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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 928014" data-attributes="member: 32260">This part of the Trend Micro explanation is questionable. From the AV-Comparatives report September 2020:&quot;TestcasesThe test set used for this test consisted of 10,102 malware samples, assembled after consulting telemetry data with the aim of including recent, prevalent samples that are endangering users in the field. Malware variants were clustered, in order to build a more representative test-set (i.e. to avoid over-representation of the very same malware in the set). The sample collection process was stopped end of August 2020.&quot;Such samples can survive on flash drives, network drives, inside repositories downloaded via torrents, ISO images, etc. I would rather believe AV-Comparatives that these samples can be still dangerous for some people. The Trend Micro answer is not convincing, especially when other vendors can detect such samples far better.<a href="https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-september-2020/" target="_blank">Malware Protection Test September 2020 - AV-Comparatives (av-comparatives.org)</a>Generally, I agree that for many people it is better to get top Real-World protection and not-especially-good Malware Protection (but almost 0 false positives) than conversely.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 928014, member: 32260"] This part of the Trend Micro explanation is questionable. From the AV-Comparatives report [COLOR=rgb(0, 168, 133)][B]September[/B][/COLOR] 2020: "[B]Testcases[/B] The test set used for this test consisted of 10,102 malware samples, assembled after consulting telemetry data with the aim of including[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B] recent, prevalent samples[/B][/COLOR][B] that are endangering users in the field[/B]. Malware variants were clustered, in order to build a more representative test-set (i.e. to avoid over-representation of the very same malware in the set). The sample collection process was stopped end of [COLOR=rgb(0, 168, 133)][B]August[/B][/COLOR] 2020." Such samples can survive on flash drives, network drives, inside repositories downloaded via torrents, ISO images, etc. I would rather believe AV-Comparatives that these samples can be still dangerous for some people. The Trend Micro answer is not convincing, especially when other vendors can detect such samples far better. [URL='https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-september-2020/']Malware Protection Test September 2020 - AV-Comparatives (av-comparatives.org)[/URL] Generally, I agree that for many people it is better to get top Real-World protection and not-especially-good Malware Protection (but almost 0 false positives) than conversely.:) [/QUOTE]

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