AV-Comparatives released March 2014 Real World Dynamics Tests

[YeOldeStonecat]

http://www.av-comparatives.org/dynamic-tests/

Top dogs in alphabetical order with pretty much identical results
Avira
Bitdefender (a regular in the top awards)
Emsisoft
Kaspersky (a regular in the top awards)
Panda (been enjoying high awards lately)

Link to current chart here... http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php?chart=chart2&year=2014&month=3&sort=0&zoom=2

 

[Larry Sabo]

Interesting that the current chart (your second link) now shows rotating ads from AV venders--McAfee on one viewing and BitDefender on another. I hope their integrity is not in jeopardy.

 

[Romaniac]

Avira has been at the top/near the top quite a few times as well, no?

In terms of straight AV functions, how applicable would these results be to BT Free, Avira Free, etc?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Interesting that the current chart (your second link) now shows rotating ads from AV venders--McAfee on one viewing and BitDefender on another. I hope their integrity is not in jeopardy.

The only ones I see are links (and logo) of all the participating members that follow where you curser moves on the chart.
From day 1 he prided himself in running 100% unbiased tests.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Avira has been at the top/near the top quite a few times as well, no?

In terms of straight AV functions, how applicable would these results be to BT Free, Avira Free, etc?

re: Avira...on and off. You can go the charts and change the year and months and see results of prior tests..and you'll see Avira has been down pretty far towards (and even below) middle of the pack.

Free versions should perform comparably well for the straight detection tests. For most of them the engine and definition sets are the same. Often some differences are things like slower update checks and other feature sets more towards customization.

 

[hmig89]

Thanks, Shame not seeing ESET up there!

 

[mrapoc]

Interesting. Kaspersky is consistent and eset seems OK could be better though. Bitdefender another good option

 

[nlinecomputers]

Quick question as I haven't RTFW yet. Does this cover the free versions too or just the paid ones?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Thanks, Shame not seeing ESET up there!

Yeah they used to dominate years ago. But they're still averaging around 99.something %...so still pretty darned good.

 

[mraikes]

I find it interesting that Windows 7 out of box rates 88%+

So even with the very best A/V you only get about a 10% increase in effectiveness. Granted, that's an important 10% but kudos to Win 7 anyway.

 

[altrenda]

It's interesting with all the fans of the various products, that no one ever talks about Emsisoft. Very high rating plus low false positives.

So why does no one here talk about it or use it?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I find it interesting that Windows 7 out of box rates 88%+

So even with the very best A/V you only get about a 10% increase in effectiveness. Granted, that's an important 10% but kudos to Win 7 anyway.

Yeah...old MSE hanging on by a thread... (Defender now).

 

[Larry Sabo]

The only ones [ads] I see are links (and logo) of all the participating members that follow where you curser moves on the chart.
From day 1 he prided himself in running 100% unbiased tests.

Yeah, that's what happened. Was still having my morning coffee and was not fully awake at the time. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

 

[Tekguy]

Avira has been at the top/near the top quite a few times as well, no?

I noticed that also. The last 2 times Avira has been right at the top. I'm curious if that coincides with when they started using cloud detection.

 

[PcTek9]

Rewards...

There are huge rewards for finding the people who create malicious computer viruses. Ironic isn't it? That for there to be so many millions of viruses, trojans, and etc. Almost none of them are ever caught, like they are being released in mass quantities from hidden labs somewhere. One things for sure, as the crack down continues, on linking each system to an ip address and recording it across every nation. (because of financial hacking activities, not to mention the threat of any nation having it's national security randomly hacked) - we will see start to eventually see increasing arrests for those who dare to write malicious code, as well as see a gradual decline in the number of these types of software infecting and damaging computers all around the world. Some trojan & virus creators are so dangerous, that their work could easily eventually infect and bring down military networks, which is why lists of these people with these abilities need to be maintained in each country. The only thing stopping them from turning their abilities against a nation - any nation, is a lack of interest, and/or fear of punishment.

 

[trevm999]

The only ones I see are links (and logo) of all the participating members that follow where you curser moves on the chart.
From day 1 he prided himself in running 100% unbiased tests.

The day we see Norton opt back it is when we will know the results are no longer unbiased.

There are huge rewards for finding the people who create malicious computer viruses. Ironic isn't it? That for there to be so many millions of viruses, trojans, and etc. Almost none of them are ever caught, like they are being released in mass quantities from hidden labs somewhere. One things for sure, as the crack down continues, on linking each system to an ip address and recording it across every nation. (because of financial hacking activities, not to mention the threat of any nation having it's national security randomly hacked) - we will see start to eventually see increasing arrests for those who dare to write malicious code, as well as see a gradual decline in the number of these types of software infecting and damaging computers all around the world. Some trojan & virus creators are so dangerous, that their work could easily eventually infect and bring down military networks, which is why lists of these people with these abilities need to be maintained in each country. The only thing stopping them from turning their abilities against a nation - any nation, is a lack of interest, and/or fear of punishment.

I'm starting to get the feeling these people might be your friends.