Antivirus packers test

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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There is test on russian site where they checked support of packers in various AntiViruses

http://www.anti-malware.ru/index.phtml?part=tests

if You check details in that .xls then Avast! score is quite bad …

any comment from Alwil team ? thx

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Here: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=149837

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Spyros, are you sure that Alwil team posted there? I could not found easily… just common users… ::slight_smile:

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I think i__g might be someone from the Team (post #18).

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Igor Glucksmann, I suppose :wink:

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well it seems it was some1 from Alwil :slight_smile: yet that’s non Avast forum :slight_smile:

and i remember Avast! packer support was quite “fine” and sometimes “top notch” … so i was like … hmm

hopefully just another wrong done test …

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In my opinion, the scores are very strange. I think that “the number of green fields” would give much better sense than “the number of completely green rows”.
I suggest to read the full discussion below on wilderssecurity - it actually contains very relevant points.
Also, the test certainly doesn’t include the latest build of avast! (2 more packers should be supported that are not); it may be true for the other products as well.

So, I’d say that the test is “interesting”, but with very limited relevance to the real world.

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well i noticed authors of these tests are quite open and they admit they “maybe” done something wrong …

and asked for comments and help from other “AV” experts … so maybe they will share theirs “test set” with You

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It will be good if IBK posts here… ::slight_smile: ???