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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 909598" data-attributes="member: 74969">Assuming each malware sample has equal weight, statistically, the larger the sample size AND the larger the subject pool,&nbsp; the less statistically significant is each missed sample. Here&#039;s where it gets &quot;fun&quot; to add the color red to the graphs!&nbsp; Drama, drama look at the difference--when it could be statistically not significant.&nbsp; Your calculations are the utopia of AV lab testing, Andy Ful.&nbsp; They should all be so clean.&nbsp; Further, as someone else stated above me, one quarter&#039;s results should not be the gospel ad infinitum for a given brand as there is so much inherent variability--both for samples and subjects.&nbsp; These lab tests aren&#039;t clean; it&#039;s virtually impossible.&nbsp; Now you have the addition of &quot;deviations from defaults&quot; as part of the testing regimen of <a href="https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/av-comparatives-business-test-factsheet-august-september-2020.433374/" target="_blank">AV Comparatives </a>for Business, for one.&nbsp; That&#039;s where the serious money is, both in security solutions and targets for threats like ransomware.&nbsp; Not all &quot;deviations&quot; are created equal, right?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="plat, post: 909598, member: 74969"] Assuming each malware sample has equal weight, statistically, the larger the sample size AND the larger the subject pool, the less statistically significant is each missed sample. Here's where it gets "fun" to add the color red to the graphs! Drama, drama look at the difference--when it could be statistically not significant. Your calculations are the utopia of AV lab testing, Andy Ful. They should all be so clean. Further, as someone else stated above me, one quarter's results should not be the gospel ad infinitum for a given brand as there is so much inherent variability--both for samples and subjects. These lab tests aren't clean; it's virtually impossible. Now you have the addition of "deviations from defaults" as part of the testing regimen of [URL='https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/av-comparatives-business-test-factsheet-august-september-2020.433374/']AV Comparatives [/URL]for Business, for one. That's where the serious money is, both in security solutions and targets for threats like ransomware. Not all "deviations" are created equal, right? [/QUOTE]

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