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Consumer Malware Protection Test September 2020
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 909426" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p><strong>AV-Comparatives Malware Protection tests 2019-2020.</strong></p><p></p><p>Cumulative results for last 2 years (March 2019, September 2019, March 2020, September 2020):</p><p></p><p><strong>----------------<span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">Missed samples</span></strong>----<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><strong>Clusters</strong></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 168, 133)">Group 1</span></strong></p><p>Avast, AVG........1+0+2+0.............1,1,1,1</p><p>Norton...............(2)+(2)+0+2.......1,1,1,1</p><p>Bitdefender.......1+5+2+1.............1,1,1,1</p><p>K7......................5+5+1+2.............1,1,1,1</p><p>Avira* ................0+4+3+4............1,1,1,2</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 168, 133)"><strong>Group 2</strong></span></p><p>Panda ................1+1+4+11.........1,1,1,3</p><p>Microsoft...........2+4+12+0..........1,1,3,1</p><p>VIPRE ................4+10+3+4 .........1,2,1,2</p><p>F-Secure ...........14+9+0+1.......... 2,2,1,1</p><p>Kaspersky......... 13+9+3+1..........2,2,1,1</p><p>ESET...................15+12+1+2 .......2,2,1,1</p><p>Total Defense*...5+19+1+4.........1,3,1,2</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 168, 133)"><strong>Group 3</strong></span></p><p>McAfee ............11+19+7+0.........2,3,2,1</p><p></p><p><strong>Hard to classify</strong></p><p>Trend Micro......0+0+82+175...... 1,1,4,4</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">The last column shows cluster analysis, which is most important</span>.</strong> The number of missed samples is less important, but I have taken it as the secondary classification parameter (Avira, TotalDefense).</p><p>These tests cannot prove what is real protection of AVs in the same group (cluster analysis) - they can have the same protection in the wild despite a different number of missed samples.</p><p>Furthermore, the average detection difference between Group 1 and 2 is very little ( about 17 missed samples per 42000 total samples).</p><p>So, in practice, it would be hard to see the protection difference between most of the tested AVs (which is already a well known fact).<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-march-2019/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-september-2019/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-march-2020/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-september-2020/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 909426, member: 32260"] [B]AV-Comparatives Malware Protection tests 2019-2020.[/B] Cumulative results for last 2 years (March 2019, September 2019, March 2020, September 2020): [B]----------------[COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]Missed samples[/COLOR][/B]----[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B]Clusters[/B][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=rgb(0, 168, 133)]Group 1[/COLOR][/B] Avast, AVG........1+0+2+0.............1,1,1,1 Norton...............(2)+(2)+0+2.......1,1,1,1 Bitdefender.......1+5+2+1.............1,1,1,1 K7......................5+5+1+2.............1,1,1,1 Avira* ................0+4+3+4............1,1,1,2 [COLOR=rgb(0, 168, 133)][B]Group 2[/B][/COLOR] Panda ................1+1+4+11.........1,1,1,3 Microsoft...........2+4+12+0..........1,1,3,1 VIPRE ................4+10+3+4 .........1,2,1,2 F-Secure ...........14+9+0+1.......... 2,2,1,1 Kaspersky......... 13+9+3+1..........2,2,1,1 ESET...................15+12+1+2 .......2,2,1,1 Total Defense*...5+19+1+4.........1,3,1,2 [COLOR=rgb(0, 168, 133)][B]Group 3[/B][/COLOR] McAfee ............11+19+7+0.........2,3,2,1 [B]Hard to classify[/B] Trend Micro......0+0+82+175...... 1,1,4,4 [B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]The last column shows cluster analysis, which is most important[/COLOR].[/B] The number of missed samples is less important, but I have taken it as the secondary classification parameter (Avira, TotalDefense). These tests cannot prove what is real protection of AVs in the same group (cluster analysis) - they can have the same protection in the wild despite a different number of missed samples. Furthermore, the average detection difference between Group 1 and 2 is very little ( about 17 missed samples per 42000 total samples). So, in practice, it would be hard to see the protection difference between most of the tested AVs (which is already a well known fact).:)(y) [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-march-2019/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-september-2019/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-march-2020/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-september-2020/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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