AV TEST Statement regarding Tencent products in recent Windows tests

[BoraMurdar]

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https://www.facebook.com/avtestorg/posts/954964211223034

After in-depth investigations, certain optimizations have been identified in Tencent products which are clearly designed to improve their ratings in AV-TEST's performance testing. These optimizations, which have been found in all recent public versions of the products, provide minimal benefit to normal users and could even degrade the level of protection offered by the products.

All three testing labs involved in these investigations - AV-TEST, AV-Comparatives and Virus Bulletin - expect participants in their tests to behave in an open and ethical manner at all times, and consider this sort of "gaming" of tests to be unhelpful to both developers and users. The labs will be imposing stricter controls on participants to reduce opportunities for such actions, and will revoke all affected certifications and awards granted so far in 2015.

 

[Enju]

Another company nobody should ever trust...

 

[Ink]

I wouldn't be surprised if Baidu or Kingsoft were found to be optimising their test results.

 

[aztony]

These optimizations, which have been found in all recent public versions of the products, provide minimal benefit to normal users and could even degrade the level of protection offered by the products.

Sounds like a contradiction in terms. Makes no sense.

 

[Enju]

Sounds like a contradiction in terms. Makes no sense.

They use less signatures or weaker heuristics in these tests.

 

[Behold Eck]

Another company nobody should ever trust...

Oh, not another one !

They use less signatures or weaker heuristics in these tests.

Wouldn`t that give a worse overall result for Tencent ?

Regards Eck

 

[aztony]

Wouldn`t that give a worse overall result for Tencent?

That's the part I can't wrap my head around.

 

[Enju]

Oh, not another one !



Wouldn`t that give a worse overall result for Tencent ?

Regards Eck

The results were removed unfortunately but I think their results were pretty "mediocre" about 96% or something.
Also AV-Test said that they could degrade the level of protection, so maybe even with those settings they didn't.

 

[Behold Eck]

That's the part I can't wrap my head around.

Ditto, surely it should be the other way around, unless Tencent got penalised for deliberately "down"tweeking their program even though it was going to give them a lesser result ?

My head is starting to hurt.

Regards Eck

 

[Anupam]

why don't the AV test companies just download from their official website?

 

[Enju]

why don't the AV test companies just download from their official website?

They do

 

[Deleted member 21043]

I'm betting on Baidu to be the next company to be caught out.

 

[Enju]

I'm betting on Baidu to be the next company to be caught out.

Well, they are already using Eset and Kaspersky detection names...

 

[Azure]

They use less signatures or weaker heuristics in these tests.

Wouldn't weaker heuristics also give them less false positives?

 

[Malware1]

Well, they are already using Eset and Kaspersky detection names...

+ Microsoft.

 

[jamescv7]

Here's the problem as always, money and money; companies are not always thinking many times to check its reputation before allowing any agreement for borrowing a license engine.

Tencent = Avira + In-house Engine; oh well even though they can do it many times; at the end of the day, the one who failed with honor will prevail.

 

[woodrowbone]

Did I hear Chinese business ethics...

/W

 

[aztony]

Antivirus ratings firms AV‐Comparatives, AV-Test, and Virus Bulletin have stripped another company of its rankings for trying to game their tests. This time the culprit was Chinese giant Tencent, which is accused of compromising its own security systems for the sake of speed credits in testing.

 

[Paul.R]

Hi!

These Av-tests company are so funny....only mess with some users minds.

For me are only 4 antivirus that count: Avast,ESET,Kaspersky,Dr. Web.

WHY? For thier to ability process large amounts of data, for thier ability to track malware and develop quick response for it, for thier ability to remove malware, for thier experience in these industry. I trust these companies, i use thier products.
More and more companies trend to provide sophisticated fake service giving a false sense of security and take first place in av-funny tests.

 

[Raihaan]

Baidu gonna get caught soon, AV-Test gonna be their "Scariest Nightmare" lul