Anyone know how many viruses Avast can detect? I think the Avast staff should include that info in their website to the public. For example, Norton and McAfee can detect over 65000
This was discussed a lot in the past…
- There are a marketing issue involved. Companies estimate the number of viruses by high.
- There are different counts possible: variants, etc.
- There is not an international rule for virus naming, so same virus could be consider one or more by other company.
- Scanning settings are very important.
- Active viruses (ITW) are really more important then the whole number.
Well, etc. etc.
Trust avast 8)
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Plus generic signatures and heuristic detections (mail scanner) cannot be really counted.