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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 847587" data-attributes="member: 32260">Honestly, I did not found the AV Lab which could test the real protection of AVs in one type of test. So far, we have real-world tests focused on the web-based threats and malware protection tests focused on the threats from USB, network drives, CD/DVD images, etc.All tests except one I can recall, do not take into account how quickly the AV can protect all customers after the malware infected the first customer (first infection).Another big problem: how representative can be the pule of the malware samples, which is like a needle in a haystack of all new malware. What it means the score 95% when the error (related to how representative is the sample) is not known. Is it 95% +- 0.1% or 95% +- 5% ?There are some other factors like malware prevalence, etc.So, testing the AVs can be very complicated and time-consuming. The testing methodology is not a science and results can have unknown errors. Are the people who do it, artists or scientists? I do not know but I really admire their efforts.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 847587, member: 32260"] Honestly, I did not found the AV Lab which could test the real protection of AVs in one type of test. So far, we have [B]real-world[/B] tests focused on the web-based threats and[B] malware protection[/B] tests focused on the threats from USB, network drives, CD/DVD images, etc. All tests except one I can recall, do not take into account how quickly the AV can protect all customers after the malware infected the first customer (first infection). Another big problem: how representative can be the pule of the malware samples, which is like a needle in a haystack of all new malware. What it means the score 95% when the error (related to how representative is the sample) is not known. Is it 95% +- 0.1% or 95% +- 5% ? There are some other factors like malware prevalence, etc. So, testing the AVs can be very complicated and time-consuming. The testing methodology is not a science and results can have unknown errors. Are the people who do it, artists or scientists? I do not know but I really admire their efforts.:) (y) [/QUOTE]

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