Vista SP1 Antivirus Performance

rive0108

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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

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For AV-Comparatives November 2008 Test results
Proactive/Retroactive test

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For AV-Comparatives August 2008 Test results
On Demand Detection Test

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For current Vista x64 results December 2008 (virus Bulletin- VB100)
Agnitum


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Status: PASS
Result history: Agnitum
Product name: Agnitum Outpost
Details: Only available to subscribers.

AhnLab


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Status: PASS
Result history: AhnLab
Product name: AhnLab V3 Internet Security
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Alwil


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Status: FAIL
Failure reason: 1 false positive
Result history: Alwil
Product name: Alwil avast!
Details: Only available to subscribers.

AVG (Grisoft)


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Status: PASS
Result history: AVG (Grisoft)
Product name: AVG Internet Security
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Avira


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Status: PASS
Result history: Avira
Product name: Avira AntiVir
Details: Only available to subscribers.

CA eTrust


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Status: PASS
Result history: CA eTrust
Product name: CA eTrust
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Eset


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Status: PASS
Result history: Eset
Product name: ESET NOD32
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Fortinet


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Status: PASS
Result history: Fortinet
Product name: Fortinet FortiClient
Details: Only available to subscribers.

FRISK


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Status: PASS
Result history: FRISK
Product name: FRISK F-Prot
Details: Only available to subscribers.

F-Secure


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Status: PASS
Result history: F-Secure
Product name: F-Secure Client Security
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Kaspersky


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Status: PASS
Result history: Kaspersky
Product name: Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Kingsoft


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Status: PASS
Result history: Kingsoft
Product name: Kingsoft Internet Security
Details: Only available to subscribers.

McAfee


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Status: PASS
Result history: McAfee
Product name: McAfee VirusScan
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Microsoft Forefront


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Status: PASS
Result history: Microsoft Forefront
Product name: Microsoft Forefront
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Microsoft OneCare


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Status: PASS
Result history: Microsoft OneCare
Product name: Microsoft OneCare
Details: Only available to subscribers.

MicroWorld


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Status: PASS
Result history: MicroWorld
Product name: MWTI eScan
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Norman


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Status: FAIL
Failure reason: 1 false positive
Result history: Norman
Product name: Norman Virus Control
Details: Only available to subscribers.

CAT QuickHeal


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Status: PASS
Result history: CAT QuickHeal
Product name: Quick Heal AntiVirus
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Rising


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Status: PASS
Result history: Rising
Product name: Rising Antivirus
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Sophos


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Status: PASS
Result history: Sophos
Product name: Sophos Anti-Virus
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Symantec


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Status: PASS
Result history: Symantec
Product name: Symantec Endpoint Protection
Details: Only available to subscribers.

VirusBuster


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Status: PASS
Result history: VirusBuster
Product name: VirusBuster Professional
Details: Only available to subscribers.

Webroot


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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-b1e19e78fb19c1f4d52c93ecf25eaaec/vb100/archive/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
 

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Hi rive0108

Nice post, good and very Important info.
I'm a Lifetime member at VB, I was awarded a Lifetime membership for the years I worked as an Independent Unknown Variant tester (in my spare time) for the major companies a few years back.
VB100% is the AV Bible AFAIC, and any product that can't attain a VB100% is not worth a cent IMHO.

There's a few surprises in this most recent round of testing I must say...don't you think? A couple that I really didn't expect to see fail in there, and a bunch of the regulars to the Failure list as well.

Anyway, I hope some of the less security savvy members can find some use for this info and possibly drop their garbage AV if they have one, and get something worth it's weight in Gold...(like Nod32...not like I'm endorsing or anything...but NOD32 - by Eset...thats N-O-D-32...ok) ;)


 

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    Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo
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    Asus Commando MoBo (P965/ICH8R)
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    4G's Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 PC26400 RAM
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    BFG 8800GTS OC2 320MB
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    2 x 22" w2207 LCD Monitors
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ESET still passes on all Vista tests, as does Symantec.....in fact, both companies have passes across all platforms tested in the last year.
 

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    Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
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    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
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    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
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    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
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    Logitech MX Master (shared)
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    8 GB
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    Radeon HD (Embedded)
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    1680 * 1050
    Hard Drives
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    Lenovo
    Cooling
    Lenovo
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
    Keyboard
    Lenovo
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    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
I'm not surprised with a huge portion of the programs failing the tests. What surprises me is that Symantec passed these tests. Normally Symantec can't even pass VB100 tests that I know of.
 

