AV-TEST AV-Test.org June 2019 with Webroot

[uduoix]

I read somewhere that microsoft is working with other AV vendors about FP. Maybe this is reason why is improving so much

 

[Andy Ful]

...Windows Defender always has a lot of false positives on AV-Comparatives's test.

Only for files with low and very low prevalence. It seems that AV-TEST uses samples with medium or high prevalence.

Edit.
In most cases, the false positives with low and very low prevalence appear because some developers do not bother to submit the executables for whitelisting, before publishing the application or application update. It takes 5 minutes via Submit a file for malware analysis - Microsoft Security Intelligence.
I do this for a few years without problems (except one case). The files are whitelisted usually after one day. The same is possible for most AVs.

 

[blueblackwow65]

I seen that comodo has a 4 for performance,anyone know what settings would get a 5 or 6 in ratings/THks

 

[roger_m]

I seen that comodo has a 4 for performance,anyone know what settings would get a 5 or 6 in ratings/THks

Don't pay too much attention to the performance results. Almost certainly you would get very different results if you tried any of the products yourself.

 

[shmu26]

I seen that comodo has a 4 for performance,anyone know what settings would get a 5 or 6 in ratings/THks

Uninstall the AV component -- that's how you get Comodo to perform well.

 

[Andrew3000]

 

[Lord Ami]

Happy to see F-Secure contantly on top

They do offer quality software and solid protection, but there's lack on grey area (PUPs etc). However, that seems to have improved after Avira was added to their "arsenal of weapons" if you will
Its strength lies in DeepGuard + Cloud I would say. A lot of stuff must be blocked because it's prevalence etc. With links and everything coming from web - it's strong.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Does F-Secure have access to Avira's cloud?

 

[Andrew3000]

Does F-Secure have access to Avira's cloud?

Yes

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Yes

Then this is great.

 

[blueblackwow65]

Uninstall the AV component -- that's how you get Comodo to perform well.

Thks for reply but if I wanted to keep av what would be a performance setting/

 

[low L!fe]

Kaspersky Norton F-Secure TOP

I don't believe Windows Defender no False Positive !!!!

Bitdefender Step Back.

McAfee AVG Avast Medium Programs .

 

[ForgottenSeer 72227]

I don't believe Windows Defender no False Positive !!!!

I don't think it's too hard to believe. MS has/is working on improving their FPs and it does show. To be fair AV comparatives is the only test where WD has a lot of FPs, most other professional tests don't show WD having as many FP from what I can see. @Andy Ful explained earlier in this thread that WD scores high in FP in AV comparatives because it tends to flag very low to low prevalence files, meaning files/programs that are very new and/or no one uses, or has heard of. Files with medium to high prevalence WD does very well with very little to no FPs.

The problem with the AV comparatives test IMO is that people don't really take the time to properly interpret the test results. They just look for the total number without any understanding of what that number means, or how they got it. To be very honest, I would rather have a program flag a file/program as malicious that has a very low prevalence, rather than flagging a high prevalence file (ie: a critical system file), which could basically break Windows. To me, FP tests should be restricted to medium to high prevalence files/programs only, as it could be more catastrophic if a high prevalence Windows file is flagged, rather than some program that is not used by many IMO.

 

[Andy Ful]

Kaspersky Norton F-Secure TOP

I don't believe Windows Defender no False Positive !!!!

Bitdefender Step Back.

McAfee AVG Avast Medium Programs .

If you do not believe about low WD false positives in this report, then there is no reason to believe that AV-TEST reported the proper results for Kaspersky, Norton, F-Secure, and other AVs.

 

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[Andy Ful]

These two tests are not especially reliable - tested on the samples gathered by PCmag.

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[low L!fe]

McAfee better than Bitdefender !!!