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    VB100 April 2009 - Windows XP SP3

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by entropy.cz, Apr 5, 2009.

  1. entropy.cz

    entropy.cz Notebook Evangelist

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    The April issue of Virus Bulletin has been published, including the results for VB100 on Windows XP: An impressive range of 39 products from 34 different vendors were submitted for the Windows XP comparative review, with the regular well-known brands accompanied by an interesting set of less well-known names and a handful of newcomers. This month also saw the first major set of results from VB's new RAP tests putting products' reactive and proactive detection abilities to the test. John Hawes has all the details, the synopsis says. Detailed results are at virusbtn.com (subscription needed).

    overview - who achieved the VB100 award this time...
    Agnitum
    AhnLab
    Alwil
    Authentium
    AVG (Grisoft)
    Avira
    BitDefender (SOFTWIN)
    Bullguard
    CA eTrust
    CA Home
    Check Point
    Eset
    F-Secure
    Fortinet
    FRISK
    GDATA
    Kaspersky
    Kingsoft Advanced
    Kingsoft Standard
    McAfee
    Microsoft Forefront
    Microsoft OneCare
    Quick Heal
    Redstone
    Sophos
    Symantec
    VirusBuster
    Webroot

    ...and who failed:
    AEC (Trustport)
    eEye
    Filseclab
    Finport
    K7 Computing
    MicroWorld
    Norman
    PC Tools AntiVirus
    PC Tools Internet Security
    PC Tools Spyware Doctor
    Rising
     
    entropy.cz, Apr 5, 2009
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  2. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    Thanks for posting, entropy.cz.

    (Ain't it a bit**, that you have to pay $175 for a subscription to see the complete results?)

    P.S On this page, one can find some of the VirusBulletin RAP malware test results (Reactive and ProActive testing).
     
    Baserk, Apr 6, 2009
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