Malware vs Virus Scanners: 12 passed, 13 failed

jmke · 4th September 2009, 15:22

We are happy to announce the results of our latest test, Project#20. Project#20 is first in line of our RWS (real world scenario) tests, in this particular one we used 60 pieces of malware which were collected from infected machines (US, EUROPE, ASIA), we used those samples to test real time blocking capabilities of 25 security applications.

The goal of this test is to block all 60 samples of malware from running and infecting the system, all applications that manage to block all the samples will receive MRG System Protected Award.

http://malwareresearchgroup.com/?page_id=2

jmke · 4th September 2009, 15:25

Most popular AVAST and AVG fail;

wutske · 4th September 2009, 17:29

For this test yes, but it'll probably pass if another set of malware was used.
60 samples isn't much, considering the amount of virusses that are in the running nowadays.

jmke · 4th September 2009, 17:38

one passing is enough to set havoc and allow for others to pass; 0 is the ONLY valid score here.

wutske · 4th September 2009, 17:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

one passing is enough to set havoc and allow for others to pass; 0 is the ONLY valid score here.

What I mean is that the scanners that pass this test will probably fail when another set of malware is used.

jmke · 4th September 2009, 18:55

most likely, yes, none are 100% secure. But widely available malware not being picked up by this popular free scanners is quite an oversight

nocutius · 5th September 2009, 08:43

i can't believe that avg and avast could really be better than bitdefender overall.

Kougar · 5th September 2009, 14:58

I had a simple text file with a few names/addresses of online AV scanners that I gave to people that needed it. Bitdefender thought it was a host file attack and would always delete it when I tried to view it... really stupid. AVG and Avast both detected false positives in Folding@home data files, so my opinion of all three is pretty far south.

I've seen Panda fail quite a few past AV tests from security companies, so I'm really surprised it survived this one. Will have to see if that turns into a trend...

wutske · 5th September 2009, 16:27

I'm still happy with Avast, combined with Comodo firewall, Opera, a nicely filled hosts file and a well fed common sense I feel very safe on the internet, even tough avast is known to miss some viruses here and there.
http://www.av-comparatives.org/compa...ews/main-tests

4th September 2009, 15:22	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,458	Malware vs Virus Scanners: 12 passed, 13 failed We are happy to announce the results of our latest test, Project#20. Project#20 is first in line of our RWS (real world scenario) tests, in this particular one we used 60 pieces of malware which were collected from infected machines (US, EUROPE, ASIA), we used those samples to test real time blocking capabilities of 25 security applications. The goal of this test is to block all 60 samples of malware from running and infecting the system, all applications that manage to block all the samples will receive MRG System Protected Award. http://malwareresearchgroup.com/?page_id=2 __________________

4th September 2009, 17:29	#3
wutske Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Apenland Posts: 2,018	For this test yes, but it'll probably pass if another set of malware was used. 60 samples isn't much, considering the amount of virusses that are in the running nowadays. __________________ /me = Hardfreak My Blog: [W]eblog

4th September 2009, 17:38	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,458	one passing is enough to set havoc and allow for others to pass; 0 is the ONLY valid score here. __________________

4th September 2009, 18:55	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,458	most likely, yes, none are 100% secure. But widely available malware not being picked up by this popular free scanners is quite an oversight __________________

5th September 2009, 08:43	#7
nocutius Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 18	i can't believe that avg and avast could really be better than bitdefender overall. __________________ live long and prosper

4th September 2009, 15:25	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,458	Most popular AVAST and AVG fail; __________________

5th September 2009, 14:58	#8
Kougar Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,639	I had a simple text file with a few names/addresses of online AV scanners that I gave to people that needed it. Bitdefender thought it was a host file attack and would always delete it when I tried to view it... really stupid. AVG and Avast both detected false positives in Folding@home data files, so my opinion of all three is pretty far south. I've seen Panda fail quite a few past AV tests from security companies, so I'm really surprised it survived this one. Will have to see if that turns into a trend...

5th September 2009, 16:27	#9
wutske Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Apenland Posts: 2,018	I'm still happy with Avast, combined with Comodo firewall, Opera, a nicely filled hosts file and a well fed common sense I feel very safe on the internet, even tough avast is known to miss some viruses here and there. http://www.av-comparatives.org/compa...ews/main-tests __________________ /me = Hardfreak My Blog: [W]eblog

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