AV-Comparatives (www.av-comparatives.org) has released their Retrospective Proactive test, July 2012. This is their test for the heuristic
detection and behavioral protection against new/unknown malicious software. Twenty vendor antivirus (internet security)
products were tested. Eleven products
received the top rating of Advanced+, or three stars.Congrats to the top eleven!
The top four products were from
- Kaspersky
- BitDefender
- F-Secure
- G Data
Double congrats and bravilna to the top four! Kaspersky and
BitDefender had the highest “Heuristic +Behavioral Protection Rate”, at 97%. Ahnlab received the lowest designation, “tested”
and Qihoo had over 100 false alarms. GFI and Fortinet weren't far behind. At
the other extreme, Microsoft and Eset had the fewest false alarms, at less than
three.
It’s worthwhile to go to the web site, download and read the
whole report to gain insights on the AV-comparatives test methodology for this
report. The web site has been redesigned. Check it out.
About AV-Comparatives
AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization,
which provides independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public. Go to the AV-comparatives website for
complete details about the organization, the many tests they perform, and to
download copies of test reports.
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