Shock: Some major anti-virus vendors fail VB100’s latest test

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Wednesday, 09 April 2008 18:07

Business IT - Security

K7 Computing Total Security – FAIL – 19 wildlist misses, 2 false positives
Kaspersky Anti-Virus - PASS
Kingsoft Internet Security 2008 - PASS
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise – FAIL – 1 wildlist miss
Microsoft Forefront Client Security - PASS
Microsoft Windows Live OneCare - PASS

MicroWorld MWTI eScan Internet Security - PASS
Norman Virus Control – FAIL – 1 false positive
PC Tools AntiVirus – FAIL – 4 wildlist misses
CAT QuickHeal Anti-Virus Lite – FAIL – 2 false positives
Redstone Redprotect - PASS
Rising Antivirus – FAIL – 3 wildlist misses, 1 false positive
Security Coverage PC Live – FAIL – 859 wildlist misses, 1 false positive
Sophos Anti-Virus – FAIL – 2 wildlist misses
Symantec Norton Anti-Virus - PASS
Trend Micro Internet Security – FAIL – 3 wildlist misses, 2 false positives
VirusBuster Professional – FAIL – 4 wildlist misses
Webroot Spysweeper with Antivirus – FAIL – 2 wildlist misses