Researchers at Virus Bulletin have released the results of the latest VB100 computer security test, highlighting failures at a number of leading security vendors.

Products from Sophos, Trend Micro and Kaspersky were among those that failed to protect fully against a collection of outdated viruses.

The December edition of the VB100 test subjected security software to 100 Windows 2000 viruses collected from labs and websites.

"It was a shock and a concern to see such a poor performance from so many products in this latest round of testing," said John Hawes, a technical consultant at Virus Bulletin.

"It is particularly disappointing to see so many major products missing significant real-world threats."

In order to pass the test, vendors needed to identify 100 malware samples as well as avoid reporting false positives on clean samples.

Kaspersky failed the test by missing one virus from the list, while Sophos missed eight. Trend Micro missed four virus samples, failing VB100 certification for the fourth time in five tests.

NOD32 IS KING

SAN DIEGO – December 4, 2007 – ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that its ESET NOD32 Antivirus product has captured an industry-leading 47th VB100 award from Virus Bulletin performs independent comparative testing of antivirus products and is widely respected within the antivirus community.

Virus Bulletin introduced its first VB100 award in 1998. In order to display the VB100 logo, an antivirus product must meet two criteria. (1) Demonstrate it detects all “In-the-Wild” viruses during both on-demand and on-access scanning. (2) Generate no false positives when scanning a set of clean files. 

“Installing and using the product has never been too difficult, and as usual testing sped through in remarkable time, with the usual excellent results,” wrote John Hawes of Virus Bulletin. “With the WildList fully covered and no false positives, ESET adds yet another VB100 Award to its groaning trophy cabinet.”

“With over nine years of consistent and unprecedented virus detection, we’re clearly committed to delivering the service and technology our customers deserve, said Anton Zajac, CEO of ESET, LLC.  
 

ESET NOD32 Antivirus is powered by ThreatSense® technology, an advanced heuristics engine that enables proactive detection of malware not covered by even the most frequently updated signature-based products. Unlike traditional solutions, ESET NOD32 Antivirus decodes and analyzes executable code in real-time, using an emulated environment. By allowing malware to execute in a secure virtual world, ESET is able to clearly differentiate between benign files and even the most sophisticated and cleverly-disguised malware.

Since the inception of VB100 awards in 1998, ESET NOD32 Antivirus boasts a success rate of 95.92% - the industry’s highest.  Most antivirus vendors have success ratios in the 50 – 75 percent range.

Once again childrens,

NOD32 IS KING

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"The overall winner product (best antivirus) of 2007 is NOD32"  -  AV-Comparatives

From the Weblog of AV-Comparatives

December 17th, 2007