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<blockquote data-quote="ScandinavianFish" data-source="post: 1050930" data-attributes="member: 93786">The main difference is that members on this forum can post video&#039;s confirming the results, while these labs just post a bunch of numbers without context or anything confirming the results. They are simply not transparent enough to warrant any kind of trust.Another problem is that they have to use so many samples that once they begin &quot;testing, many of those samples will be many days old, which could explain why even sub-par products get such high detection rates, while members here can get samples while they are still fresh (albeit not as many), which is a more realistic scenario. Afterall, cybercriminals rarely use the same malware for more than a week, as at that point too many products will be detecting it (unless it&#039;s inflated to several hundred megabytes.). We can also get many more different types of malware thanks to sources like Malware Bazaar, while many (if not most) of the samples used by independent testing labs are likely duplicates or just variants of known malware.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ScandinavianFish, post: 1050930, member: 93786"] The main difference is that members on this forum can post video's confirming the results, while these labs just post a bunch of numbers without context or anything confirming the results. They are simply not transparent enough to warrant any kind of trust. Another problem is that they have to use so many samples that once they begin "testing, many of those samples will be many days old, which could explain why even sub-par products get such high detection rates, while members here can get samples while they are still fresh [I](albeit not as many),[/I] which is a more realistic scenario. Afterall, cybercriminals rarely use the same malware for more than a week, as at that point too many products will be detecting it [I](unless it's inflated to several hundred megabytes.). [/I]We can also get many more different types of malware thanks to sources like Malware Bazaar, while many[I] (if not most)[/I] of the samples used by independent testing labs are likely duplicates or just variants of known malware. [/QUOTE]

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