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08-13-2009 08:44 AM #1
Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
Interesting article about a review of antivirus programs:
Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
Anybody here using any in the fail category?In order to pass the basic requirements of the test, applications must detect all malware known to be "In the Wild" while not presenting any false positives. The products are tested in their default settings and must succeed in both on-demand and on-access detections.
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08-13-2009 12:22 PM #2
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Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
I had just switched my laptop off of symantic the other day and over to Avast. To be fair though Symantic only missed 2 while some of the others that failed missed well over 100 with the highest at 2897 misses. Still for such a big provider, they should do better.
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08-13-2009 03:45 PM #3
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Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
Went from Norton subscription to AVG free when i built my computer. The account wouldn't transfer so i figured why not.
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08-13-2009 04:59 PM #4
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Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
My ESET NOD32 Antivirus really works well for me, and its great to hear that they passed another test. ^^ Been using them for a while now, they really are great.
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08-14-2009 03:23 PM #5
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Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
nod32 is amazing...
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08-15-2009 11:41 PM #6
Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
I use Norton, but with my new family computer we got a great deal on ESET NOD32 Antivirus group license. Is it that much better than Norton? Should I install it right away?
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08-22-2009 11:25 PM #7
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Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
I tried AVG and 7.0 was excellent, but version 8.0 went in the other direction. So I switched to Avast! and haven't turned back. Although today, I got a malware/virus attack that came from tactical gamer. Avast! Home edition never picked it up and I had to manually fight it. (IE; closing out of the right windows) It did get viruses on other sites before they infected my computer.
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08-23-2009 12:30 PM #8
Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
I tried a trial of Agnitum Outpost on my old XP machine a while back. Otherwise, AVG, Avast, and Avira are all in the pass list.
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08-23-2009 02:32 PM #9
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Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
Details, please! How did you know it came from TG, and what are the steps to reproduce? (So admins can track it down and keep others from getting it.)
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08-23-2009 06:47 PM #10
Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
I think it is a false positive. I have gotten a AV warning from the TG site before, and posted in the contact an admin forum about it.
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08-23-2009 08:14 PM #11
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Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
Hey Mech Warrior, I got the same thing a few days ago too. I was reading through Hardware & Software Discussion then all of a sudden this virus doctor thing popped up and started scanning my pc and windows popping up asking me to install this program and a few others. Everytime I went to close it they kept popping up. I had to go to task manager & close internet explorer. I then spent a half hour looking through program files and the registry to see if anything got downloaded.
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08-25-2009 07:32 AM #12
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Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
It was a hacked page on The Five Word Thread Revisited. I've tried to look for it but it only happened once and I am not able duplicate this attack. Originally Posted by ScratchMonkey
"Certainly, being bombarded with 105 millimeter shells is bad. But the knowledge that your armed your enemy thus, with your sloth and your ineptitude, unfolds in the heart like a poison." Tycho from Penny Arcade in reference to the nuke in MW2
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09-05-2009 01:28 PM #13
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Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
NOD32 I think is great. A lot better than most I have tried and it also doesn't slow down my computer a lot.
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09-05-2009 02:06 PM #14
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Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
I pegged one on a thread in general around the same time. It probably wasn't from TG but rather a hacked banner ad would be my guess. I haven't seen it since. Originally Posted by Mech__Warrior
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09-07-2009 11:34 AM #15
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Re: Virus Bulletin tests 35 antiviruses, 11 fail, including Symantec
Well AVG pasted so I'm happy, I might switch to Avast tho as I'm hearing good things about it.
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