Anti-Virus Comparative August 2004 Copyright (c) by Andreas Clementi (www.av-comparatives.org) - Tested on Windows XP Professional SP1                                                     
 
 
  Company     H+BEDV Datentechnik   Alwil Software   Softwin     DialogueScience   Frisk Software   Trend Micro     Kaspersky Labs   Network Associates   ESET     Symantec     Panda Software   GeCAD Software   Sophos    
  Product     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     6.26.01.01     4.1.418     7.2.0.0     4.31b     3.15     11.31     5.0.142     8.0.41     2.000.9     10.0.1.13     8.05.00     8.6.105     3.84    
  Engine / signature version     6.26.0.10     0432-2     N/A     N/A     3.15.1     7.100 (951)     N/A     4.3.20 / 4383             1.835     60804ah     N/A     8.11     2.20    
  Signature date     08/06/2004     08/04/2004     08/06/2004     08/06/2004     08/06/2004     08/04/2004     08/06/2004     08/04/2004     08/06/2004     08/04/2004     08/06/2004     08/05/2004     08/06/2004    
  Number of virus records             88.519     N/A             88.298             52.998           122.919     N/A             98.958             95.980     N/A     67.916             81.569           103.044      92.776     
  On-demand detection of virus/malware  
  DOS viruses   218.208         208.854 95,71%         210.884 96,64%         214.207 98,17%         215.532 98,77%         217.830 99,83%        207.570 95,12%           218.139 99,97%         218.180 99,99%         214.955 98,51%         212.966 97,60%         217.608 99,73%         216.924 99,41%         211.881 97,10%  
  Windows viruses   13.291           10.481 78,86%           12.157 91,47%           12.821 96,46%           12.274 92,35%           12.760 96,00%          11.588 87,19%             13.268 99,83%           13.274 99,87%           12.798 96,29%           13.175 99,13%           12.925 97,25%           12.826 96,50%           12.484 93,93%  
  Macro viruses       23.198           23.060 99,41%           22.771 98,16%           23.141 99,75%           23.182 99,93%           23.198 100%          23.136 99,73%             23.198 100%           23.198 100%           23.138 99,74%           23.110 99,62%           23.188 99,96%           23.128 99,70%           23.051 99,37%  
  Script viruses         6.638             3.300 49,71%             4.160 62,67%             5.246 79,03%             4.958 74,69%             5.596 84,30%            4.315 65,00%               6.535 98,45%             6.619 99,71%             4.691 70,67%             5.641 84,98%             6.216 93,64%             5.751 86,64%             4.762 71,74%  
  Worms       14.204           11.368 80,03%           11.840 83,36%           13.111 92,30%           12.984 91,41%           13.109 92,29%          11.679 82,22%             14.178 99,82%           14.182 99,85%           12.984 91,41%           13.920 98,00%           13.831 97,37%           13.513 95,14%           11.905 83,81%  
  Backdoors       24.094           15.160 62,92%           19.826 82,29%           22.467 93,25%           21.944 91,08%           21.703 90,08%          19.031 78,99%             23.970 99,49%           23.095 95,85%           21.984 91,24%           22.072 91,61%           23.420 97,20%           21.328 88,52%           17.633 73,18%  
  Trojans       18.527           10.521 56,79%           14.549 78,53%           15.413 83,19%           13.207 71,29%           16.144 87,14%          12.715 68,63%             18.390 99,26%           16.825 90,81%           13.358 72,10%           14.402 77,74%           17.138 92,50%           16.065 86,71%           12.322 66,51%  
  other malware         3.580             1.124 31,40%             2.390 66,76%             2.241 62,60%             1.921 53,66%             2.623 73,27%            2.137 59,69%               3.580 100%             3.330 93,02%             2.279 63,66%             2.941 82,15%             3.139 87,68%             2.932 81,90%             2.227 62,21%  
  OtherOS malware         1.287                374 29,06%                753 58,51%                561 43,59%                588 45,69%                855 66,43%               679 52,76%               1.038 80,65%             1.270 98,68%                571 44,37%                870 67,60%                997 77,47%             1.064 82,67%                861 66,90%  
  TOTAL   323.027         284.242 87,99%         299.330 92,66%         309.208 95,72%         306.590 94,91%         313.818 97,15%        292.850 90,66%           322.296 99,77%         319.973 99,05%         306.758 94,96%         309.097 95,69%         318.462 98,59%         313.531 97,06%         297.126 91,98%  
  Total without DOS & OtherOS   103.532          75.014 72,45%          87.693 84,70%          94.440 91,22%          90.470 87,38%          95.133 91,89%          84.601 81,71%          103.119 99,60%        100.523 97,09%          91.232 88,12%          95.261 92,01%          99.857 96,45%          95.543 92,28%          84.384 81,51%  
  On-demand detection of dialers                  
  Dialers   205.016         204.320 ~100%               84.147 41%                         205.010 ~100%         204.984 ~100%         141.070 69%         204.876 ~100%         204.612 ~100%         153.964 75%  
     
 
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Last revision of the results: 25. August 2004
Supposed remaining error level: max. 0,01% in total
Note: The results shows the on-demand detection rates of the products; we did not tested the "on-access" or "behavior-blocking" functionality of the products.