http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02
| Product | malware on demand | adware / spyware on demand | false positives | scan speed | proactive detection | response times | malware on demand | adware / spyware on demand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AntiVir (Avira) | ++ | ++ (4) | + | ++ | + | ++ | 99.8% | 99.0% |
| Avast! (Alwil) | ++ | ++ | + | + | o | o | 99.3% | 98.3% |
| AVG | + | - (4) | + | + | o | o | 95.8% | 87.0% |
| AVK 2008 (G Data) (1) | ++ | ++ | o | - | + | ++ | 99.2% | 99.1% |
| AVK 2009 (G Data) (2) | ++ | ++ | + | + | ++ | ++ | 99.8% | 99.8% |
| BitDefender 2008 | + | - | + | - | ++ | + | 97.7% | 87.8% |
| BitDefender 2009 | + | - | + | o | ++ | + | 97.6% | 88.0% |
| CA-AV (VET) | -- | -- | ++ | o | - | -- | 65.5% | 68.0% |
| ClamAV | - | o | - | -- | - | ++ | 88.5% | 92.8% |
| Dr Web | -- | - | o | o | + | o | 84.9% | 89.6% |
| eScan | + | + | o | - | + | ++ | 97.8% | 97.4% |
| Fortinet-GW | o | -- | o | + | ++ | + | 92.6% | 81.9% |
| F-Prot (Frisk) | o | o | + | + | o | o | 94.8% | 92.6% |
| F-Secure 2008 | ++ | ++ | + | o | ++ | + | 98.2% | 98.4% |
| F-Secure 2009 | ++ | ++ | + | + | ++ | ++ | 99.2% | 99.6% |
| Ikarus | ++ | ++ | o | + | + | + | 99.5% | 98.6% |
| K7 Computing | o | o | o | ++ | - | o | 92.1% | 94.0% |
| Kaspersky | ++ | ++ | o | o | + | ++ | 98.4% | 98.3% |
| McAfee | o | o | ++ | o | + | - | 93.6% | 94.5% |
| Microsoft | + | + | ++ | o | - | - | 97.7% | 97.1% |
| Nod32 (Eset) | o | o | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | 94.4% | 94.7% |
| Norman | + | + | + | o | + | o | 96.3% | 95.8% |
| Norton 2008 (Symantec) | + | o | ++ | + | + | o | 97.8% | 94.6% |
| Norton 2009 (Symantec) | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | 98.7% | 95.4% |
| Panda 2008 | - | o | + | + | ++ | o | 86.4% | 93.4% |
| Panda 2009 | o | + | + | + | ++ | + | 91.8% | 95.6% |
| Rising | -- | -- | + | o | o | o | 83.4% | 77.5% |
| Sophos | + | + | + | + | ++ | + | 97.5% | 95.0% |
| Trend Micro | o | - | + | + | o | + | 91.3% | 88.5% |
| TrustPort | ++ | ++ | - | -- | ++ | ++ | 99.5% | 98.4% |
| VBA32 | o | - | o | o | + | o | 90.5% | 85.2% |
| VirusBuster | - | - | + | + | o | o | 89.0% | 85.8% |
| WebWasher-GW (3) | ++ | ++ | o | ++ | ++ | ++ | 99.7% | 99.2% |
| ZoneAlarm | + | + | o | o | + | ++ | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Index | malware on demand | adware / spyware on demand | false positives | scan speed | proactive detection | response times | malware on demand | adware / spyware on demand |
| ++ | >98% | >98% | no FP | < 2 h | ||||
| + | >95% | >95% | 1-2 FP | 2 - 4 h | ||||
| o | >90% | >90% | 3-4 FP | 4 - 6 h | ||||
| - | >85% | >85% | 5-6 FP | 6 - 8 h | ||||
| -- | <85% | <85% | > 6 FP | > 8 h |
Notes
(1) AVK 2008 uses the Avast and Kaspersky scan engines
(2) AVK 2009 uses the Avast and BitDefender scan engines
(3) WebWasher uses the Avira engine and a self-developed heuristic engine
(4) the free (personal) edition does not include ad- and spyware detection, so the results would be --
02 September 2008
