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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 1018723" data-attributes="member: 32260">The tests that are close to the idea from the article, are AV-Test and AV-Comparatives (Real-World tests). But even in these tests, the way of presenting the scorings can be misguiding for most users.<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">In fact, the chart of a single test is an illusion, because the number of testing samples is insufficient.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The scorings of all awarded AVs (in the same group) must be taken on an equal footing, despite the different scorings (usually when the difference of undetected samples is &lt; 4 ). This information can be found in the testing methodology.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">When the AV missed 0 samples in June and 3 samples in August, it does not mean that the protection in the wild was different in June and August! For most AVs the protection rate is 1.5 missed samples per 700 samples, so the chances for 0 and 3 missed samples are almost the same.</li>
</ol>The non-illusionary results can be obtained only after making many such tests, and then we can see that the differences are very small. For example:[URL unfurl=&quot;false&quot;]https://malwaretips.com/threads/the-best-home-av-protection-2021.112213/post-973591[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 1018723, member: 32260"] The tests that are close to the idea from the article, are AV-Test and AV-Comparatives (Real-World tests). But even in these tests, the way of presenting the scorings can be misguiding for most users. [LIST=1] [*]In fact, the chart of a single test is an illusion, because the number of testing samples is insufficient. [*]The scorings of all awarded AVs (in the same group) must be taken on an equal footing, despite the different scorings (usually when the difference of undetected samples is < 4 ). This information can be found in the testing methodology. [*]When the AV missed 0 samples in June and 3 samples in August, it does not mean that the protection in the wild was different in June and August! For most AVs the protection rate is 1.5 missed samples per 700 samples, so the chances for 0 and 3 missed samples are almost the same. [/LIST] The non-illusionary results can be obtained only after making many such tests, and then we can see that the differences are very small. For example: [URL unfurl="false"]https://malwaretips.com/threads/the-best-home-av-protection-2021.112213/post-973591[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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