The following Vendor viral lab testing performance information is to provide assistance in choosing an antivirus/antimalware program. A single test failure does not mean the product will not provide adequate protection. Ideally those that have consistently passed testing are more reliable and will provide the utmost protection, but a failure could be the result of many different reasons.
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"In the wild" or "Wildlist" means Viruses and/or malware that are currently circulating on the Net, and infecting systems (i.e., 5 Wildlist misses means 5 individual viruses/malware infections). "false Positives" is the detecting of a Virus/malware, that is in effect not a Virus or malware. AV-Comparatives February 2009 test results
On Demand Detection test
For AV-Comparatives November 2008 Test results
Proactive/Retroactive test
For AV-Comparatives August 2008 Test results
On Demand Detection Test
For current Vista x64 results December 2008 (virus Bulletin- VB100)
Agnitum 
Status: PASS
Result history:
Agnitum Product name: Agnitum Outpost
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
AhnLab Status: PASS
Result history:
AhnLab Product name: AhnLab V3 Internet Security
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Alwil 
Status: FAIL
Failure reason: 1 false positive
Result history:
Alwil Product name: Alwil avast!
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
AVG (Grisoft) Status: PASS
Result history:
AVG (Grisoft) Product name: AVG Internet Security
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Avira Status: PASS
Result history:
Avira Product name: Avira AntiVir
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
CA eTrust Status: PASS
Result history:
CA eTrust Product name: CA eTrust
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Eset Status: PASS
Result history:
Eset Product name: ESET NOD32
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Fortinet Status: PASS
Result history:
Fortinet Product name: Fortinet FortiClient
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
FRISK Status: PASS
Result history:
FRISK Product name: FRISK F-Prot
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
F-Secure Status: PASS
Result history:
F-Secure Product name: F-Secure Client Security
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Kaspersky Status: PASS
Result history:
Kaspersky Product name: Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Kingsoft Status: PASS
Result history:
Kingsoft Product name: Kingsoft Internet Security
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
McAfee Status: PASS
Result history:
McAfee Product name: McAfee VirusScan
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Microsoft Forefront Status: PASS
Result history:
Microsoft Forefront Product name: Microsoft Forefront
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Microsoft OneCare Status: PASS
Result history:
Microsoft OneCare Product name: Microsoft OneCare
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
MicroWorld Status: PASS
Result history:
MicroWorld Product name: MWTI eScan
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Norman Status: FAIL
Failure reason: 1 false positive
Result history:
Norman Product name: Norman Virus Control
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
CAT QuickHeal Status: PASS
Result history:
CAT QuickHeal Product name: Quick Heal AntiVirus
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Rising Status: PASS
Result history:
Rising Product name: Rising Antivirus
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Sophos Status: PASS
Result history:
Sophos Product name: Sophos Anti-Virus
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Symantec Status: PASS
Result history:
Symantec Product name: Symantec Endpoint Protection
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
VirusBuster Status: PASS
Result history:
VirusBuster Product name: VirusBuster Professional
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Webroot Status: PASS
Result history:
Webroot Product name: Webroot I.S. Essentials
Details: Only available to
subscribers.
Updated: Virus Bulletin October 2008 Windows Server 2008 Vendor Results
Windows Server 2008 is built from the same code base as Windows Vista; therefore, it shares much of the same architecture and functionality.
https://www.virusbtn.com/Session-b1e...rchive/2008/10 Agnitum-Passed
AhnLab-Passed
Avast! (Alwil)-Passed
AVG (Grisoft)-Passed
NOD32 (Eset)-Passed
Fortinet-Passed
FRISK-Passed
Kingsoft-Passed
McAfee-Passed
Microsoft Forefront-Passed
Norman-Passed
Rising-Passed
VirusBuster-Passed
Sophos-Passed
Norton (Symantec)-Passed
AEC (Trustport)-Passed
ArcaBit Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 93 wildlist misses, 3 false positives
Avira Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 1 false positive
CA eTrust Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 1 wildlist miss
F-Secure Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 1 false positive
Kaspersky Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 1 false positive
MicroWorld Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 1 false positive
Quick Heal Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 1 false positive
RedStone Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 1 wildlist miss, 1 false positive
Virus Bulletin April 2008 Vista SP1 Vendor Results https://www.virusbtn.com/Session-be9a3da9e372acb7194b9a2549bd541a/vb100/archive/2008/04 AEC (Trustport)-Passed
AVG (Grisoft)-Passed
Avira-Passed
CA eTrust-Passed
CA Home-Passed
Check Point-Passed
NOD32 (Eset)-Passed
Fortinet-Passed
FRISK-Passed
F-Secure-Passed
GDATA-Passed
Kaspersky-Passed
Kingsoft-Passed
Microsoft Forefront-Passed
Microsoft OneCare-Passed
MicroWorld-Passed
Redstone-Passed
Norton (Symantec)-Passed
Avast! (Alwil)
Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 19 wildlist misses, 1 false positive
Agnitum Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 4 wildlist misses
AhnLab Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 2 wildlist misses
BitDefender (SOFTWIN)
(Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 2 wildlist misses
Bullguard Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 2 wildlist misses
Doctor Web Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 47 wildlist misses
Hauri Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 3 wildlist misses
Ikarus Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 24 wildlist misses, 6 false positives
K7 Computing Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 19 wildlist misses, 2 false positives
McAfee Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 1 wildlist miss
Norman Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 1 false positive
PC Tools AntiVirus Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 4 wildlist misses
Quick Heal Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 2 false positives
Rising Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 3 wildlist misses, 1 false
Security Coverage Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 859 wildlist misses, 1 false
Sophos Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 2 wildlist misses
Trend Micro Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 3 wildlist misses, 2 false positives
VirusBuster Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 4 wildlist misses
Spysweeper (Webroot)
Status:
FAIL Failure reason: 2 wildlist misses