Against Unknown Viruses, Avira AntiVir the Winner For Now 170
KingofGnG writes "AV-Comparatives, the Austrian team of experts dedicated to antivirus tests acknowledged as a reference point in the field, has published the second part of the mid-year comparative, an ideal addendum to the one already released last September. This time the aim is to evaluate the antimalware tools' effectiveness against unknown threats in a test scenario meant to prove the heuristic part and the generic markers of the on-demand scanning engines." The best in show (of 16 anti-malware packages evaluated), Avira AntiVir was able to find 71% of the unknown malware it was exposed to in the first week, dropping to 67% after the fourth.
mine is better (Score:5, Funny)
My custom anti-virus solution is better. It blocks 100% of all known and unknown viruses. Just don't ask what its false positive rate is...
Re:mine is better (Score:5, Funny)
My custom anti-virus solution is better. It blocks 100% of all known and unknown viruses. Just don't ask what its false positive rate is...
Sounds like my sex life: My anti-STD solution is great. It blocks 100% of all known and unknown STD's. Just don't ask what my human-to-human sexual encounter rate is... :(
Re:Direct Link to results (Score:2, Funny)
The site seems to block direct linking...and gives you a 404. Now that's fucking stupid.
I second that motion. Let bombing begin in 10 minutes.
I can do 100% (Score:3, Funny)
Re:mine is better (Score:3, Funny)
Just don't ask what my human-to-human sexual encounter rate is...
Fair enough, but I am curious as to what your human-to-dog sexual encounter rate is?
What? It's a fair question, he left it wide open to interpretation.
=Smidge=
Re:mine is better (Score:4, Funny)
human-to-dog sexual encounter [...] Had that happen to me in Canada at a balmy -30 Celsius.
Yikes!
Re:TFA paints a more complete picture (Score:5, Funny)