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Microsoft Security Essentials Misses 39% of Malware

Posted by timothy on from the talked-harshly-with-the-other-61-percent dept.

Barence writes "The latest tests from Dennis Publishing's security labs saw Microsoft Security Essentials fail to detect 39% of the real-world malware thrown at it. Dennis Technology Labs (DTL) tested nine home security products on a Windows 7 PC, including Security Essentials, which is distributed free to Windows users and built into Windows 8 in the form of Windows Defender. While the other eight packages all achieved protection scores of 87% or higher — with five scoring 98% or 99% — Microsoft's free antivirus software protected against only 61% of the malware samples used in the test. Microsoft conceded last year that its security software was intended to offer only "baseline" performance"."

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  1. Bullshit by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Norton Internet Security received the strongest protection rating in DTL's tests, detecting 99% of the malware used

    I call bullshit. This seems like a paid advertisement to me. The only reason they used a few undetected ones was because no one would believe anything hit 100%

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    1. Re:Bullshit by 00Monkey · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Seconded! There's no way in hell NIS performed at this level on a legitimate test. It's shit and that's putting it nicely.

  2. Re:Oh look... by tqk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ... based on obsolete knowledge from before 2008 and from expired copies not giving the right protection.

    Meanwhile, free software ticks along happily needing none of this BS. Funny that.

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