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OilKiller · 02-21-2010, 11:31 AM

In my spare time, I work for myself and help clean up computers for those that are having issues with malware. This is more a hobby than a job and I find it fun. I'm sure those that have been infected though, don't find it very fun...

So I recently decided to do a round of testing of some of the more common and even not so common anti virus products out there. I took 15 malicious links and loaded them against numerous anti virus software programs. These links were zero day links (meaning they were found that day) and were found on various sites on the Internet. Stopped is the number of malware that was stopped by the running anti virus program. Missed means the malware got through.

I have rated the product from worst to best. Amazingly enough, one product was able to stop all threats:

Rising

Stopped: 1
Missed: 14

Score: 6%

Microsoft Security Essentials

Stopped: 3
Missed: 12

Score: 20%

Trustport

Stopped: 6
Missed: 9

Score: 40%

AVG

Stopped: 8
Missed: 7

Score: 53%

Avira

Stopped: 8
Missed: 7

Score: 53%

Vipre

Stopped: 9
Missed: 6

Score: 60%

ESET Nod32

Stopped: 10
Missed: 5

Score: 66%

Avast

Stopped: 15
Missed: 0

Score: 100%

Note, these were 15 random zero day links taken from various sites. On any given day, anti virus software may perform much better or much worse than this test.

Test #2: I did some more testing on a different night and tried two other AV products as well as Avast again to see if it could continue to perform as well as it did. This new tests was with 15 new malicious links:

Panda Cloud

Stopped: 0
Missed: 15

Score: 0%

Kaspersky

Stopped: 15
Missed: 0

Score: 100%

Avast

Stopped: 15
Missed: 0

Score: 100%

So as you can see, the absolutely free Avast performed at 100% and stopped all threats during both tests. Kaspersky also performed perfectly.

Again, I'm no pro and there is nothing scientific about these tests. Each anti virus product was allowed to download any needed updates and all settings were left to default as they were installed. While 15 or even 30 links is not a huge sample by any means, I think the tests are still interesting.

02-21-2010, 11:31 AM	#1
OilKiller Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Feb 2004 Exp:	Anti Virus Testing In my spare time, I work for myself and help clean up computers for those that are having issues with malware. This is more a hobby than a job and I find it fun. I'm sure those that have been infected though, don't find it very fun... So I recently decided to do a round of testing of some of the more common and even not so common anti virus products out there. I took 15 malicious links and loaded them against numerous anti virus software programs. These links were zero day links (meaning they were found that day) and were found on various sites on the Internet. Stopped is the number of malware that was stopped by the running anti virus program. Missed means the malware got through. I have rated the product from worst to best. Amazingly enough, one product was able to stop all threats: Rising Stopped: 1 Missed: 14 Score: 6% Microsoft Security Essentials Stopped: 3 Missed: 12 Score: 20% Trustport Stopped: 6 Missed: 9 Score: 40% AVG Stopped: 8 Missed: 7 Score: 53% Avira Stopped: 8 Missed: 7 Score: 53% Vipre Stopped: 9 Missed: 6 Score: 60% ESET Nod32 Stopped: 10 Missed: 5 Score: 66% Avast Stopped: 15 Missed: 0 Score: 100% Note, these were 15 random zero day links taken from various sites. On any given day, anti virus software may perform much better or much worse than this test. Test #2: I did some more testing on a different night and tried two other AV products as well as Avast again to see if it could continue to perform as well as it did. This new tests was with 15 new malicious links: Panda Cloud Stopped: 0 Missed: 15 Score: 0% Kaspersky Stopped: 15 Missed: 0 Score: 100% Avast Stopped: 15 Missed: 0 Score: 100% So as you can see, the absolutely free Avast performed at 100% and stopped all threats during both tests. Kaspersky also performed perfectly. Again, I'm no pro and there is nothing scientific about these tests. Each anti virus product was allowed to download any needed updates and all settings were left to default as they were installed. While 15 or even 30 links is not a huge sample by any means, I think the tests are still interesting.