Anti-Virus Comparative August 2008 Copyright (c) by AV-Comparatives e.V. ®  (www.av-comparatives.org) - Tested on Windows XP Professional SP3
	Company				AVIRA			G DATA Security			Alwil Software			AVG Technologies			BitDefender			MicroWorld			ESET			F-Secure			Kaspersky Labs			McAfee			Microsoft			Norman ASA			Symantec			Sophos			Trustport			VirusBlokAda
	Product				AntiVir Premium			AntiVirusKit (AVK)			avast! Professional			AVG Anti-Virus			BitDefender AV			eScan Anti-Virus			ESET NOD32 Antivirus			F-Secure Anti-Virus			Kaspersky AV			McAfee VirusScan+			Microsoft OneCare			Norman AV+AS			Norton Anti-Virus			Sophos E S&C			TrustPort AV			VBA32 Anti-Virus
	Program version				8.1.0.362			19.0.0.49			4.8.1229			8.0.156			11.0.17			9.0.824.217			3.0.669.0			9.00.148			8.0.0.454			12.1.110			2.5.2900.03			7.10			16.0.0.125			7.5.1			2.8.0.3006			3.12.8.2
	Engine / signature version				8.01.01.15/7.00.05.212			N/A			080804-0			270.5.12/1590			N/A			N/A			3325			8.10.14240			N/A			5300.2777 / 5352			1.3807 / 1.41.18.0			5.93.01			100804c / 84315			2.75.4 / 4.31E+305			N/A			N/A
	Number of virus records				1.533.821			unknown			unknown			unknown			1.414.639			unknown			unknown			unknown			1.045.550			437.316			753.216			1.979.741			2.043.091			447.478			unknown			unknown
	Certification level reached in this test				ADVANCED+			ADVANCED+			ADVANCED+			ADVANCED+			ADVANCED			ADVANCED			ADVANCED			ADVANCED			ADVANCED+			STANDARD			STANDARD			ADVANCED			ADVANCED+			ADVANCED			ADVANCED+
	Number of false positives*				many			many			many			many			many			few			few			few			many			very few			very few			many			few			(very many)*			many			many
	On-demand scanning speed*				fast			average			average			fast			average			slow			fast			average			fast			fast			average			average			fast			fast			slow			slow
	On-demand detection of virus/malware:
	SET A (Aug05 - Sep07)		1.190.818		PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED			PASSED
	SET B (Oct07-Jul08), highest settings:
	Windows viruses		42.845		42.700	100%		42.789	100%		42.657	100%		41.767	97%		41.344	96%		41.944	98%		42.137	98%		41.994	98%		42.479	99%		41.340	96%		41.129	96%		37.032	86%		42.379	99%		41.355	97%		42.548	99%		35.712	83%
	Macro viruses		2.571		2.558	99%		2.571	100%		2.571	100%		2.333	91%		2.335	91%		2.551	99%		2.558	99%		2.551	99%		2.551	99%		2.569	100%		2.244	87%		2.348	91%		2.570	100%		2.347	91%		2.373	92%		990	39%
	Script malware		10.405		10.029	96%		10.087	97%		9.810	94%		5.931	57%		8.947	86%		9.883	95%		8.893	85%		9.885	95%		9.883	95%		8.023	77%		7.686	74%		5.711	55%		9.074	87%		6.222	60%		7.604	73%		2.789	27%
	Worms		63.115		62.730	99%		62.783	99%		61.914	98%		59.828	95%		60.595	96%		60.020	95%		59.918	95%		60.054	95%		61.580	98%		54.943	87%		55.789	88%		55.882	89%		62.131	98%		56.398	89%		61.727	98%		52.001	82%
	Backdoors/Bots		256.749		255.066	99%		254.800	99%		250.335	98%		243.842	95%		229.342	89%		236.835	92%		243.280	95%		237.081	92%		247.518	96%		220.460	86%		214.523	84%		233.846	91%		253.221	99%		231.752	90%		252.833	98%		159.387	62%
	Trojans		707.230		701.627	99%		700.031	99%		686.885	97%		670.168	95%		659.101	93%		634.302	90%		652.205	92%		635.055	90%		665.540	94%		587.419	83%		596.541	84%		627.162	89%		690.963	98%		640.346	91%		687.453	97%		529.188	75%
	other malware		13.287		12.784	96%		12.824	97%		12.672	95%		10.153	76%		11.538	87%		12.394	93%		10.472	79%		12.408	93%		12.590	95%		10.243	77%		8.932	67%		8.234	62%		12.489	94%		9.212	69%		11.014	83%		8.180	62%
	TOTAL		1.096.202		1.087.494	99,2%		1.085.885	99,1%		1.066.844	97,3%		1.034.022	94,3%		1.013.202	92,4%		997.929	91,0%		1.019.463	93,0%		999.028	91,1%		1.042.141	95,1%		924.997	84,4%		926.844	84,6%		970.215	88,5%		1.072.827	97,9%		987.632	90,1%		1.065.552	97,2%		788.247	71,9%
	SET B (Oct07-Jul08), default settings:					~98,6%			~99,1%			~97,3%			~94,3%			~92,4%			~91,0%			~93,0%			~91,1%			~94,4%			~84,4%			~84,6%			~88,5%			~97,4%			~90,1%			~96,9%			~71,9%
	SET A + B (highest settings)		~2,3 millions			~99,6%			~99,5%			~98,7%			~97,3%			~96,4%			~95,7%			~96,6%			~95,8%			~97,6%			~92,5%			~92,6%			~94,5%			~99,0%			~95,3%			~98,7%			~86,5%
	* Please read the PDF report for details!
	SET A: in order to get a "PASSED" over SET A, a product must be able to detect - with best possible settings - over 99,5% of this test-set
	SET B: contains malware from last 9 months (~October 2007 to ~July 2008)
	For more results and some guidance to the results, you MUST read the report (and the methodology document)!
	ALL PRODUCTS WERE UPDATED THE 4th AUGUST 2008.
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