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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 905479" data-attributes="member: 32260">The minimal differences in AVs protection were discussed many times on MT. It can be also deduced from AV Labs reports. Simply, all awarded AVs in one particular test in a particular award category should be considered to have the same in-the-wild protection (at the time of testing), despite slightly different scoring in the test. This different scoring is mainly due to statistic fluctuations.These tests can have a meaning for AV vendors because the missed samples can help them to find detection errors and improve the detection engines.The consumers can conclude something from these tests only when comparing the results of several tests made by several AV Labs. The simplest method is watching how often the AV was awarded, without watching how many % it has got in the test.Some conclusions can be also made when the AV has got consistently top results (or consistently worse results) in several tests.Much of the discussion on AV Lab test threads about the not good result of a particular AV or about its suddenly stellar result is useless. Most AVs have to get such results sooner or later due to pure statistics, without decreasing or increasing the real in-the-wild AV protection.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 905479, member: 32260"] The minimal differences in AVs protection were discussed many times on MT. It can be also deduced from AV Labs reports. Simply, all awarded AVs in one particular test in a particular award category should be considered to have the same in-the-wild protection (at the time of testing), despite slightly different scoring in the test. This different scoring is mainly due to statistic fluctuations. These tests can have a meaning for AV vendors because the missed samples can help them to find detection errors and improve the detection engines. The consumers can conclude something from these tests only when comparing the results of several tests made by several AV Labs. The simplest method is watching how often the AV was awarded, without watching how many % it has got in the test. Some conclusions can be also made when the AV has got consistently top results (or consistently worse results) in several tests. Much of the discussion on AV Lab test threads about the not good result of a particular AV or about its suddenly stellar result is useless. Most AVs have to get such results sooner or later due to pure statistics, without decreasing or increasing the real in-the-wild AV protection. [/QUOTE]

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