Av-comparatives Summary Report 2009!

[jav]

AV-comparatives released The award "Product of the Year 2009" for each category:

AV-Comparatives - Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software - Summary Reports

Overall Product of the year:

GOLD: Symatec
Silver: Kaspersky
Bronze:ESET​

But look at full report there are a lot of categories and runner-ups.
At the end there is summary comments of all products..
http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/summary/summary2009.pdf

 

[alwinwinjoe]

Looks like Symantec got it this year.

 

[gamepro127]

Symantec doing pretty nicely...Improved their detection AND performance a TONE!

 

[kodi]

These type of tests are just Media hype and Marketing scams.
If you believe this sort of thing you must also believe in the Tooth Fairy and Santa.
Use a different set of inputs and you will get a completely different winner.
This is how A.V. companies sell their products, they show how efficient there program is against others by using inputs that their product can detect.

 

[jav]

These type of tests are just Media hype and Marketing scams.
If you believe this sort of thing you must also believe in the Tooth Fairy and Santa.
Use a different set of inputs and you will get a completely different winner.
This is how A.V. companies sell their products, they show how efficient there program is against others by using inputs that their product can detect.

In a way I agree with you...

http://www.sevenforums.com/system-s...s-you-rock-solid-protection-4.html#post455377 (post #37)
(too lazy to write it again, but it's almost the same thing )

 

[kodi]

I read that post Yesterday have been following that thread.
My 2c worth, pick an A.V. program from the top 10 programs that you like and am confident with and stick with it (they are as good as each other).
Just run a scan every now and then with another product just to be sure.

 

[TOF]

If you google anti-virus reports, pretty well every different report has different results. Which one is accurate if any?

 

[whs]

One thing I noticed with all the commercial products: Their prices went down considerably since MS came out with MSE (which I am using now with good results).

 

[kodi]

If you google anti-virus reports, pretty well every different report has different results. Which one is accurate if any?

They will all be accurate but the problem is the inputs they use to test them.
An example of this is Avast will use 100 virus/worms etc. that they know their system can pick up but Nortons or one of the others will miss some, making Avast look good,and Nortons will use some that make Avast look bad and theirs look good

 

[Dinesh]

Norton 2010 wins the race this year. That's nice.

 

[TOF]

I had Symantec destroy my system a few years back when I tried to completely uninstall it. My intentions were to uninstall and reinstall but I changed my mind after it destroyed my OS.

Norton might get good reviews. But the software acts like a virus when one wants to completely uninstall it by the fact that it will destroy your system hands down.

 

[whs]

I had Symantec destroy my system a few years back when I tried to completely uninstall it. My intentions were to uninstall and reinstall but I changed my mind after it destroyed my OS.

Norton might get good reviews. But the software acts like a virus when one wants to completely uninstall it by the fact that it will destroy your system hands down.

A normal uninstall does not work with a lot of security suites. You have to use their specific uninstallers. For Norton products it is this one: ( Download and run the Norton Removal Tool ). McAfee and some of the others have their own too.
My experience with Norton IS was very good. But now I use MSE which is lighter and does a good job.

 

[Archmage]

These type of tests are just Media hype and Marketing scams.
If you believe this sort of thing you must also believe in the Tooth Fairy and Santa.
Use a different set of inputs and you will get a completely different winner.
This is how A.V. companies sell their products, they show how efficient there program is against others by using inputs that their product can detect.

Well, if you take a look at the tests of AV Comparatives, you will see that they cover a great scope of differente inputs, to give their results - and they don´t belong or are endorsed for any of the A.V. companies, so I take their tests in consideration.

And, anyway, I´m very happy with MSE right now.

 

[alwinwinjoe]

I had Symantec destroy my system a few years back when I tried to completely uninstall it. My intentions were to uninstall and reinstall but I changed my mind after it destroyed my OS.

Norton might get good reviews. But the software acts like a virus when one wants to completely uninstall it by the fact that it will destroy your system hands down.

I tried NAV 2010 and there was no need for the removal tool. It was a breeze uninstalling . But I'm still sticking to avast! antivirus .