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  • CPU
    Core 2 Duo E6600
    Motherboard
    Intel 975XBX2
    Memory
    8GB's of DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon 3870X2
    Sound Card
    HT Omega Claro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2030wm Widescreen LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680X1050
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    120GB
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    320GB
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    ThermalTake Toughpower 700
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    four 120mm fans
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    Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard
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    Microsoft Wireless Intellimous Explorer 2.0
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    10MB
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    16X LG DVDROM & LG Dual Layer DVD Burner
    Logitech X-540 speakers
Hiya Guys

John, Eset holds the record for consecutive VB100% awards. I thought it was 43 but I'm either mistaken or some have gone missing recently. Eset also boasted this on their website but that has also been removed. They do hold the most VB100%'s by any vendor now, at 51, and 0 false positives since VB started testing in 1998.
3 Fails in 54 submissions, 1 for DOS, 1 for early NT, and 1 for Suse Linux, but 100% on all platforms since 2002.
Their heuristics engine is still considered the most advanced in the Biz, Nod32 is my #1 recommendation. Kaspersky was my #2 but they had update issues this year that made the scanner nearly useless for awhile. Plus they had 2 fails last year and 1 already this year...not so good so I've stopped recommending them until they pick it up. They fixed those update issues fairly quickly once found but I think that just shows a lack of competence in their engineers right now.
I haven't had the time to research a new #2 recommendation yet but I will soon.

WildEagle - Actually my friend, Symantec has 39 consecutive VB100% awards. They usually do very well in "In the Wild" and 0 false positives, it's their bloat and resource usage that irks everyone...that and the fact that their uninstall routines are notoriously horrible for removing Symantec and Norton items...and that's not by accident either. I have found over 85 Symantec objects left on a machine (XP Pro SP2) after the uninstaller has run. You have to use a secondary tool to remove any of those others, it's not readily available to regular users, and that's just unacceptable IMO. And it STILL doesn't remove everything...
 
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    Asus Commando MoBo (P965/ICH8R)
    Memory
    4G's Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 PC26400 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    BFG 8800GTS OC2 320MB
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum FATAL1TY (next)
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    2 x 22" w2207 LCD Monitors
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    NZXT Lexa Classic (modified, dual doored & windowed)
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    Zalman 9700 CPU cooler, 4-120mm fans, 1-90mm
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it's their bloat and resource usage that irks everyone...that and the fact that their uninstall routines are notoriously horrible for removing Symantec and Norton items...and that's not by accident either. I have found over 85 Symantec objects left on a machine (XP Pro SP2) after the uninstaller has run. You have to use a secondary tool to remove any of those others, it's not readily available to regular users, and that's just unacceptable IMO. And it STILL doesn't remove everything...

The exact reason I quit using them years ago...I find a lot of comfort in the free guys without the accompanying BS. ;)
 

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    Homebrew
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    Q6600 (G0) SLACR
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    Gigabyte EP35 DS3R
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    2 gigs G.Skill DDR2
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    XFX 8600GT
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    Samsung T190 1440X900
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    2X Seagate 120 (OS's) IDE
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    PSU
    Corsair HX520
    Case
    Coolmax el cheapo
    Cooling
    Rosewill HSF (soon to upgrade)
    Keyboard
    BTW low profile backlit/quiet key
it's their bloat and resource usage that irks everyone...that and the fact that their uninstall routines are notoriously horrible for removing Symantec and Norton items...and that's not by accident either. I have found over 85 Symantec objects left on a machine (XP Pro SP2) after the uninstaller has run. You have to use a secondary tool to remove any of those others, it's not readily available to regular users, and that's just unacceptable IMO. And it STILL doesn't remove everything...

The exact reason I quit using them years ago...I find a lot of comfort in the free guys without the accompanying BS. ;)

See...
(LOL)

