Hi, avast companions,
I have read the antivirus test free edition at this link here http://ssupdater.com/modules/Forums/index.php?showtopic=2592
avast got the second position there. Is a reliable test? best regards.
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“Welcome to the first SSUpdater.com Antivirus test FREE EDITION!!! As you will see we have tested a few paid versions and a few Anti-Malware/Anti-Spyware programs on the same malware sample, and that should give everybody a clear perspective on what can be used as a security tool.We have stepped a bit further then before with our malware sample which contains 384.250 items and is the most “dangerous” sample ever made, and as you will see you DON’T need a huge sample (full of jokes) to prove some programs effectiveness.
We used the “finest” blend of Worms,Trojans,Backdoors,Windows Viruses, General Malware (18 types) and Unknown Malware as well as “Spyware”.
This test was conducted under VMware virtual environment and Windows XP SP2 fully updated, all the programs tested were fully updated and using full scanning capabilities with heuristic behavior and riskware defense .
This test is brought to you by
The results
(Program name/Detection rate)
1.AntiVir Personal Edition Classic- 99.16%
2.Avast! Home Edition- 98.94%
3.BitDefender Free Edition- 97.44%
4.McAfee by AOL- 94.21%
5.Moon Secure Antivirus BETA- 90.93%
6.1-2-3 Spyware Free- 81.87%
- AVG Antivirus Free Edition- 78.34
8.PC Tools Antivirus Free Edition- 74.95%
9.Comodo Antivirus BETA- 74.43%
10.Spyware Terminator with Antivirus- 73.98%
11.ClamWin Antivirus- 66.94%
12.a-squared Anti-Malware- 65.96%
13.AVG Anti-Spyware-61.23%
The Results/Paid Versions
(Program name/Detection rate)
1.AntiVir Personal Edition Premium- 99.33%
2.Kaspersky Antivirus- 98.85%
3.Sophos Antivirus- 96.48%
4.Nod32 V3- 90.61%
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5.Nod32 V2.7- 89.94%
6.ThreatFire Pro- 88.69%
*Note: Since Avast introduced version 4.8 at the last minute, we have tested both versions. The score of the new build is in the results and the version 4.7 got 98.03%.”
