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<blockquote data-quote="upnorth" data-source="post: 959078" data-attributes="member: 38832">Yes, and no. Let me try explain as this particular part sadly always been a huge misconception as it gets very obvious that people tends to forget, what the actual main purpose of the Malware Hub is. It&#039;s about testing AVs ( Anti-Virus ) software after a specific pre-set amount of staff decided rules and tools that also works as much as possible for the members of the Hub and their respective time-zone and spare/free-time. There is no secret and never been one in exactly how, the Hub in the end test the samples. That&#039;s even posted and shared in all the supplied screenshots. Again, the Hub plain and basic concentrate on test AVs, and not browsers, email clients etc.Something else that can&#039;t be repeated enough is, Time! It&#039;s one of the most important key factors when testing malware. Much much more important then many realize and understand. Trace and investigate that specific part with testing labs and in their reports, is very different from how it&#039;s possible in the Hub. The more fresh a sample is, and the sooner a test is done and completed, the bigger chance is that the specific sample is still enough alive and kicking and actually would show what it can do, if an AV would not be able to block/kill and protect the system. For AVs in the Hub, it&#039;s many time a very brutal and painful experience, but that&#039;s also another reason for the Hub as we genuine try to help vendors and always submit those samples so the vendors can hopefully improve.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="upnorth, post: 959078, member: 38832"] Yes, and no. Let me try explain as this particular part sadly always been a huge misconception as it gets very obvious that people tends to forget, what the actual [U]main purpose of the Malware Hub is[/U]. It's [U]about testing AVs ( Anti-Virus ) software after a specific pre-set amount of [B]staff decided rules and tools[/B][/U] that also works as much as possible for the members of the Hub and their respective time-zone and spare/free-time. There is no secret and never been one in exactly how, the Hub in the end test the samples. That's even posted and shared in all the supplied screenshots. Again, the Hub plain and basic concentrate on test AVs, and not browsers, email clients etc. Something else that can't be repeated enough is, Time! It's one of the most important key factors when testing malware. Much much more important then many realize and understand. Trace and investigate that specific part with testing labs and in their reports, is very different from how it's possible in the Hub. The more fresh a sample is, and the sooner a test is done and completed, the bigger chance is that the specific sample is still enough alive and kicking and actually would show what it can do, if an AV would not be able to block/kill and protect the system. For AVs in the Hub, it's many time a very brutal and painful experience, but that's also another reason for the Hub as we genuine try to help vendors and always submit those samples so the vendors can hopefully improve. [/QUOTE]

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