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False Alarm Test August 2010

Date August 2010
Language English
Last Revision September 19th 2010

Appendix to the Anti-Virus Comparatives August 2010

Release date 2010-10-06
Revision date 2010-09-19
Test Period August 2010
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Update allowed checkbox-checked
False Alarm Test included checkbox-unchecked
Platform/OS Microsoft Windows

Introduction

This report is an appendix to the File Detection Test August 2010 listing details about the discovered False Alarms.

Tested Products

Test Results

1.F-Secure2very few FPs
2.Microsoft3
3.Bitdefender4 few FPs
4.eScan5
5.ESET6
6.PC Tools7
7.Avast, Symantec9
8.Avira10
9.Sophos13
10.G DATA15
11.AVG, Trustport19 many FPs
12.Trend Micro23
13.McAfee24
14.Kingsoft45
15.Kaspersky46
16.K750
17.Norman, Panda98

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