Anti-Virus Comparative February 2004 Copyright (c) by Andreas Clementi (www.av-comparatives.org) - Tested on Windows XP Professional SP1 systems                                                  
             
   
  Developer     H+BEDV Datentechnik   Alwil Software   Softwin     DialogueScience   Frisk Software   Trend Micro     Kaspersky Labs   Network Associates   ESET     Symantec     Panda Software   GeCAD Software   Sophos      
  Product name     AntiVir Prof.   Avast! Prof.   BitDefender Prof.   Dr. Web     F-Prot     Internet Security   KAV Personal   McAfee VirusScan   NOD32 Anti-Virus   Norton Anti-Virus   Panda Platinum IS   RAV Desktop   Sophos Anti-Virus    
  Program version     6.22.00.09     4.1.342     7.2.0.0     4.30a     3.14b     11.10     4.5.0.95     8.0.26     2.000.9     10.0.1.13     8.02.00     8.6.105     3.78      
  Engine / signature version     6.23.0.60     0401-10     N/A     4.30.0     3.14.2     6.810.1005 (757)   N/A     4.3.20 / 4322             1.617     60204d     N/A     8.11     2.18      
  Signature date     02/06/2004     02/06/2004     02/06/2004     02/06/2004     02/05/2004     02/06/2004     02/06/2004     02/04/2004     02/06/2004     02/04/2004     02/06/2004     02/05/2004     02/06/2004      
  Number of virus records      N/A      N/A             70.071             46.016           103.435     N/A             84.229             85.469     N/A     64.943             69.415             89.689      87.468       
  On-demand detection of virus/malware  
  DOS viruses   217.992         208.770 95,77%         210.840 96,72%         211.049 96,82%         215.419 98,82%         217.777 99,90%        205.840 94,43%           217.901 99,96%         217.869 99,94%         214.777 98,53%         211.578 97,06%         217.494 99,77%         216.766 99,44%         212.300 97,39%  
  Windows viruses   11.721             8.954 76,39%           10.927 93,23%           10.970 93,59%           10.952 93,44%           11.450 97,69%          10.236 87,33%             11.705 99,86%           11.713 99,93%           11.226 95,78%           11.596 98,93%           11.362 96,94%           11.419 97,42%           11.279 96,23%  
  Macro viruses       22.715           22.141 97,47%           22.327 98,29%           22.628 99,62%           22.698 99,93%           22.709 99,97%          22.588 99,44%             22.715 100%           22.715 100%           22.653 99,73%           22.681 99,85%           22.699 99,93%           22.674 99,82%           22.613 99,55%  
  Script viruses         5.107             2.736 53,57%             3.045 59,62%             3.795 74,31%             3.987 78,07%             4.172 81,69%            3.515 68,83%               4.989 97,69%             5.035 98,59%             3.520 68,93%             4.421 86,57%             4.800 93,99%             4.478 87,68%             3.726 72,96%  
  Worms       11.241             8.122 72,25%             8.985 79,93%             9.905 88,11%           10.220 90,92%           10.200 90,74%            8.758 77,91%             11.164 99,32%           11.219 99,80%             9.625 85,62%           10.813 96,19%           10.861 96,62%           10.707 95,25%             9.691 86,21%  
  Backdoors       14.739             7.673 52,06%           10.416 70,67%           13.944 94,61%           13.262 89,98%           13.982 94,86%            8.702 59,04%             14.720 99,87%           13.813 93,72%           12.913 87,61%           10.855 73,65%           14.298 97,01%           14.347 97,34%           10.763 73,02%  
  Trojans       12.249             6.776 55,32%             9.417 76,88%           10.503 85,75%             8.575 70,01%           11.588 94,60%            8.638 70,52%             12.187 99,49%           11.375 92,86%             8.658 70,68%             9.961 81,32%           11.766 96,06%           11.150 91,03%             9.030 73,72%  
  other malware         1.459                325 22,28%             1.053 72,17%             1.014 69,50%                924 63,33%             1.319 90,40%               835 57,23%               1.456 99,79%             1.327 90,95%             1.022 70,05%             1.102 75,53%             1.384 94,86%             1.180 80,88%                963 66,00%  
  OtherOS malware         1.070                338 31,59%                684 63,93%                368 34,39%                587 54,86%                799 74,67%               655 61,21%               1.035 96,73%             1.033 96,54%                519 48,50%                816 76,26%                981 91,68%                888 82,99%                775 72,43%  
  TOTAL   298.293         265.835 89,12%         277.694 93,09%         284.176 95,27%         286.624 96,09%         293.996 98,56%        269.767 90,44%           297.872 99,86%         296.099 99,26%         284.913 95,51%         283.823 95,15%         295.645 99,11%         293.609 98,43%         281.140 94,25%  
  Total without DOS & OtherOS   79.231          56.727 71,60%          66.170 83,52%          72.759 91,83%          70.618 89,13%          75.420 95,19%          63.272 79,86%            78.936 99,63%          77.197 97,43%          69.617 87,87%          71.429 90,15%          77.170 97,40%          75.955 95,87%          68.065 85,91%  
  On-demand detection of dialers              
  Dialers   204.840         192.733 94,09%               82.505 40,28%                         203.190 99,19%         204.016 99,60%         125.950 61,49%           61.438 29,99%         202.860 99,03%         172.194 84,06%  
     
 
  Last revision of the data: 02/28/2004
  Supposed remaining error level: max. 0,01 - 0,2% in total
 
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