Please note this thread not resemble to any specific product but the name of product given are only for examples.
The debate on detection rate of antivirus is going every where on all most every tech forum but I cannot understand the conclusion come out of this debate.
The function of Antivirus Software are:
1..Prevention
2..Detection
3..Removal.
The various av testing labs test the products and give the result on basis of detection rate and usability.
I read many forum members and the person(company staff,moderator other) related to the product which generally get poor result explain that their product mainly care about prevention and one will be safe with their product.
My point is How does an av which cannot detect a malicious sample as threat can prevent it from causing infection in system.
As for example:
Avast may have not good removal capability and it detect a threat on my system but it cannot remove it I can at least Trust Avast as it warn me about infection and I can take help of other software to remove the infection.
But in the case I use av which cannot detect the threat say Webroot,I will think my system is safe and I will not take any steps to remove the threat as early as possible.
Webroot claims that the av will detect threat in few days and system will be back to clean state but in the mean time if I use some sensitive data on my system will they be safe?
My question is again the same,Product whose detection rate is not as excellent as others,how can prevent an infected file/process/software to stop infect one system.
Thanks
The debate on detection rate of antivirus is going every where on all most every tech forum but I cannot understand the conclusion come out of this debate.
The function of Antivirus Software are:
1..Prevention
2..Detection
3..Removal.
The various av testing labs test the products and give the result on basis of detection rate and usability.
I read many forum members and the person(company staff,moderator other) related to the product which generally get poor result explain that their product mainly care about prevention and one will be safe with their product.
My point is How does an av which cannot detect a malicious sample as threat can prevent it from causing infection in system.
As for example:
Avast may have not good removal capability and it detect a threat on my system but it cannot remove it I can at least Trust Avast as it warn me about infection and I can take help of other software to remove the infection.
But in the case I use av which cannot detect the threat say Webroot,I will think my system is safe and I will not take any steps to remove the threat as early as possible.
Webroot claims that the av will detect threat in few days and system will be back to clean state but in the mean time if I use some sensitive data on my system will they be safe?
My question is again the same,Product whose detection rate is not as excellent as others,how can prevent an infected file/process/software to stop infect one system.
Thanks