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October 13th, 2009 09:00

October 2009 VB100 Certification of AVs

Virus Bulletin has published its October/09  AV certifications:
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/results?display=summary (registration may be required)

Success:
avast!, AVG, BitDefender, ESET, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec

Failure: 
Avira (1 wildlist miss), Ikarus (3759 wildlist misses, 4 false positives)

No Entry:
Norman, PC Tools, Webroot

VB100 certification is granted only when 100% of "in the wild" viruses are detected, with no false positives.
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As a public service, here are the track records at VB100 certification for various AVs over the past 11 years:

avast!:----------------------  32 Success / 23 Failure / 11 No Entry

AVG:----------------------   29 Success / 22 Failure / 15 No Entry

Avira:----------------------   18 Success / 5 Failure / 43 No Entry

BitDefender:------------   19 Success / 9 Failure / 38 No Entry

ESET:---------------------  58 Success / 3 Failure / 5 No Entry

F-Secure:-----------------  38 Success / 15 Failure / 13 No Entry

Ikarus:---------------------  0 Success / 7 Failure / 59 No Entry

Kaspersky:--------------- 49 Success / 17 Failure / 0 No Entry

McAfee:------------------- 42 Success / 21 Failure / 3 No Entry

Norman:------------------ 43 Success / 18 Failure / 5 No Entry

PC Tools:-----------------  3 Success / 4 Failure / 59 No Entry

Symantec:---------------- 51 Success / 7 Failure / 8 No Entry

Webroot:------------------  5 Success / 1 Failure / 60 No Entry

 

 

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October 13th, 2009 14:00

Hi RD:

Yes, VB is strict. And Avira is a good AV.

I included the Ikarus results only because it is included in a-squared scanners, lest anyone relies on their products alone.

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October 13th, 2009 14:00

Thanks,Joe.

The VB100 certification tests are extremely strict, failing both Avira and Sophos simply because they missed one of several thousand infected files is quite harsh. Shocking result for Ikarus.

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