Virus Bulletin has released
the results of their latest VB100
testing. Many, but not all of the
products tested were 2013 versions. Symantec, Avira, Webroot (this makes one year) and Trend Micro (several years for
Trend) were not part of the test. Sophos,
Kaspersky, Avast, AVG Technologies, and ESET were.
About a third of the products tested failed to receive a
VB100 award this time. A cone of shame
to the following – BeyondTrust,
Commtouch, ESTsoft, FileMedic (formerly MKS) Filseclab, K7 Computing, Norman,
Roboscan, Total Defense Consumer, VIRUSfighter Pro, and Zeobit.
A summary of the full results is at the link below.
Congratulations to those receiving the VB100. You can
buy the full test results or subscribe to Virus Bulletin to obtain them.
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 . In addition,
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. When looking at a company’s award page, verify
which product was tested.
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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