little better, than I’m more than happy to own Avast (wich is free). ;D
Yes, but there is also about 13% diffrence in findin viruses comparing it to the first ones, I don’t think it is a small diffrence. Of course I agree with you, that it is great for a free program, but the professional version, which is not free is also in the 13th position…
Well, I think that the concept of this whole test is completely wrong. I have never seen their testbed but according to their web they did not replicate the viruses at all!!! And how they know the file is infected?? Let’s quote them:
The 50795 virus samples were chosen using VS2000 according to Kaspersky, F-Prot, RAV and McAfee antivirus programs. Each virus sample was unique by virus name, meaning that AT LEAST 1 antivirus programs detected it as a new virus.
That means that:
[]the set can contain the false positives from the four products mentioned above, meaning that any other product is penalized while not detecting such file[]also it means that if some virus is not detected by those scanners but is detected by some other antivirus, it will NOT be included in the test set, which gives the unfair advantage to those products
No wonder all of them are in the top five!
I am sorry to say this, but the antivirus detection testing is very difficult task and I do know many (if any?) people on the Earth which are able to do this in the right way. I definitely know that the authors of these tests do not belong to them…
BTW: Even in the most thorough tests avast! has more than 90% detection rate
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Well, I think that the concept of this whole test is completely wrong. I have never seen their testbed but according to their web they did not replicate the viruses at all!!! And how they know the file is infected?? Let’s quote them:
The 50795 virus samples were chosen using VS2000 according to Kaspersky, F-Prot, RAV and McAfee antivirus programs. Each virus sample was unique by virus name, meaning that AT LEAST 1 antivirus programs detected it as a new virus.
That means that:
[]the set can contain the false positives from the four products mentioned above, meaning that any other product is penalized while not detecting such file[]also it means that if some virus is not detected by those scanners but is detected by some other antivirus, it will NOT be included in the test set, which gives the unfair advantage to those products
No wonder all of them are in the top five!
I am sorry to say this, but the antivirus detection testing is very difficult task and I do know many (if any?) people on the Earth which are able to do this in the right way. I definitely know that the authors of these tests do not belong to them…
BTW: Even in the most thorough tests avast! has more than 90% detection rate
Pavel
Pavel, although I am a little more than a beginner, two things came to mind when I checked out that site…first, that was done in May…several months ago…maybe those results have changed .
second, who sponsored the testing? is it like the drug companies here in America do? announce results that make their drugs look good (so they can make money) and others look bad? was it really a disinterested 3rd party that did the testing and what was the exact protocol followed?
I sincerely doubt that this was a fair assessment of the antivirus programs…
Avast! Rules!!
I won’t comment this ranking… >:(
I won’t believe in Norton. Maybe it caught virus but certainly it will bring more troubles (Windows Registry, performance, all-in-one application, etc.) that I won’t use it again anymore. This is our place: avast ;D
After trying the most AV programs above avast in virus.gr test, I decided that the AV that uses less resources, doesn’t cause problems in my PC, is stable, is very much configurable, has a very nice interface and is easy to use, is nod32, but it is not free. If someone is looking for a free program, avas is great.
Thank you for your opinions!
