About a third of the products tested failed to receive a
VB100 award this time. A cone of shame
to the following - Agnitum, Central Command, CMC Internet Security, Comodo
(interesting), Defenx, eEYE, ESTsoft, Filselab, GFI VIPRE, Ikarus, iolo,
Lavasoft (Ad-Aware, the free antivirus version is typically a CNET download Top 20 favorite), Optent, Quick Heal ,Roboscan, and VirusBuster. AVG Technologies, Commtouch, and TrustPort
redeemed themselves from the last test.
A summary of the results is at the link below. You can
buy the full test results or subscribe to Virus Bulletin for the full
results, as well.
Results from this should be looked at in conjunction with
tests from other test groups such as www.av-test.org
and www.av-comparatives.org . Also,
it’s not how the company has performed on the VB100 test over
years. It’s only the last couple of
years that are relevant. Though ESET’s
record of 74 and 2 is quite impressive.
VB100 Test
Methodology
The purpose of the VB100 comparative is to provide insight
into the relative performance of the solutions taking part in the tests,
covering as wide a range of areas as possible within the limitations of time
and available resources. More details
are available at
UK based Virus Bulletin started in 1989. They provide PC users with a regular source of intelligence
about computer viruses, their prevention, detection, and removal, and how to
recover programs and data following an attack.
The Virus Bulletin website is at www.virusbtn.com
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