Avast 5 officially released

[GeorgeB]

Just downloaded Avast 5 and downloaded the latest definitions. Went about to test and see how good the new version is.

Had a directory with 8 fresh new viri waiting to see the results.

Out of 8 it only detected 2

Removed Avast 5 and installed Kaspersky 2010 with full definitions.

Kaspersky detected 6 out of 8

Will leave Kaspersky on for a while.

 

[Dinesh]

 

[Dr NeuTroN]

thank u

 

[swarfega]

It would be interesting if you did the same test with MSE.

 

[hackerman1]

GeorgeB: do you have a-squared ?
then it would be interesting to see how it performs on the same viruses.

 

[Phone Man]

Not very scientific of a test with only 8 samples. AV-Comparatives in one test used 23,000 virus files and I think the highest found rate was 13,000. It just depends on which test virus you are using.

 

[isecasa]

I have it and notice the following things:

--- there are major updates and various scanning modes
---- the Behaviour shield and the anti-rootkit are not entirely completed

 

[GeorgeB]

It would be interesting if you did the same test with MSE.

MSE found 5

a-squared and MalwareBytes detected them all.

 

[hackerman1]

hi !

Not very scientific of a test with only 8 samples. AV-Comparatives in one test used 23,000 virus files and I think the highest found rate was 13,000. It just depends on which test virus you are using.

yes, of course it´s not scientific.
i just thought it might be interesting anyway...

 

[hackerman1]

it would be interesting if you did the same test with mse.

mse found 5 :d

a-squared and malwarebytes detected them all.

THANKS GeorgeB !

 

[GeorgeB]

Not very scientific of a test with only 8 samples. AV-Comparatives in one test used 23,000 virus files and I think the highest found rate was 13,000. It just depends on which test virus you are using.

I am not a scientist, I did it for fun to see what kind of results I would
get

Even though there were only 8 samples, it shows that AVAST did poorly
while all the others did much better.

 

[Phone Man]

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Not very scientific of a test with only 8 samples. AV-Comparatives in one test used 23,000 virus files and I think the highest found rate was 13,000. It just depends on which test virus you are using.

I am not a scientist, I did it for fun to see what kind of results I would
get

Even though there were only 8 samples, it shows that AVAST did poorly
while all the others did much better.

I realized that, but my point is if you use 8 other samples you will probably get different results. The old saying, its not what you know, but what questions you are asked.

Jim