NSS Labs expose inadequate AV products

[Littlebits]

NSS Labs testing showed that 9 of 13 popular consumer anti-virus products tested failed to provide adequate protection against exploits targeting two recent critical Microsoft vulnerabilities.

Only 4 vendors – Avast, Kaspersky, McAfee and Trend Micro – successfully blocked all attacks delivered over both HTTP and HTTPS.

Source
Full Report (pdf document)

 

[McLovin]

Love to see Trend do very well in some tests, always have seen them do an average outcome.

 

[bitbizket]

Bitdefender seems to missing from the big FIVE.

Thanks

 

[tapoo]

^^^ yes, where's Bitdefender?? one of the best antivirus as per other lab's test...

 

[h4r5h4d3v4]

I am new here in the world of malware prevention i have AVAST! INTERNET SECURITY 7 AND MALWAREBYTES PRO FOR THE SECOND OPINION is this combo good for zero day as well as all round protection i am only 17 so your advice will help me a lot .......thank you !

 

[Malware Maniac]

I am new here in the world of malware prevention i have AVAST! INTERNET SECURITY 7 AND MALWAREBYTES PRO FOR THE SECOND OPINION is this combo good for zero day as well as all round protection i am only 17 so your advice will help me a lot .......thank you !

To Introduce yourself and get a welcome from active members go to the New Member Introductions Forum. If you want info of how to better protect yourself go to the Security Configuration Forum.

 

[bitbizket]

This particular exploit test was a small part of a much more comprehensive endpoint security test underway by NSS Labs.

NSS Labs is currently running in-depth consumer end point protection (EPP) group testing that will further test all 13 vendors in several key areas – exploits, evasions, performance and protection against live malware, drive-by attacks and phishing.

Reports featuring the results for each test area will be released as testing is completed – reports for exploits, evasions and performance are targeted for release in September 2012.

 

[InternetChicken]

Thanks Littlebits
very informative ,