Hi loceng

You're in a very large and rather unruly group there my friend! I do have to say that Symantec is actually a very good scanner and decent heuristics engine, but their recent reputaion (deservedly so too) for bloat, resource usage, and leftovers after uninstalling are just completely unnecessary and unwanted. Most other good scanners have small footprints and lower resource usage, Symantec needs to learn from this but they have such a large OEM base still, I think they just don't care.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Personal Build
    CPU
    Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo
    Motherboard
    Asus Commando MoBo (P965/ICH8R)
    Memory
    4G's Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 PC26400 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    BFG 8800GTS OC2 320MB
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum FATAL1TY (next)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x 22" w2207 LCD Monitors
    Screen Resolution
    1- 1680 x 1050, 1 - 1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    3 x 500G SATA II WD Caviar HDD's
    PSU
    EnerMax NoiseTaker II 600W
    Case
    NZXT Lexa Classic (modified, dual doored & windowed)
    Cooling
    Zalman 9700 CPU cooler, 4-120mm fans, 1-90mm
    Mouse
    Logitech Optical Trackman trackball
    Other Info
    NZXT Lexa Classic Case, Zalman 9700 CPU Cooler, 2 DVD Burners c/w LightScribe (Sony, TSST), Enermax NoiseTaker II 600W PSU with Custom Chrome cable sleeving, Hauppauge HDTV TV Tuner Card, 5.1 Logitech Z5500 speakers, 15 in 1 Multi-card reader
I can't knock Symantec/Norton for effectivness...they always kept my machine clean, but at what cost? Others have proven that the same thing can be accomplished with a smaller footprint while drawing from less resources and digging their tentacles in not so deeply. I'm with you, they have got their foot in the door with OEM's and really don't care about making their product better. Actually "better" would be in the eye of the beholder.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Homebrew
    CPU
    Q6600 (G0) SLACR
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    Gigabyte EP35 DS3R
    Memory
    2 gigs G.Skill DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX 8600GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung T190 1440X900
    Screen Resolution
    1440X900
    Hard Drives
    2X Seagate 120 (OS's) IDE
    1X WD 750 SATA
    PSU
    Corsair HX520
    Case
    Coolmax el cheapo
    Cooling
    Rosewill HSF (soon to upgrade)
    Keyboard
    BTW low profile backlit/quiet key
Hiya Guys

John, Eset holds the record for consecutive VB100% awards. I thought it was 43 but I'm either mistaken or some have gone missing recently. Eset also boasted this on their website but that has also been removed. They do hold the most VB100%'s by any vendor now, at 51, and 0 false positives since VB started testing in 1998.
3 Fails in 54 submissions, 1 for DOS, 1 for early NT, and 1 for Suse Linux, but 100% on all platforms since 2002.
Their heuristics engine is still considered the most advanced in the Biz, Nod32 is my #1 recommendation. Kaspersky was my #2 but they had update issues this year that made the scanner nearly useless for awhile. Plus they had 2 fails last year and 1 already this year...not so good so I've stopped recommending them until they pick it up. They fixed those update issues fairly quickly once found but I think that just shows a lack of competence in their engineers right now.
I haven't had the time to research a new #2 recommendation yet but I will soon.

WildEagle - Actually my friend, Symantec has 39 consecutive VB100% awards. They usually do very well in "In the Wild" and 0 false positives, it's their bloat and resource usage that irks everyone...that and the fact that their uninstall routines are notoriously horrible for removing Symantec and Norton items...and that's not by accident either. I have found over 85 Symantec objects left on a machine (XP Pro SP2) after the uninstaller has run. You have to use a secondary tool to remove any of those others, it's not readily available to regular users, and that's just unacceptable IMO. And it STILL doesn't remove everything...

That I did not know. It's because of the bloat and other garbage that I quit using Norton years ago.
 

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  • CPU
    Core 2 Duo E6600
    Motherboard
    Intel 975XBX2
    Memory
    8GB's of DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon 3870X2
    Sound Card
    HT Omega Claro
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2030wm Widescreen LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680X1050
    Hard Drives
    120GB
    200GB
    320GB
    PSU
    ThermalTake Toughpower 700
    Case
    Antec P182
    Cooling
    four 120mm fans
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Multimedia Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Intellimous Explorer 2.0
    Internet Speed
    10MB
    Other Info
    16X LG DVDROM & LG Dual Layer DVD Burner
    Logitech X-540 speakers
Hi rive0108

Nice post, good and very Important info.
I'm a Lifetime member at VB, I was awarded a Lifetime membership for the years I worked as an Independent Unknown Variant tester (in my spare time) for the major companies a few years back.
VB100% is the AV Bible AFAIC, and any product that can't attain a VB100% is not worth a cent IMHO.

There's a few surprises in this most recent round of testing I must say...don't you think? A couple that I really didn't expect to see fail in there, and a bunch of the regulars to the Failure list as well.

Anyway, I hope some of the less security savvy members can find some use for this info and possibly drop their garbage AV if they have one, and get something worth it's weight in Gold...(like Nod32...not like I'm endorsing or anything...but NOD32 - by Eset...thats N-O-D-32...ok) ;)
I myself use NOD32 3.0 x64 antivirus. I would recommend it to anyone. It's also rather inexpensive for annual renewal ($27.99), and unlike Norton automatically updates the program to the newest release for free.
 
