This might be semi-old news to some of you, but for most of the people that do not keep up with PC Security this should give you an idea how your current AV stacks up against the competition.
AV-Test.org, an independent testing group at the Otto-von-Guericke-University (Magdeburg, Germany), tested 29 anti-malware products with a very large set of files (606,901 to be specific). The goal was to test detection capabilities only, not cleaning. Products were set with their most aggressive detection options, such as using all heuristics and testing inside archives.
In the test set were:
* 68,864 backdoors
* 407,487 Trojan Horses
* 47,891 bots (zombies)
* 82,659 worms
Notice that spyware/adware detection is not included. Results...
*spoiler* eTrust is the biggest loser!
AV-Test.org, an independent testing group at the Otto-von-Guericke-University (Magdeburg, Germany), tested 29 anti-malware products with a very large set of files (606,901 to be specific). The goal was to test detection capabilities only, not cleaning. Products were set with their most aggressive detection options, such as using all heuristics and testing inside archives.
In the test set were:
* 68,864 backdoors
* 407,487 Trojan Horses
* 47,891 bots (zombies)
* 82,659 worms
Notice that spyware/adware detection is not included. Results...
*spoiler* eTrust is the biggest loser!