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How good is your antivirus?

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Since most would like to argue bout what is the best antivirus. I decided to open this thread solely for testing your preferred antivirus. This is a compilation of a group of hackers.

*************WARNING*************

THIS IS NOT FOR THE SCAREDY CATS. THERE ARE ALL VALID VIRUSES. DO NOT OPEN THEM OR EXTRACT THEM TO ANY LOCATION. SAFEST METHOD TO TEST YOUR ANTIVIRUS IS TO SCAN THE COMPRESSED FILE. I WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR YOUR ACTION.

Here's a link to download an archive file containing the viruses. READ THE WARNING BELOW BEFORE CLICKING HERE

TEST THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK

If you dare to take this challenge, do post the screenshots of the antivirus in action and please do not use any Photoshoping skills to manipulate the results.

Try to post at least the following information for others to evaluate

1) Program/scan engine version (Exm NAV 2004, AVG 6 Paid Version, SAV 9.0.0.338 and etc)

2) Any settings you changed

3) Screenshots (Optional as proof)

EDIT: Contrary to the filename which tells you 455 viruses, no it is not. Actual total is 593. If your antivirus detected them all, well done.

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I'm think of downloading NOD32 because of the bad AVG7 pro outcome

Can someone tell me a few things

1. Why has it got such a silly name

2. What is the interface like. AVG's has always been ugly - is it better?

3. Is it low on memory, and quick to start up / do things

4. What are the automatic updates like. how often and does it update the program w/ virus defs

Cheers mate.

Just one more thing. Does SP2 RC2 Shield Detect it?

1 Who cares about the name? Isn't the key issue the level of protection?

2 Who cares about the UI? Isn't the key issue the level of protection?

3 http://www.rokop-security.de/main/article.php?sid=693 Look at the bttom few rows for overhead.

4 NOD32 has automatic updates that happen once a day, more if needed.

Who gives a rats ass if the SP2 security center identifies NOD32? Do you realize that the functionality built into the SS is for folks unfamiliar with security to ensure that they have some baseline level of protection?

Why do you need to OS to tell you if your signatures are up to date when the app updates automatically?

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Damn....using AVG 7 Pro here, fully updated. Not too impressed by this. How do they get the 100% detection rate they claim to have?

That's because they don't. No one can come close to NOD32's detect ratio over the years. The only one that I think even comes close is Kaspersky, and I can't stand them anymore.

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Well, I tried the Zone Alarm Security Suite Antivirus on it. LOL. It found 595 files to be scanned, and 582 that were infected. LOL. It didn't clean any of them, but then I just scanned the archive and didn't bother opening it. LOL.

IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR HEAD LOL?

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That's because they don't. No one can come close to NOD32's detect ratio over the years. The only one that I think even comes close is Kaspersky, and I can't stand them anymore.

Though one should emphasize the word virus, NOD32 is still outclassed by KAV based engines in the detection of other malware (trojans etc.).

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Personally between the two, i would suggest NOD32. It's easier to configure than Kaspersky. Kaspersky UI is quite a horror if you ask me. Maybe before making a purchase, download a trial version and test out the trial version.

Actually the recent release of Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 5.0 is extremely easy to configure as you can see from the screenshots here http://kas-sc.virtorio.cjb.net/

these are MY kaspesky results....sad.gif do i have an old version or soemthing?
Yes, yes you do http://www.kaspersky.com/productupdates
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Okay, I turned off real-time scanning, which allowed me to download the file. Sorry to say it didn't find 100% either. Much closer than AVG 7 Pro though!

Same here (I closed auto detect too) maybe we should submitt these files too the authors of these anti-virus progs?

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