Antivirus Test Resuts

About AV-Test.org

2009-09-28T00:31:00.000-07:00

AV-Test GmbH is a worldwide operating and leading service provider for IT security testing and consultancy services, with a team that has more than 15 years of experience in the area of anti-virus research and data security. Every year, AV-Test performs more than 2,500 product tests of anti-virus, anti-spyware, personal firewallsand related products on behalf of the producers, integrators (OEM), corporate users and for magazines.

The company’s test labs are equipped with more than 150 computers and server systems. Currently AV-Test has access to 125 Terabytes of testing data. AV-Test conducts tests on all important desktop and server platforms, including all currently supported versions of Windows, Linux, Solaris, Unix, Lotus Domino/Notes and MS Exchange.

K7 TotalSecurity outperforms leading Anti-Virus brands as reported by AV-Test.org

2009-09-28T00:25:00.000-07:00

K7 TotalSecurity

K7 TotalSecurity, an integrated product featuring Antivirus, Firewall, Privacy and Anti-spam, developed by K7 Computing, has been ranked amongst the top virus detection programs globally by AV-Test GmbH, a leading service provider for IT security testing and consultancy services. Targeted primarily at the home-user segment, K7 TotalSecurity has outperformed products from other key players in
this segment.

The test was conducted on leading antivirus products, catering to the enterprise as well as the home-user segment and results were published on 7th September 2009.. The products were tested for their efficacy in detecting various threats that Internet users may be exposed to, including viruses, worms, adwares & spywares, Trojans, Rootkits and other latest security threats. K7 TotalSecurity proved to be one among the best anti-virus products in the home-user category with a consolidated detection rate of 97.24%. The product demonstrated detection rates of over 97% for adwares & spywares, of over 98% for backdoor threats, of over 96% for bots and Trojans, of over 99% for viruses and over 97% for worms.

AVG showed a consolidated detection rate of 96.49% while Kaspersky’s home-user product displayed a consolidated detection rate of 95.39% while QuickHeal, F-Prot and Trend Micro showed consolidated detection rates of 92.69%, 89.18% and 75.76% respectively.

About K7 Computing

K7 Computing is a leading information security software solutions
company providing K7 TotalSecurity (Firewall, Antivirus, Anti-spam, Anti-Spyware, Privacy Control & System monitor) to protect individuals and organizations from IT threats like viruses, malware, spyware and other potential hacker attacks.

Founded in 1991, the company has in the past few years created Virus Security, which has gone on to become the fastest selling desktop security solution in Japan and is currently the No.1 Desktop Security product there. Today K7 Computing, with its track record of Total Internet Security suite innovation, characteristic, compact engineering and swift response to evolving consumer expectations, is poised to widen its horizons all over the world.

Malware Blocking Tests Put Trend Micro on Top

2009-09-28T00:15:00.000-07:00

Trend Micro scored well above its competition in new, antivirus test results that gauged whether an antivirus product can block malware you're tricked into downloading.

The unsponsored test of socially engineered malware protection from NSS Labs used just-collected URLs of malicious sites and downloads. The sites used social engineering lures, such as claims that visitors need to download a fake video codecs to watch a movie, to trick potential victims into downloading the malware.

According to NSS Labs president Rick Moy, these results indicate that Trend Micro stopped 91 percent of downloads by either blocking the URL prior to downloading the file, or recognizing the file as malicious after it was downloaded, but before it was executed/double-clicked. Trend recognized as malicious and stopped an additional 5.5 percent of malware after it was executed but before it could install, for a total block rate of 96.4 percent. Kaspersky came in second with an 87.8 percent overall success rate.

Moy's report notes that Trend Micro's high score was significantly boosted by the company's use of an in-the-cloud reputation sytem that checks URLs and downloads against a server-based list of known malicious sites and files.

It's important to note that because the execution blocking tests only used the malware that had first made it through the first two tests (blocking the URL or recognizing the download prior to execution), the execution results in the chart don't represent an overall test of any given product's ability to stop malware using behavioral analysis or something similar.

Also, NSS Labs' results don't represent a complete test of a product's overall efficacy, as the results don't measure how well AV might block malware that comes in as an e-mail attachment or any other vector aside from a socially engineered download. The tests also don't include sites that use hidden exploits on Web pages to attempt to install malware without your ever knowing. While exploits sites are highly dangerous, Moy says the attack code they use essentially breaks the method NSS Labs uses to automate downloads and testing (for more exploits and NSS Labs' methodology, see my previous post on IE 8 and browser URL blocking).

