Test of 16 Anti-Virus Products Says None Rates "Very Good"

jmke · 8th November 2009, 16:33 [**jmke**]

AV-Comparative recently released the results of a malware removal test in which they evaluated 16 anti-virus software solutions. The test focused only on the malware removal/cleaning capabilities, therefore all the samples used were ones that the tested anti-virus products were able to detect. The main question was if the products were able to successfully remove malware from an already infected/compromised system. None of the products performed at a level of 'very good' in malware removal or removal of leftovers, based on those 10 samples. (src: /.)

http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1137

blackened · 9th November 2009, 14:55 [**blackened**]

Ive been using Comodo AntiVirus since I switched to Windows 7. Either it works perfectly and quietly or I havent had any threats, because its never gone off..

wutske · 9th November 2009, 15:50 [**wutske**]

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Originally Posted by blackened

Ive been using Comodo AntiVirus since I switched to Windows 7. Either it works perfectly and quietly or I havent had any threats, because its never gone off..

I've only had like 2-3 virusses in the past 8 years and none of them were mine (came on a stick/cd/disk)

So don't worry, if it doesn't go of then you're a smart surfer

Kougar · 9th November 2009, 23:47 [**Kougar**]

Was browsing news reports the other day, Microsoft's Anti-virus suddenly popped up a warning it caught an exploit trying to execute embedded code through my browser cache from said news site... and I'm using Opera 10. Never had that occur before.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/po...tid=2147628045

wutske · 10th November 2009, 07:38 [**wutske**]

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Exploit:Win32/ShellCode.A is a generic detection for script objects that construct shellcodes. These scripts may be embedded within other types of documents, for example, specially-crafted PDF files.

The resulting shellcode may be executed by this script, other scripts, or when a software vulnerability is exploited.

The detection for Exploit:Win32/ShellCode.A may be triggered on malformed documents containing exploit code or when visiting compromised or malicious Web pages.

Analysis by Patrik Vicol

From the explanation I'd say this is a preventative measurement causing a lot of false positives. Nevertheless it's good to hear that MSE is working

Kougar · 10th November 2009, 23:12 [**Kougar**]

Wish I could find out for sure... not had other false positives with MSE yet. No quarantine folder and it automatically deleted the file, so I can't test the file.

JimmyJump · 11th November 2009, 01:36 [**JimmyJump**]

Only have internet since mid-2004 and used Norton then, as it came 'for free' with my Belgacom account. After six months, my computer was operating from behind a sandbag fortified manhole, aiming a .50 at me and threatening with legal action, because of exemplary verbal abuse from yours truly.

I switched to BitDefender after reading a multi-test in Chip-magazine. Although it came out third, I took Bitdefender because number one (G-Data) wasn't available in English and I didn't like number two's interface (AVG).

After having tested BitDefender for 6 months (a cracked download) I purchased the real-deal and stuck with them for the simple reason that I'm very satisfied about the program.

Bitdefender Internet Security 2009 & 2010 both work without glitches on Windows 7.

wutske · 11th November 2009, 10:19 [**wutske**]

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Originally Posted by Kougar

Wish I could find out for sure... not had other false positives with MSE yet. No quarantine folder and it automatically deleted the file, so I can't test the file.

If you know which file it was you could download it on another pc and test it there (and to be realy, realy sure you could use http://www.virustotal.com/sobre.html )