- Apr 9, 2018
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Dear Readers!
Please know that we have published the August 2021 edition of testing Advanced In The Wild Malware Test. Still our methodology remained unchanged, so we continued to use only real threats that can be found on the Internet and email attachments on daily basis.
Unlike previous editions of the test, this time we used about 80% more malware samples than usual. We also improved the initial verification of malware before the sample analysis that qualifies to the test. In this test as well as the following, we were using the Yara rules in order to better pick harmful software, and at the same time reject unclear, damaged samples. And all this without initial verification in the Sandbox (which will save time and allow to test more samples). We will describe the details shortly by completing the documentation of methodology.
During the August edition of the Advanced In The Wild Malware Test we used over 2200 samples of malware and tested the protection effectiveness of the following software:
Full results: Results in September 2021 the Advanced In The Wild Malware Test
Starting with the next edition we are including two new products for testing.
Please know that we have published the August 2021 edition of testing Advanced In The Wild Malware Test. Still our methodology remained unchanged, so we continued to use only real threats that can be found on the Internet and email attachments on daily basis.
Unlike previous editions of the test, this time we used about 80% more malware samples than usual. We also improved the initial verification of malware before the sample analysis that qualifies to the test. In this test as well as the following, we were using the Yara rules in order to better pick harmful software, and at the same time reject unclear, damaged samples. And all this without initial verification in the Sandbox (which will save time and allow to test more samples). We will describe the details shortly by completing the documentation of methodology.
During the August edition of the Advanced In The Wild Malware Test we used over 2200 samples of malware and tested the protection effectiveness of the following software:
- Avast Free Antivirus
- Avira Antivirus Pro
- Comodo Advanced Endpoint Protection
- Comodo Internet Security
- Emsisoft Business Security
- Microsoft Defender
- Panda Dome
- SecureAPlus Pro
- Webroot Antivirus
Full results: Results in September 2021 the Advanced In The Wild Malware Test
Starting with the next edition we are including two new products for testing.
