Hey Shadowra, I had an idea for a new test. While I was tweaking Sirius recently, I was cross-checking a lot of its verdicts with VirusTotal, and I noticed that the results from the various engines were surprisingly inconsistent.
I completely understand that VirusTotal results do not necessarily reflect an engine's full protection capabilities, but it made me wonder just how reliable these results are when comparing different engines.
Has anyone ever performed a study comparing the accuracy of the different engines on VirusTotal, including both malware detections and false positives?
If not, and you think this would be a worthwhile test, it would be great if you could give it a shot when you get a chance, and possibly include the Sirius verdicts as well. I'm planning to run a similar test myself soon.
Thank you!
I completely understand that VirusTotal results do not necessarily reflect an engine's full protection capabilities, but it made me wonder just how reliable these results are when comparing different engines.
Has anyone ever performed a study comparing the accuracy of the different engines on VirusTotal, including both malware detections and false positives?
If not, and you think this would be a worthwhile test, it would be great if you could give it a shot when you get a chance, and possibly include the Sirius verdicts as well. I'm planning to run a similar test myself soon.
Thank you!