Slashdot Mirror


Test of 16 Anti-Virus Products Says None Rates "Very Good"

An anonymous reader writes "AV-Comparative recently released the results of a malware removal test in which they evaluated 16 anti-virus software solutions. The test focused only on the malware removal/cleaning capabilities, therefore all the samples used were ones that the tested anti-virus products were able to detect. The main question was if the products were able to successfully remove malware from an already infected/compromised system. None of the products performed at a level of 'very good' in malware removal or removal of leftovers, based on those 10 samples."

6 of 344 comments (clear)

  1. I Just switched to an interesting product .... by TechnoGrl · · Score: -1, Troll

    That has kept me completely virus free for about 3 months now.

    I think they call it ... OS X

    --
    ----- In Your Cubicle No One Can Hear You Scream...
  2. Re:Sign of the times... by sopssa · · Score: -1, Troll

    Theres interesting twist on that one lately. Baxter, which also previously almost "accidentally" spread modified bird flu in 2008 until it was noticed in one of the labs just at final moment, was supposedly testing some bio weapon in Ukraine.

    http://www.consciousape.com/news/swine-flu-wars-baxters-ukraine-bio-weapon-exposed/

    And further: “He said that Baxter’s Ukrainian lab was in fact producing a bio-weapon disguised as a vaccine. He claimed that the vaccine contained an adjuvant (additive) designed to weaken the immune system, and replicated RNA from the virus responsible for the 1918 pandemic Spanish flu, causing global sickness and mass death.”

    We should perhaps note that Moshe revealed this information in August, a full two months and more before the Ukrainian ‘flu’ epidemic broke out.

    Interestingly that was noted 2 months ago, and something unknown is now spreading there.

    Since the moment the epidemic started to spread, 871,037 people have been diagnosed with flu and other respiratory viral infections, including 101,317 over the past 24 hours. As many as 39,603 of these people have been hospitalized, including 4,732 over the past 24 hours, and 317 are in intensive care.

    60 people have died of severe respiratory conditions in the past week – 4 confirmed swine flu deaths, and what are being described as 56 “unexplained deaths” in the west of the country.

    Looking at whatever has been happening with Baxter previously and with the swine flu.. interesting stuff.

  3. Re:No Joke by buchner.johannes · · Score: 0, Troll

    How likely is it that no one will answer 'Screw Windows, just use Linux/BSD, it works for me' to the parent post ...

    --
    NB: The message above might reflect my opinion right now, but not necessarily tomorrow or next year.
  4. Re:Wipe It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    (I use a Mac at home and don't have to worry about such things)

    Well, la de frickin' da. You might not get computer viruses, but when was the last time you had an AIDS test, ass master?

  5. Re:No Joke by Nimey · · Score: -1, Troll

    Only as you're guilty of being retarded on the Internet.

    --
    Hail Eris, full of mischief...

    E pluribus sanguinem
  6. Re:No Joke by Nimey · · Score: -1, Troll

    Could you speak up? The cocks in your mouth are muffling your voice.

    --
    Hail Eris, full of mischief...

    E pluribus sanguinem