available here (simple and traditional chinese):
http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse/report18chinese.pdf
http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse/report18sc.pdf
(translated by a third party = we do not take any responsability in case of wrong translation)
We just released the technology preview test report of McAfee “Artemis”. You can find it in the comparatives section of our website. You can access the PDF report directly by clicking here.
A test of Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 has been released. You can find it in the Comparatives section of AV-Comparatives.org
The results of the AV-Comparatives website Survey of March 2008 (”How satisfied are you with your current antivirus?”) are now available. You can download the PDF from here.
We have just released the February 2008 test report translated into Simple Chinese. You can download it from here.
As it was stated in the press release, we wanted to start the collaboration by the end of 2008. After reconsideration and doubts from several respected people and vendors I withdraw herewith our partnership idea with Sergey Ilyin in order to keep our neutral position. Not much will change, except that AV-Comparatives will not use third party results in its reports. AV-Comparatives would prefer to use only results that we can 100% stand by and reproduce, to ensure that our reputation and independence is unaffected by any possible issues with third party results. We will continue to work with and discuss issues of testing with all testers and vendors in the same spirit of openness that has led us to join AMTSO.
A test of IKARUS virus.utilities T3 has been released (March 2008). You can find it in the Comparatives section of AV-Comparatives.org
Our colleagues of ProtectStar TestLab - which used some of our test-results of February - reviewed various well-known Security Suites, evaluating various aspects like the firewall, the user-friendliness, performance and the price/equipment ratio, etc. and awarding some products based on a rating-score. The english report will be released in the first week of April on their website.
The QA report of the August 2007 test set has been released. It can be found on the website in the Comparatives section.
As announced publicly several times already last year, AV-Comparatives provides since 2008 its services for a fee. The fee is NOT for the tests itself, but for the various services we provide (bug reports, usage of our material/logos for reprint and marketing material, getting sample lists, getting false alarms after the public tests, internal services, etc.). Vendors are not obligated to pay for the FULL-service-package, and if a vendor e.g. prefers to do not get all services, the fee is lower. All major testers get paid for the services they provide, this is a common practice. Of course, the fee has no influence at all on the results and is to cover our expenses and time involved.
For users and magazines the public results are free of charge, as long the source is given. If we have time and e.g. a magazine wants us to make an additional work/test of e.g. products that are not already tested, this costs some money which has to be covered by the magazine (only for the service provided to the magazine; the vendor of the tested product will not get any service).
The February 2008 On-demand test report has been released. Go to www.av-comparatives.org , click on Comparatives and select the Report Nr. 17 to read the detailed test results.
Some pictures from the CeBIT 2008 can be found in our forum
There is currently a third party survey on our website until the end of March. Those that participate in the survey have the chance to win an 1GB USB pen drive.
I will be away the first week of March. Test reports etc. are currently scheduled for release on Monday, 10th March, ~2 PM pacific time. All non-vendors emails will be answered on my return.
The website of the “Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization” is now online.
URL: http://www.amtso.org
A test/review of Safe’N'Sec Enterprise Pro has been released. You can find it in the Comparatives section of AV-Comparatives.org
Safe’N'Sec Enterprise Pro is a product for enterprises and not for home users.
I will be at the AntiMalware Testing Standards Group Meeting in Bilbao (Spain) next week - due that, I will be unavailable/unreachable from the 20th to the 23th January. E-mails will be answered on my return.
For those that did not already read this info on our website:
Starting from 2008, AV-Comparatives will - like most other testers do – no longer provide its services for free, as the expenses for the site and all the work involved are too high. The vendors will not pay for the big tests itselfs (and it has of course no influence of any kind on the test results or award system) - the participation fee includes e.g. the usage of the reached award for marketing purposes and other services (like getting false positives and missed malware after the tests, bug reports, etc.). The number of participants will be limited to about 18 vendors.
A test of Sophos Anti-Virus 7.0.5 has been released. You can find it in the Comparatives section of AV-Comparatives.org
Sophos AV is a product for enterprises and not for home users.