AV-Comparatives May 2009 reports out

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat May 30, 2009 11:58 am

PDF can be downloaded from this link
http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparat ... main-tests

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat May 30, 2009 10:07 pm

I see Sophos gets an advanced rank.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun May 31, 2009 8:40 am

Avira still strong.

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Sun May 31, 2009 12:28 pm

Nice article, thanks for the link.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun May 31, 2009 12:31 pm

Yeah, Avira really stood above the crowd in the on demand detection comparison, as well as proactive detection of new malware. A few more false positives than NOD and Microsoft kept it from that Advanced + rating though.

Microsofts antivirus is maturing.....it's new iteration to be released in a few months should be good...very good. To make it in the top 3 in this rating is impressive.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun May 31, 2009 3:56 pm

good results for sure... I'll still use Avast, never had it fail me yet.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun May 31, 2009 4:18 pm

Sava700 wrote:good results for sure... I'll still use Avast, never had it fail me yet.

Avast's proactive detection seems improved as well, not at the top of the list, but the percent difference between it and the top choices is less than it has been.

Its speed also seems to be up.