[dba-Tech] Trend, Sophos and McAfee flunk Vista SP1 anti-virus tests

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Apr 4 09:31:01 CDT 2008


Thanks! 


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 
-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:23 AM
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Trend,Sophos and McAfee flunk Vista SP1 anti-virus
tests

Hi John

Comodo does not seem to have been tested.
Here is the failure list:

Failure reason: 4 wildlist misses
Product name: Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro

Failure reason: 2 wildlist misses
Product name: Ahnlab V3

Failure reason: 19 wildlist misses, 1 false positive Product name: Alwil
avast!

Failure reason: 2 wildlist misses
Product name: BitDefender AntiVirus 2008

Failure reason: 2 wildlist misses
Product name: Bullguard

Failure reason: 47 wildlist misses
Product name: Doctor Web Dr.Web

Failure reason: 3 wildlist misses
Product name: Hauri ViRobot

Failure reason: 24 wildlist misses, 6 false positives Product name: Ikarus
Virus Utilities

Failure reason: 19 wildlist misses, 2 false positives Product name: K7 Total
Security

Failure reason: 1 wildlist miss
Product name: McAfee VirusScan Enterprise

Failure reason: 1 false positive
Product name: Norman Virus Control

Failure reason: 4 wildlist misses
Product name: PC Tools Antivirus

Failure reason: 2 false positives
Product name: Quick Heal Anti-Virus Lite

Failure reason: 3 wildlist misses, 1 false positive Product name: Rising
Antivirus

Failure reason: 859 wildlist misses, 1 false positive Product name: Security
Coverage PC Live

Failure reason: 2 wildlist misses
Product name: Sophos Anti-Virus

Failure reason: 3 wildlist misses, 2 false positives Product name: Trend
Micro Internet Security

Failure reason: 4 wildlist misses
Product name: VirusBuster Professional

Failure reason: 2 wildlist misses
Product name: Webroot Spysweeper with Antivirus


>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 04-04-2008 16:10 >>>
ROTFL.  

>Indeed. Alphabetical(!) You know, you start with A for the first 
>character
and move through the list.

Duh... 

Unfortunately I am unable to get in to read the actual report.  Usually they
all fail some and are ranked in order of effectiveness or something.  So
basically if they fail anything they hit the "failed" list?

I was wondering if they rated Comodo Antivirus.  For some reason it is
either unknown or ignored by many such tests.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 



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