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Information Technology News Shock: Some major anti-virus vendors fail VB100’s latest test
Information Technology News Shock: Some major anti-virus vendors fail VB100’s latest test | Shock: Some major anti-virus vendors fail VB100’s latest test |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Wednesday, 09 April 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 Roberts of The 451 Group says that: “Certifications like VB100, which are based largely on static file analysis have gone a long way towards sustaining the signature based detection model when others might serve consumers and enterprises better”. Featured Whitepaper
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Roberts then says: “However, as the malware problem has exploded in recent years, the problems with the industry’s narrow focus on signature matching became too obvious to ignore. At long last, changes are coming to VB and other testing organizations.” Amongst many other noteworthy things Roberts says (which are worth reading), Roberts notes that: “In short, new testing methods will end the illusion of competence that current testing models perpetuate. They’ll also raise the bar on malware detection for established vendors, and may very possibly reshuffle the ranks within the antimalware business. Stay tuned!” To see the full report, you need to become a paid subscriber of the Virus Bulletin VB100 service, but a simple listing of the winners and losers is available online for all to see after free registration. Here’s the list of who passed and failed – see the VB100 site for more information . AEC (Trustport Antivirus) – PASS Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro – FAIL – 4 wildlist misses AhnLab V3 – FAIL – 2 wildlist misses Alwil avast! – FAIL – 19 wildlist misses, 1 false positive AVG (Grisoft) - PASS Avira AntiVir - PASS BitDefender – FAIL – 2 wildlist misses Bullguard – FAIL – 2 wildlist misses CA eTrust Antivirus - PASS CA Internet Security - PASS Check Point Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite - PASS Doctor Web – FAIL – 47 wildlist misses Eset NOD32 Antivirus - PASS Fortinet FortiClient - PASS FRISK F-PROT Antivirus - PASS F-Secure Client Security - PASS GDATA Antivirus 2008 - PASS Hauri ViRobot – FAIL – 3 wildlist misses Ikarus Virus Utilities – FAIL – 24 wildlist misses, 6 false positives For the rest of the list, please read onto page 3. |
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