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2009-05-29
Cross Reference List of Virus Names
Each vendor of anti-virus software has a different naming convention and the same virus could have a completely different name in another company's product. To provide a candle in the dark and diminish the current confusion, we created a cross-reference list of all virus names (604 KB), based on the WildList 04/2009.
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2009-01-23
PC World Test Results of 2009 Internet Security Suites Are Out
For the article "Top Internet Security Suites: Paying for Protection" published in the PC World magazine, we've tested nine brand-new programs in the areas of malware detection and removal, (outbreak) response times, size of the updates, performance (incl. scan speed), rootkit defense, the behaviour-based protection (HIPS) and issues related to false positive testing. A at-a-glance overview of the results and links to the individual reviews of the tested products can be found in the chart "Top Internet Security Suites" at the PC World website.
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2009-01-05
Update of the c't Virus Scanner Test
Ten virus scanners were tested for our review "Antiviren-Software: Die 2009er-Versionen", published in the issue 23/2008 (page 146pp.) of the German c't magazine. This includes AVG, AntiVir (Avira), G Data, BitDefender, F-Secure, Kaspersky, OneCare (Microsoft), Nod32 (Eset), Norton (Symantec) and Panda. In the c't magazine 02/2009 (page 74pp.) you can finally find an update "Schutzbehauptung: Antiviren-Programme auf dem Prüfstand" where the seven tools A-Squared (Emsi), Avast! (Alwil), CA, ClamWin, Ikarus, McAfee, Norman, ThreatFire (PC Tools) and Trend Micro were also checked.
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2008-09-01
First test results of the malware protection of the 2009 security suites available
During the last few weeks we have tested 34 well-known security suites and virus scanners on Windows XP (SP3). This also includes reviews of some newly released 2009 (beta) versions. Further details and the complete test results can be found at the following websites:
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2008-06-02
New Papers available
Three new papers from Andreas Marx are now available which can be found in the Papers section of our website. While the first paper takes a look at the bigger picture of the current malware and AV testing situation, the second one contains a comprehensive review of the AV products anti-rootkit capabilities on Windows XP and Vista:
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