App Review Avast! 8 vs unknown malwares

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Ink

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Correct me, but Comodo doesn't identify malware correctly (ie. UnclassifiedMalware)?
 

spywar

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@ZeroDay : Impossible to judge with small set of sample !

UnclassifiedMalware are generated by CIMA and some done by analysts.
 

spywar

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Avast! 8 vs 13 unknown fresh samples (15 fresh samples malware pack available on forum)
 
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ZeroDay

so 4 trojans passed even though avast said they were blocked?

Edit: I just saw 3 were in recycle bin. So 1 passed?
 

spywar

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ZeroDay : Yes I will soon do tests on my VM (it's not VM atm) with large samples set.
Yes 3 things were actually in recycle bin.
 

spywar

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New test based on the latest malware pack available on malwarehub :
 
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spywar

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Based on my last pack, Avast detected 13 samples out of 21 fresh samples. One of the left ones was a corrupted file. So executed 7 left samples non detected :
 
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spywar

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Avast! vs 14 undetected fresh malwares (pack on Malware Hub)
 
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