Love Avast, but why does it rank so low?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2006_08.php

Would really like to see Avast detecting more viruses, particularly the polymorphic kind.
2/10 is disappointing. New features are nice, but it doesn’t mean much if viruses are overlooked.

Does anyone know if there are plans to address this low-score virus detection issue?

Many Thanks

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Quoted from the site:

“It is forbidden to provide the tables or results in full or in parts on other sites! Please just refer a link to www.av-comparatives.org.”

I think we should respect the author. You are looking at a single line in a table,
and then you will be able to find whatever you are looking for. :frowning:

The conclusion of the test is what counts here. Read the whole test instead of
misusing a single number.

Thanks

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Avast is always improving, so i think you can expect even better results in next test of this kind. :wink:

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Read Vlk’s posts: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=4979.msg36041#msg36041
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=12175.msg102828#msg102828
Here how independent are some of these tests:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=14071.0

About Jotti:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=21304.msg186240#msg186240

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Note that these particular viruses are zoo samples which you are unlikely to meet in real.

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Thank you igor, Tech and IBK.
The info you posted was very helpful.

So, from a user perspective - how does the Avast’s virus detection rank alongside NAV, AVK etc? Have any of you had a situation where another scanner detected a virus, but Avast did not?

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Just FYI, IBK is the owner of the av-comparatives.org site - so he certainly knows what he’s talking about… :wink: :slight_smile:

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Sure, such a situation sometimes occurs - with any antivirus, not just avast!.