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System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
    and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive:
    Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
list Updated:
Virus Bulletin October 2008 Windows Server 2008 Vendor Results
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
    and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive:
    Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
Excellent find.
which my viper antivirus was in the test, but then maybe they are not game to test it as it would but all the rest to shame LOL
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Build
    CPU
    AM2 Black
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte S-Series
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    G/F 9600 GT
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22in LCDX2
    Hard Drives
    to many to list
    PSU
    Home Build
    Case
    God knows
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    yes with Buttons
    Mouse
    yes got one and a Cat
    Internet Speed
    1.5mb
Excellent find.
which my viper antivirus was in the test, but then maybe they are not game to test it as it would but all the rest to shame LOL

Sunbelt's VIPRE.
Vendors themselves submit their products for lab testing. Sunbelt has not submitted Vipre.

There was a review done on VIPRE through Wilders Security Forums September 2008. Apparently The software failed to detect/clean malware thrown at it by remove-malware.com. Sunbelt is trying to correct the problems.
Vipre Anti-Virus : Reviewed by remove-malware.com - Wilders Security Forums
 
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System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
    and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive:
    Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
Wow a million thanks for that. I always thought that it was excellent and recommended it to people. now I know better. Thanks again.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Build
    CPU
    AM2 Black
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte S-Series
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    G/F 9600 GT
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22in LCDX2
    Hard Drives
    to many to list
    PSU
    Home Build
    Case
    God knows
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    yes with Buttons
    Mouse
    yes got one and a Cat
    Internet Speed
    1.5mb
how do ni get windows defender to stay on under malware protection on vista 32bit premium edition. windows is updating it all the time. i turn it on and it goes off in 20 minutes.hackers come in and steal my bandwith. i have proved this as i have so much video stored.
 

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how do ni get windows defender to stay on under malware protection on vista 32bit premium edition. windows is updating it all the time. i turn it on and it goes off in 20 minutes.hackers come in and steal my bandwith. i have proved this as i have so much video stored.
Under TOOLS>OPTIONS check all the boxes.
Also,if you use a router set it to ignore unsolicited requests, use random alpha/numeric passwords/keys, use at a minimum WPA TKP encryption, disable remote admin, and use MAC filtering.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
    and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive:
    Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
Vista x64 and Server 2008 test results data added to performance list.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
    and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive:
    Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
Ok, Ive read all the above posts and still need some advice please. Im new to computers in general, this is my first in 10 yrs. Ive been using Norton 360 for the last year with no problems. However, I was unaware of its large "footprint". Would getting rid of it make everything else faster? and or free up enough space that its beneficial? Also the $65 a year kind of sucks? Ive heard on this forum that there are free antiviruses that work as well or better? Can I get a few more recomendations please?

Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba satellite
    Memory
    4GB RAM / 320GB HDD
Ok, Ive read all the above posts and still need some advice please. Im new to computers in general, this is my first in 10 yrs. Ive been using Norton 360 for the last year with no problems. However, I was unaware of its large "footprint". Would getting rid of it make everything else faster? and or free up enough space that its beneficial? Also the $65 a year kind of sucks? Ive heard on this forum that there are free antiviruses that work as well or better? Can I get a few more recomendations please?

Thanks

ok.
1. The newest version (Norton 2009) has a small footprint on par with Avira and NOD32
2.The issue with Norton is its high detection of false positives and its low detection of new and emerging threats (heuristic detection, i.e., the ability to detect malware without existing virus definitions).

Avira is a free program that I would recommend, and I use and also recommend NOD32 4. Purchase is $39, and then $27 annually for renewal. You can try it for 30 days
http://www.eset.com/download/free_trial_download.php

Both of these programs are the best on the market
Avira:Free antivirus - Avira AntiVir
Nod32 4:Purchase Antivirus and Security Software at ESET. Buy Antivirus Programs and More.

Other free antivirus
Avast!: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
AVG: http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition

for futher info on NOD32:http://www.vistax64.com/system-security/214724-new-nod32-4-smart-security-4-released.html
 
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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    T7600G Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Intel 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobility Radeon x1900 256MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    WUXGA 17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    640GB 7200RPM SATA/RAID 0 (2x320GB)
    and 320GB 7200RPM External
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft 3000
    Internet Speed
    10 mbps/2 mbps
    Other Info
    Optical Drive:
    Panasonic UJ-220 DL BD-RE (Blu-Ray)
Thanks Rive, Good explenation, Ill give the trials a shot before i get rid of Norton.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba satellite
    Memory
    4GB RAM / 320GB HDD
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