Malware authors continued to outpace security vendors in the second half of 2014, releasing so many and so varied malware strains that in some months security tools from major vendors did not detect any of the malware they were presented with, according to the results of eThreatz automated malware testing. Microsoft detected only a meagre 12% during a 6 months period,
Sophos and TrendMicro did not perform much better.
Symantec Endpoint Protection for Small Business
Sophos Anti Virus
Kaspersky Small Office Security
Microsoft Security Essentials
Trend Micro Worry Free Business Security Standard Edition
eSet NOD 32 Antivirus
Panda Security for Business
McAfee Endpoint Protection Suite
Every month we will be publishing the results of our Enex TestLab eThreatz comparative real world test of eight anti-malware products marketed for the SME sector of business.
I just wanted to start a discussion about the very bad detection rates of various av solutions, and not only Microsoft Security Essentials and Sophos are meant here. All vendors performed dramatically below par and in the link I provided they blame the malcreants’ tsunami of malware all sorts. And when I take into account what we see in the general “virus and worms” sections as “legit” persistent crapware, that is so persistent that only qualified removers can relieve user’s computers of such crap, I fear the worst for the future. The situation is only getting worse (for the unaware and unprepared ;D).
This because most that come to these avast support forums and have issues are avast av users. Of course there are other factors that count, insecure online habits, not fully updated and/or patched OS and third party software, etc. But there must be other factors as well. And it is not only malcreants that are threatening the security of the internet user, there are other forces at work too on dragging their feet in the sand to come to enhanced protection for their own unknown aims (why for instance DNSSEC protocol somehow does not materialize as it should be). I see no real change in this status-quo.
