Well another test, more or less the same silliness. I find it both funny and ironic when these test results come out, one minute everyone says to take these tests with a grain of salt, the next minute, product a,b,c (very good job), product d,e,f (well looks like they are POS). So which is it? Do we take it with a grain of salt, or do we rely on them with 100% validity.
I also find it funny when I see people rip a test apart when they don't agree with the results because their product does poorly and/or a product they don't like does well. Next month however, this test is good, it represents exactly what I believe because my product did well and the product I dislike does poorly. I get it, people want to see the the product that they use/prefer always do well, but in reality, I think we all know that there is no so such product that can deliver 100% protection 100% of the time. I've yet to see reports proving that using x product (that does poorly on a test, even if it was just 1 or 2 tests) will result in getting infected every single day. I mean there are a lot of people that use WD and somehow many of those people seem to be infection free. I'm not saying that there are people that haven't been infected when using WD, but I've yet to see concrete data that its a massive wide spread issue. Even if something does get past a particular product, there is no guarantee that another product would have caught it instead.
As for Emsisoft, I think they are a great company with great protection. They have a very good team behind it and offer some of the best customer support out there. Sure this test maybe a lower result than normal, but I really think its silly to write them off completely. Again, I have yet to see data proving that the vast majority of Emsisoft users are being infected on a daily basis because of this test result. I also want to give Emsisoft the benefit of the doubt in regards to cruelsister's test. It could have very well been because they were having issues with their cloud component, or it could not have. I don't think these cloud systems are as simple as hooking up a server to the internet so the software can communicate with it, I am sure its far more complex than that. I mean just last week Microsoft was having issues with smartscreen, so its not impossible. Unless you have exact proof to say Emsisoft is lying, than we really don't know for sure. All I care about anyways is they take action to improve it.
In summary, these tests are fun, but they are not the end all be all and they surely do not represent true real world usage/experiences. Personally, I believe many of these products will offer very good protection for the vast majority of users out there. I think that when choosing a product you should definitely take advantage of their trials and base your decision on that. Sure it's ok not like a product because it slowed your system/internet down, ran into some bugs, conflicted with your system, to many false positives, etc..., but I don't think you should necessarily dislike a product because it did poorly on a test, especially if it was just 1 or 2 tests.