Beyond the Headlines: Don’t be fooled by misleading security tests

[jamescv7]

For customers looking for the best security technology for their needs, it’s critical to have access to reliable and meaningful information so they can make smart decisions to stay protected in today’s complex threat landscape. As an industry, we face a challenge in that testing security products is a highly technical and time-consuming process, and there are shortcomings in the approach of some tests that result in data that is misleading at best.

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[Deleted member 178]

i smile, Norton took an analogy i described long time ago

btw, i am agree with them for once ^^

 

[HeffeD]

Here is another article.

Symantec Declares On-Demand Antivirus Tests "Misleading"

My question is, Symantec pulled out of AV-C's tests. (Stopped paying them) So why is AV-C still testing them?

I agree with Symantec's concern as well Umbra. Malware tests (especially detection) are about as far from a real-world test as you can get. Which is why I completely disregard them.

 

[Littlebits]

All AV tests are misleading and so are user reviews since they use bad samples.

Thanks.