nsane.forums Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 German IT-security institute AV-Test regularly tests popular antivirus software. In their latest test, Microsoft's free antivirus solution was the only program which failed to receive certification Every two months, AV-Test takes a look at popular antivirus software and security suites and tests them in several ways. In their latest test which was performed on Windows 7 during September and October, Microsoft Security Essentials didn't pass the test to achieve certification. Although that may not sound that impressive, Microsoft's program was the only one which didn't receive AV-Test's certificate. For comparison, the other free antivirus software, including Avast, AVG and Panda Cloud did. There are three categories where the programs receive points: protection, repair and usability. When added all up, the software needs to have at least 11 out of 18 points to pass the test. Security Essentials only got 10,5 points, which brings up the question: What's the cause? It seems that Security Essentials failed to recognize enough zero-day threats with detection rates of only 69% in September and 64% in October, where the average is 89%. The rest of the scores remain largely unchanged when compared to the previous test. It's only honest to mention though that most of the programs tested scored lower than in May and June. Bitdefender Internet Security is the winner with 17 out of 18 points. F-Secure Internet Security and Kaspersky Internet Security came in second and third respectively with 15,5 and 15,0 points. Out of the free programs, ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall got the highest score with 14,5 points. In the similar test for business protection software, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint only gathered 9,5 points. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Microsoft Security Essentials loses AV-Test certificate:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterbaba Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipo Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Microsoft Security Essentials loses AV-Test certificate :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:my thought aswell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 a extremely contrasting report here (about avast): http://www.nsaneforu...-november-2012/ although its of november and deals with removal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudrax Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 a extremely contrasting report here (about avast): http://www.nsaneforu...-november-2012/ although its of november and deals with removalAt least Avast didn't lost the certificate..results are disappointing though.. And, most important thing, every month the AV's ranks keep on changing so should we change our AV every month?..I guess, the answer is NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamkutopolowk Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2013 is one of the best performance excellent, protection excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avmad Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 :lol: :lol: I know people that used to recommend MSE to their clients, they soon had many return with infected systems :rolleyes:After that they never advised it again :DI just hope this will prove to the hangers on how bad MSE actually is, and they find something decent to use.It really is that bad. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2ms Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 The story of IE6 repeats. When new it was among the best.. then it lay to rest.. and eventually became irrelevant.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwop Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 It's funny how many computers we get at my shop that are infected and have AV protection from some of the leaders in that list. Norton especially.Most PCs we see, for whatever reason (infections, hardware problems, etc) have Norton, Kaspersky, MSSE or AVG. AVG and Norton seem to be the worst at stopping infections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASIO Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 free editions are compared with internet security suits ha ha hah aha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXS Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Just to say that this is expected :)Avast was always for a class better than MSE in Zero-day detections :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Its too bad ESET has been slipping lately. I still have 100% results with it on my comps, but than again, I tend not to do stupid stuff on them either. Norton is junk in my opinion. I have several friends with it installed. I continuously have to fix their computers due to viruses. Grr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwop Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Yeah man, I just don't get the love for Norton, especially here on NSD. I actually respect people's opinions here. No small feat for me! It's still bloaty, in particular for older machines, and lets by more infections than any other AV we see. After switching people from Norton to MSSE, months later I get people still thanking me. Its too bad ESET has been slipping lately. I still have 100% results with it on my comps, but than again, I tend not to do stupid stuff on them either. Norton is junk in my opinion. I have several friends with it installed. I continuously have to fix their computers due to viruses. Grr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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