Instead, these tests' value lies in their abilty to simulate real-world protection against a broad category of threats that are out there right now, based on the critical point of "did it keep the malware from running on the PC." NSS labs gathered lists of suspicious URLs and downloads, filtered and verified them as malicious, and then immediately used the lists to test antivirus products. The company used 3,243 verified URLs over the course of its tests, which were run during July and August.

Unlike previous browser blocking tests, Moy says these antivirus tests were not sponsored by any company. The full test report is available from the NSS Labs site for those who register. And for full antivirus product reviews that include malware blocking tests from AVTest.org.

G DATA AntiVirus

2009-09-16T10:04:00.000-07:00

G DATA AntiVirus

The test result for the G DATA AntiVirus

Testing Labs	2009	2008
av-comparatives.org	99.8%	66.0%
virus.gr	99.05%	99.05%

F-secure Antivirus

2009-09-16T09:55:00.000-07:00

F-secure Antivirus

The test result for the F-secure Antivirus

Testing Labs	2009	2008
av-test.org	99.2%	98.2%
av-comparatives.org	93.4%	20.0%
virus.gr	98.75	98.75%
icsalabs.com	Pass	Pass

Eset Nod32 Antivirus

2009-09-16T09:50:00.000-07:00

Eset Nod32 Antivirus

The Test Result For Eset Nod32 Antivirus

Testing Labs	2009	2008
av-test.org	94.4%	94.4%
av-comparatives.org	97.6%	54.0%
virus.gr	93.36%	93.36%
icsalabs.com	Pass	Pass

Avast Antivirus

2009-09-05T00:39:00.000-07:00

Avast Antivirus

The test result for the Avast Antivirus

Testing Labs	2009	2008
av-test.org	99.3%	99.3%
av-comparatives.org	98.2%	40.0%
virus.gr	93.78%	93.78%
icsalabs.com	Pass	Pass

McAfee Antivirus

2009-09-05T00:28:00.000-07:00

McAfee Antivirus

The test result for the McAfee Antivirus

Testing Labs	2009	2008
av-test.org	93.6%	93.6%
av-comparatives.org	99.1%	37.0%
virus.gr	86.57%	86.5%
icsalabs.com	Pass	Pass

Avira Antivirus

2009-09-03T00:59:00.001-07:00

Avira Antivirus

The test result for the Avira Antivirus

Testing Labs	2009	2008
av-test.org	99.8%	99.8%
av-comparatives.org	99.7%	71.0%
virus.gr	97.13%	97.13%
icsalabs.com	pass	pass

AVG Antivirus

2009-09-03T00:51:00.000-07:00

AVG Antivirus

The test result for the AVG Antivirus

Testing Labs	2009	2008
av-test.org	95.8%	95.8%
av-comparatives.org	93.0%	43.0%
virus.gr	94.85%	94.85%
icsalabs.com	pass	pass

eScan Antivirus

2009-09-02T07:26:00.000-07:00

eScan Antivirus

The test result for the eScan Antivirus

Testing Labs	2009	2008
av-test.org	97.8%	97.8%
av-comparatives.org	98.0%	18.0%
virus.gr	97.4%	97.4%
icsalabs.com	pass	pass

Norton Antivirus

2009-09-02T06:31:00.000-07:00

Norton Antivirus

The test result for the Norton Antivirus

Testing Labs	2009	2008
av-test.org	98.7%	97.8%
av-comparatives.org	98.7%	44.0%
virus.gr	83.34%	83.34%
icsalabs.com	pass	pass

Kaspersky Antivirus

2009-09-02T05:29:00.000-07:00

Kaspersky Antivirus

The test result for the Kaspersky Antivirus

Testing Labs	2009	2008
av-test.org	98.4%	98.4%
av-comparatives.org	97.1%	71.0%
virus.gr	97.95%	97.95%
icsalabs.com	Pass	Pass

Bitdefender Antivirus

2009-09-02T05:18:00.000-07:00

Bitdefender Antivirus

The test result for the Bitdefender Antivirus

Testing Labs	2009	2008
av-test.org	97.6%	97.6%
av-comparatives.org	98%	51%
virus.gr	91.32%	91.32%
icsalabs.com	pass	pass