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Consumer Real-World Protection Test July-October 2020
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 914261" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>AV-Comparatives Real-World July 2018 - October 2020</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">[URL unfurl="false"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-july-november-2018/[/URL]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">[URL unfurl="false"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-february-may-2019/[/URL]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">[URL unfurl="false"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-july-october-2019/[/URL]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">[URL unfurl="false"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-february-may-2020/[/URL]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">[URL unfurl="false"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-july-october-2020/[/URL]</span></p><p></p><p>--------------------------------Compromised-------------------------Clusters</p><p>TrendMicro.................1+3+1+0+0.............=5..........1+1+1+1+1</p><p>F-Secure......................1+0+5+0+0.............=6..........1+1+1+1+1</p><p>Symantec (Norton)..(7)+1(2)+0+0+1(4)...=8.5.......1+1+1+1+1</p><p>Avira............................2+0+0+3+5.............=10........1+1+1+1+1</p><p>Bitdefender.................1+1+2+5+3.............=12........1+1+1+1+1</p><p>Kaspersky Lab............5+0+6+1+2.............=14........1+1+1+1+1</p><p>Microsoft.............1(8)+(3)+(5)+2+4..........=15........1+1+1+1+1</p><p>Panda..........................8+4+3+1+0.............=16........1+1+1+1+1</p><p>Avast/AVG..................4+6+5+2+2..............=19.......1+2+1+1+1</p><p>Vipre............................5+2+2+7+3.............=19........1+1+1+2+1</p><p>K7..........................6(2)+4(3)+2(3)+4+3.....=23........1+2+1+1+1</p><p>McAfee.......................6+6+4+8+11............=35........1+2+1+2+2</p><p>ESET.........................11+12+11+4+5..........=43........2+3+2+1+1</p><p></p><p>Here is what AV-Comparatives say about the importance of clusters:</p><p>"<em>Our tests use much more test cases (samples) per product and month than any similar test performed by other testing labs. Because of the higher statistical significance this achieves, we consider all the products in each results cluster to be equally effective, assuming that they have a false-positives rate below the industry average</em>."</p><p><a href="https://www.av-comparatives.org/real-world-protection-test-methodology/" target="_blank">Real-World Protection Test Methodology - AV-Comparatives (av-comparatives.org)</a></p><p></p><p>Together with other cumulative results, the above scorings create close to a random pattern.</p><p>[URL unfurl="false"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/microsoft-defender-pros-and-cons-november-2020.105069/post-913427[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="false"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/microsoft-defender-pros-and-cons-november-2020.105069/post-914023[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Avast/AVG can be the top and the last. Trend Micro can be the top and the last (and far away). Eset can be the average and the last. Kaspersky can be the top and average, etc. Only Symantec is consistently better than Microsoft ?????</p><p></p><p>Conclusion.</p><p>These tests (AV-Comparatives Real-Wold, AV-Comparatives Malware Protection, AV-Test, SE Labs) cannot precisely measure the anti-malware protection in the wild for the home environment. The differences among most AVs are probably too small.</p><p></p><p><strong>Post edited (small correction for Kspersky).</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 914261, member: 32260"] [SIZE=5][B]AV-Comparatives Real-World July 2018 - October 2020[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][URL unfurl="false"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-july-november-2018/[/URL] [URL unfurl="false"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-february-may-2019/[/URL] [URL unfurl="false"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-july-october-2019/[/URL] [URL unfurl="false"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-february-may-2020/[/URL] [URL unfurl="false"]https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-july-october-2020/[/URL][/SIZE] --------------------------------Compromised-------------------------Clusters TrendMicro.................1+3+1+0+0.............=5..........1+1+1+1+1 F-Secure......................1+0+5+0+0.............=6..........1+1+1+1+1 Symantec (Norton)..(7)+1(2)+0+0+1(4)...=8.5.......1+1+1+1+1 Avira............................2+0+0+3+5.............=10........1+1+1+1+1 Bitdefender.................1+1+2+5+3.............=12........1+1+1+1+1 Kaspersky Lab............5+0+6+1+2.............=14........1+1+1+1+1 Microsoft.............1(8)+(3)+(5)+2+4..........=15........1+1+1+1+1 Panda..........................8+4+3+1+0.............=16........1+1+1+1+1 Avast/AVG..................4+6+5+2+2..............=19.......1+2+1+1+1 Vipre............................5+2+2+7+3.............=19........1+1+1+2+1 K7..........................6(2)+4(3)+2(3)+4+3.....=23........1+2+1+1+1 McAfee.......................6+6+4+8+11............=35........1+2+1+2+2 ESET.........................11+12+11+4+5..........=43........2+3+2+1+1 Here is what AV-Comparatives say about the importance of clusters: "[I]Our tests use much more test cases (samples) per product and month than any similar test performed by other testing labs. Because of the higher statistical significance this achieves, we consider all the products in each results cluster to be equally effective, assuming that they have a false-positives rate below the industry average[/I]." [URL='https://www.av-comparatives.org/real-world-protection-test-methodology/']Real-World Protection Test Methodology - AV-Comparatives (av-comparatives.org)[/URL] Together with other cumulative results, the above scorings create close to a random pattern. [URL unfurl="false"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/microsoft-defender-pros-and-cons-november-2020.105069/post-913427[/URL] [URL unfurl="false"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/microsoft-defender-pros-and-cons-november-2020.105069/post-914023[/URL] Avast/AVG can be the top and the last. Trend Micro can be the top and the last (and far away). Eset can be the average and the last. Kaspersky can be the top and average, etc. Only Symantec is consistently better than Microsoft ????? Conclusion. These tests (AV-Comparatives Real-Wold, AV-Comparatives Malware Protection, AV-Test, SE Labs) cannot precisely measure the anti-malware protection in the wild for the home environment. The differences among most AVs are probably too small. [B]Post edited (small correction for Kspersky).[/B] [/QUOTE]
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