Ohhhh…you are bringing logic and sanity to the discussion ?..that is just not right.
If you are going to be rational then how can we complain about the “what if” and “why not” and “how come”.
Essexboy, that is not playing fair. :slight_smile:

OK…I’ll bat the ball across the net…here goes.
In your “self use test” scenario…if you don’t do any “bad” stuff on your PC then you don’t need A/V at all…so in this logic no A/V is just as good as Avast, and I rate Avast much higher than that.

Seriously, I think A/V (malware protection, etc.) is like an insurance policy…you know you need it but not ever sure how much you need or how good it is until lightning strikes. Thus, it is a balance of how much cost versus reward (protection) you need. I think the point of all the above is that these tests “are” relevant in that this is how…for better or worse…things are compared.