AV-Test release latest results

[Lite]

Independent testing body AV-Test.org has released the results of a major comparative of suite products, with many vendors' 2009 editions included in the results. The test covers a range of metrics, including detection rates over various types of malware including adware and spyware, false positive rates, scanning speed, proactive detection, and response times to outbreaks.

In terms of pure detection rates in on-demand scanning, a beta version of GDATA's AVK 2009 topped the charts for both 'malware' (measured against 1,164,662 samples) and 'ad- and spyware' (94,291 samples), with Avira's Premium Security Suite 2008 a close runner-up in the former category and F-Secure 2009 placing second in the latter. Secure Computing's Webwasher gateway product, based on the Avira engine with some in-house heuristics, came third in both categories.

Other areas analysed were scored on a five-point scale from very good to very poor. 'Proactive' protection included scanning of files discovered after the freezing of products, and executing unrecognised malware to test behavioural protection. Products rating 'good' or better in every category include Avira's premium suite (the popular free version has less complete spyware detection), AVK 2009, F-Secure's 2009 suite, Symantec's Norton I.S. 2009 (still in beta) and Sophos's Security Suite 2.5. All products taking part in the test managed to achieve a 'good' or better in at least one category.

The test also included keeping a record of the number of updates released over a four-week period. Of course, these numbers on their own cannot be used to measure the quality of the products involved, but were recorded out of interest. The most interesting data to emerge from this measurement was that the 2009 version of Norton topped the table with an impressive 6,202 incremental micro-updates, issued several times per hour, while Kaspersky came a distant second with a mere 696. Half of the 34 products tested had fewer than 100, including those from McAfee (21) and Trend Micro (30).

View: Original Article

[Marik]

lol, avira is #3

[Lite]

What is funny about that?

[Marik]

that was an "omg" type of lol :yes:

[KilJaden]

The fact that Avira is the best single antivirus engine on the market when it comes to detection is not a new fact , they are doing this for quite a while http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/Results-2008q1.htm http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/la...sults-from.html are the results from this year , here is another from last year http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2135053,00.asp and some results from 2006 http://www.pcwelt.de/start/sicherheit/arch...ngen/index.html or the results from www.av-comparatives.org so the fact they are No. 1 as a single antivirus engine is not a new news.

[ROMANTICGUY50]

Homw come we don't list Avira on the list of Antivirus's recomended by nsane down?

[Lite]

Avast and Avira products are on the list to be listed in the future :yes:

[ROMANTICGUY50]

Avast and Avira products are on the list to be listed in the future :yes:

I am glad to hear that...Awesome Idea!

[LoKz]

Thanks for the info :yes: Avira sounds better than NOD and KAS

ps.. is there any new test for firewalls...? that show the best ones? like this antivirus test.

[Donaldo]

Half of the 34 products tested had fewer than 100, including those from McAfee (21)

McAfee (21)!!!!!

WTF - that's too . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . high. :(

[Lite]

Everyone needs to remember that there is more to an anti-virus than detection ratios in such tests; feature sets, compatability and respone speed are more important. Heuristic Detction is also very important. Look at the whole chart and not just the end two columns and trial each software before coming to the conculsion what is the best product for you.

@Donaldo, what do you mean? That section refers to number of updates.

[KilJaden]

Everyone needs to remember that there is more to an anti-virus than detection ratios in such tests; feature sets, compatability and respone speed are more important. Heuristic Detction is also very important. Look at the whole chart and not just the end two columns and trial each software before coming to the conculsion what is the best product for you.

@Donaldo, what do you mean? That section refers to number of updates.

@Lite You sound just like Andreas Clementi from av-comparatives.org:( .

So every one should try each one until you find the one for you i'm just saying that when it comes to pure detection rates Avira is on Top . Beside you could take a look at this survey from av-comparatives.org if you need a second opinion.

[Marik]

av table added :(

[Donaldo]

@Donaldo, what do you mean? That section refers to number of updates.

I mean . . . . . . . in short, McAfee is a lame excuse for an AntiVirus!!!!

[Entrimo]

For the moment I'm still sticking with NOD32, it's light on rescources, doesn't interfere with anything that I use (or am aware of :)) and just "works". Also, I don't really care for an AV anymore, common sense is the best protection, but my sister isn't as good with computers.. And if my computer did got infected, I wouldn't really have a hard time cleaning it nowadays. Anyways, I'm using SAS as my on-demand scanning and Spybot (just because I have used it since 1.3 :rolleyes:).

[hackblast]

As a registered Kaspersky user... I love the AV, but I'm serioulsy thinking of buying Avira next year. ;)

[LoKz]

is Avira Premium Security Suite any good? <--

[Lammster]

I'm surprised at some of these results. Looks like all the major contenders are getting better over time. Norton in particularly impressed me, since I've been dismissing it as crapware for the past few years. I was a little disappointed by NOD32's benchmarks, but not really surprised since I've been using NOD32 3.0.xxx for a while without being entirely impressed -- its still a great product, and OK for what I use it for, but isn't the champion I came to know and love in previous years. I'm looking forward to trying out AVK 2009 when a final comes out.

[topmoxie]

Thanks for the info ;) Avira sounds better than NOD and KAS

ps.. is there any new test for firewalls...? that show the best ones? like this antivirus test.

sure if you want info on fierwalls go here http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-...nge/results.php

[hackblast]

Thanks for the info ;) Avira sounds better than NOD and KAS

ps.. is there any new test for firewalls...? that show the best ones? like this antivirus test.

sure if you want info on fierwalls go here http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-...nge/results.php

I use Comodo, it's really good and doesn't cost a dime. :beta:

Btw : Aren't we a little offtopic?

[Entrimo]

I'm waiting for AV-Comparatives test result which are to be released in a few days (15? I'm to lazy to check), then if NOD32 isn't among the top performers I might consider changing. It has to be resource-light though.

[LoKz]

Thanks for the info :thumbsup: Avira sounds better than NOD and KAS

ps.. is there any new test for firewalls...? that show the best ones? like this antivirus test.

sure if you want info on fierwalls go here http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-...nge/results.php

I use Comodo, it's really good and doesn't cost a dime. :dance2:

Btw : Aren't we a little offtopic?

Maybe :sneaky: lol thank you for the reply :dance2:

[demonon]

Nah, I am more of a virtualization or HIPS person.

[gest]

I just switched from nod v.2 to avira premium...

Avira is a bit of a hog for resources... All components use about 28 meg mem usage...

Still, it picked a few things that nod has been missing for who knows how long...

All things being equal, if I cannot notice a difference in system performance (none yet, although a full system scan takes a bit longer than nod) then I will prolly stay with avira. Sorry, nod. It has been great knowin' ya...