Anti-Virus Comparative February 2007 Copyright (c) by Andreas Clementi (www.av-comparatives.org) - Tested on Windows XP Professional SP2                                                                          
                 
     
  Company     AVIRA     G DATA Security   Alwil Software   GriSoft     Softwin     Doctor Web     MicroWorld     Fortinet     Frisk Software   F-Secure     Kaspersky Labs   McAfee     Microsoft     ESET     Norman ASA     Symantec     AEC    
  Product     AntiVir PE Premium   AntiVirusKit (AVK)   Avast! Professional   AVG Anti-Malware   BitDefender Prof.+   Dr. Web     eScan Anti-Virus   FortiClient     F-Prot Anti-Virus   F-Secure Anti-Virus   Kaspersky AV   McAfee VirusScan   Microsoft OneCare   NOD32 Anti-Virus   NormanVirusControl   Norton Anti-Virus   TrustPort AV WS  
  Program version     7.03.01.34     17.0.6254     4.7.942     7.5.441     10     4.33.5.10110     8.0.671.1     3.0.308     6.0.5.1     7.01.128     6.0.2.614     11.1.124     1.5.1890.18     2.70.23     5.82     14.0.0.89     2.5.0.957    
  Engine / signature version     6.37.01.26     17.2423 / 17.124   0709-2     268.17.20 / 664   7.11190     4.33.2.10060     N/A     2.86 / 7.111     4.3.1     7.00.12371     N/A     5100.0194 / 4955    1.15.2227.7                 2.031     5.90.30     90202ai     N/A    
  Number of virus records            662.365      unknown       unknown      unknown            453.630            173.398     unknown      unknown             491.050     unknown            264.410            225.413     367.307     unknown     654.451     73.132     unknown    
                                                                     
  Detection of over 222000 dialers (*)    excellent     excellent       excellent       excellent     excellent     excellent       excellent       high       excellent       excellent       excellent     excellent    excellent     excellent      high      excellent   excellent    
  Detection of over 130000 PUP's (**)    high     high       mediocre       high     high     high       high       mediocre       high       high       high     high    mediocre     high      high      high   high    
  Detection of over 230000 DOS viruses (***)   excellent   excellent     very high     mediocre   excellent   high     excellent     low     excellent     excellent     excellent   excellent   very high     excellent     excellent     excellent   excellent    
  Detection of polymorphic viruses (****)   11 of 12   9 of 12   2 of 12   2 of 12     8 of 12   8 of 12   8 of 12   6 of 12   11 of 12   8 of 12   8 of 12   8 of 12   4 of 12   12 of 12   1 of 12   12 of 12   9 of 12  
                                                                                   
  Certification level reached in this test   ADVANCED+   ADVANCED+   ADVANCED   ADVANCED   ADVANCED   STANDARD   ADVANCED+   ADVANCED   ADVANCED   ADVANCED+   ADVANCED+   STANDARD         ADVANCED   ADVANCED   ADVANCED   ADVANCED+  
  On-demand detection of virus/malware  
  Windows viruses   27.570            27.254 98,85%            27.536 99,88%            26.333 95,51%            24.549 89,04%            26.450 95,94%            25.455 92,33%            27.462 99,61%            27.402 99,39%            26.646 96,65%            27.462 99,61%            27.462 99,61%            27.464 99,62%            26.198 95,02%            27.463 99,61%             24.163 87,64%            27.483 99,68%            27.450 99,56%  
  Macro viruses       38.372            38.367 99,99%            38.372 100%            37.801 98,51%            38.325 99,88%            38.287 99,78%            38.317 99,86%            38.372 100%            36.836 96,00%            38.371 ~100%            38.372 100%            38.372 100%            38.372 100%            38.103 99,30%            38.371 ~100%             38.350 99,94%            38.366 99,98%            38.371 ~100%  
  Script viruses/malware       11.035            10.035 90,94%            10.796 97,83%              8.170 74,04%              7.415 67,20%              9.469 85,81%              7.586 68,74%            10.780 97,69%              7.679 69,59%              9.031 81,84%            10.829 98,13%            10.780 97,69%              9.694 87,85%              7.454 67,55%              9.827 89,05%               8.031 72,78%              9.889 89,61%            10.209 92,51%  
  Worms       41.713            41.506 99,50%            41.519 99,53%            39.656 95,07%            40.734 97,65%            41.140 98,63%            39.363 94,37%            40.871 97,98%            40.009 95,91%            39.565 94,85%            40.873 97,99%            40.871 97,98%            37.890 90,83%            37.213 89,21%            40.720 97,62%             39.853 95,54%            41.385 99,21%            41.594 99,71%  
  Backdoors     155.780          154.695 99,30%          155.321 99,71%          150.049 96,32%          153.085 98,27%          151.128 97,01%          144.008 92,44%          154.018 98,87%          149.393 95,90%          149.128 95,73%          154.018 98,87%          154.018 98,87%          147.781 94,87%          128.026 82,18%          150.550 96,64%           149.688 96,09%          150.612 96,68%          155.286 99,68%  
  Trojans     210.721          208.308 98,85%          209.029 99,20%          196.159 93,09%          205.754 97,64%          201.019 95,40%          182.124 86,43%          203.418 96,53%          196.625 93,31%          191.288 90,78%          203.419 96,53%          203.418 96,53%          183.519 87,09%          165.869 78,71%          203.097 96,38%           197.372 93,67%          202.829 96,25%          209.863 99,59%  
  other malware         9.807              9.295 94,78%              9.670 98,60%              7.194 73,36%              7.892 80,47%              8.769 89,42%              6.200 63,22%              9.579 97,68%              7.842 79,96%              7.910 80,66%              9.617 98,06%              9.579 97,68%              8.940 91,16%              5.725 58,38%              8.792 89,65%               7.282 74,25%              8.913 90,88%              9.315 94,98%  
  OtherOS viruses/malware         2.610              2.445 93,68%              2.604 99,77%              1.684 64,52%              1.799 68,93%              1.978 75,79%              1.177 45,10%              2.603 99,73%              1.918 73,49%              2.196 84,14%              2.604 99,77%              2.603 99,73%              2.278 87,28%              1.436 55,02%              2.399 91,92%               1.150 44,06%              2.373 90,92%              2.333 89,39%  
  TOTAL   497.608          491.905 98,85%          494.847 99,45%          467.046 93,86%          479.553 96,37%          478.240 96,11%          444.230 89,27%          487.103 97,89%          467.704 93,99%          464.135 93,27%          487.194 97,91%          487.103 97,89%          455.938 91,63%          410.024 82,40%          481.219 96,71%           465.889 93,63%          481.850 96,83%          494.421 99,36%  
         
 
  (*) = not present (0-5%), low (6-40%), mediocre (41-70%), high (71-95%), excellent (96-100%).
(**) = PUP's (potentially unwanted programs);  low (0-64%), mediocre (65-84%), high (85-100%). you MUST read the report for details!
(***) = not present (0-50%), very low (51-80%), low (81-91%), mediocre (92-95%), high (96-97%), very high (98-99%), excellent (~100%).
  (****) = reliable detection of 12 polymorphic viruses; you MUST read the report for details!
  ALL PRODUCTS WERE UPDATED ON FRIDAY, THE 2nd FEBRUARY 2007.
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