NSS Labs Tests : current av generally poor

[thathagat]

hmmm....read here... they recommend F-Secure ,McAfee ,Trend Micro

nsslabs Consumer Anti-Malware Products: Group Test Report Q3 2010

pdf report

Malware protection is far from commodity, with effectiveness ranging between 54% and 90%, a 36% spread

Cybercriminals have between a 10% - 45% chance of getting past your AV with Web Malware (depending on the product)

Cybercriminals have between 25% - 97% chance of compromising your machine using exploits (depending on the product)

Expect use of exploits to increase since it is far more effective than traditional malware

 

[Corrine]

What was tested:
Client-side exploits against applications such as Windows® Internet Explorer®, Mozilla® Firefox®, Apple® Quicktime®, and Adobe® Acrobat®.

Based on Jan's post at Exploit Toolkit Infects One in Ten Users via Outdated Java, they should have tested against Java as well.

 

[Hopalong X]

They left out Avast.

That is very strange.

Vendors Tested: AVG, ESET, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Microsoft, Norman, Panda, Sunbelt, Symantec, Trend Micro, http://www.nsslabs.com/research/endpoint-security/anti-malware/search-results.html?search=