Malware Removal Test

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admin

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Friday, October 23rd 2009, 8:32pm

Malware Removal Test

Our first Malware Removal Test report has been released. Please read carefully the whole test report. You can find it here: http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparati…s/removal-tests

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city_zen

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Saturday, October 24th 2009, 10:13pm

Great report. Thanks.

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iamcreasy

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Monday, December 7th 2009, 4:20pm

Excellent report.

But, when Panda Cloud Antivirus will be included in the test? or it wont be included for it's different approach for detection.

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admin

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Monday, December 7th 2009, 4:58pm

I do not know yet. Maybe in 2010. Personally I would probably prefer to include Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 instead of just PCAV.

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julia0345

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Thursday, April 1st 2010, 10:37pm

malware removal test

nice report

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desiroots101

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Tuesday, November 23rd 2010, 9:02pm

Approximate release date for the new Malware Removal Test (2010?)

Dear AV admin,

Great job on the IT corporate reviews 2010 :thumbsup:

, i'm assuming you are also working on a "Malware Removal Test" for this year, do you have an approximate release date for such a report?

Thanks.

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venkstein

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Wednesday, November 24th 2010, 8:01am

Whole Product Dynamic Test - Recent Results

Hi There,

Sorry if I had posted this in the wrong section, this is my first post in this forum. Feel welcome to move it to the appropriate discussion board.

I just looked through your site and realized that you've released the Whole Product Dynamic Test results. I would like to congratulate your team for such a well drafted results. From an average AV user's standpoint, this result would make more sense when it comes to choosing which AV product that they need to buy.
http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparati…s/dynamic-tests

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Ego_Dekker

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Sunday, September 18th 2011, 8:59pm

Many AV vendors updated their products and malware also became more improved and difficult. Do you plan to continue to test removal/cleaning capabilities?

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admin

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Monday, September 19th 2011, 11:44am

yes, we are doing it.

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avira admin

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Monday, October 17th 2011, 7:16am

hi.
i am looking for av-comparatives product of the year 2008
how can help me ?

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admin

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Monday, October 17th 2011, 8:53pm

http://www.av-comparatives.org/en/compar…summary-reports

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GRM177

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Tuesday, October 18th 2011, 9:33pm

Dear:

I have been an AV Comparatives fan for long time, but what is happening with you in these days?

I changed my personal AV from Avira to MSE a year ago, and basicaly, since then, MSE was excluded from important tests as Real World and Anti-Phishing recently.

Ok, I know, MSE is not properly a suite, but if you consider MSE, Windows Defender and Windows Firewall (at least in Windows 7 editions), even with an observation, test it would be usefull.

At least me, and lots of friends from TI will not change to any paid AV without a nice comparasion between other products and MSE.

Please, consider include it soon, especially in Real World Report.

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GRM177

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Tuesday, October 18th 2011, 9:34pm

They do!!

http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/test-reports/quarter-22011/

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GRM177

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Tuesday, October 18th 2011, 9:35pm

They do too.

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100

Why not you?

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admin

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Tuesday, October 18th 2011, 11:03pm

because in MSE case, it is like comparing apples to oranges. Explanations are written inside the reports. But you could email Microsoft and tell them your opinion and express their your wish to see them also included. MSE does not have any Anti-Phishing capabilities (=makes no sense including in Anti-Phishing test). MS security concept is distributed in various MS products (the uptodate OS, the uptodate IE browser, etc.); using just MSE in the dynamic test wouldn't currently be correct approach - it would evaluate mainly just the detection rates provided by MSE only (and if you want to compare only that, you can have a look at the detection rate test, where MSE is included). @GRM177: VB100 tests are not dynamic / real-world tests.

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GRM177

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Thursday, March 15th 2012, 4:54am

Guys, what's hapenning?

It is almost April. Almost mid-year.

No monthly results. No nothing.

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admin

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Thursday, March 15th 2012, 12:09pm

Hi, that's normal. The WPDT always runs from March to June and from August to November (like last year it is 2x 4 months). The File Detection Test runs this year in March and September instead of February and August, so the results are released later. From December to February we usually are busy mainly with programming new automations or improving/enhancing our in-house tools. Best regards, andreas

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Arcade

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Friday, April 20th 2012, 4:28pm

Where can I find the list of current WPDT participants sw version numbers? For instance, what version of Avast Free is tested? I assume Avast free 7?

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admin

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Friday, April 20th 2012, 6:13pm

Yes, it is Avast Free v7. The version numbers and all details will be in the overall report of July (which covers March-June).

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