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RE: Latest VB 100 test results
From: "Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:30:14 -0500
And in case you're not a subscriber, you can get a gist of what happened from this article: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140315-c,antivirus/article.html Many big-brand security products fail to spot commonly-circulating malware, testing outfit has Virus Bulletin found in its latest tests. A total of 17 out of 32 of antivirus products failed the company's stringent VB100 test, which expects software to detect 100 percent of the commonly-circulating 'WildList' thrown at it without signalling any false positives. Programs failing included those from Sophos <http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Sophos+plc.html> , Kaspersky, Fortinet <http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Fortinet+Inc..html> , Trend Micro <http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Trend+Micro+Inc..html> , CA Home, and PC Tools, though within this group detection failures varied widely. CA's Home program scored a disturbingly high 40 misses, while the others scored from 8 misses down to only one miss for Kaspersky. PC Tools' Spyware Doctor detected the WildList suite but failed because it falsely identified two files as malware. (The above is not entirely accurate for PC Tools, which did pass with their AV product (based on VirusBuster), but not their antispware product. And CA's other AV product, eTrust, did pass.) Alex ________________________________ From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Alex Eckelberry Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:56 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Latest VB 100 test results Those of you who are subscribers to VB have probably seen the latest test results. The number of entrants that failed the test and the rate of FPs is pretty unusual. Yikes. Alex
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