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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 883604" data-attributes="member: 74969">Listen, the one and only time I found a comparatives study quite useful was when Windows 10 first came out. Microsoft was making these hilarious claims that this was the most secure Windows yet, but Defender&#039;s malware detections were in the bottom of the canyons.&nbsp; Within a year, MS did start making considerable progress and now seems to be competitive most of the time (if you believe what you read. ) Not trying to be snotty, but what &quot;useful&quot; information could be gleaned here by someone not in the user mainstream?&nbsp; What antivirus has the &quot;best&quot; protection against browser-based financial malware?&nbsp; What to buy?&nbsp; Please!&nbsp; But for mainstream users, that&#039;s the whole point!&nbsp; With a vast user market fueled by news of ransomware popping up every other day, this is a gigantic money machine.&nbsp; Yin and yang.&nbsp; But these &quot;labs&quot; needed to clean up their act and display their methods as far as portraying the results goes.&nbsp; Who is overseeing them and the methodologies some of you find interesting?&nbsp; If one tries to argue this point, one would be talking to vapor.&nbsp; That&#039;s how...dubious...things were.&nbsp;&nbsp; And most people in the mainstream would find reading the methods to be quite boring.&nbsp; Hence the small print sometimes.If you find comparatives useful, fine.&nbsp; If not, fine.&nbsp; Should there be a poll?&nbsp; Do you allow comparatives to influence your purchase/use of a given product?&nbsp; Yes&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; No</blockquote>

[QUOTE="plat, post: 883604, member: 74969"] Listen, the one and only time I found a comparatives study quite useful was when Windows 10 first came out. Microsoft was making these hilarious claims that this was the most secure Windows yet, but Defender's malware detections were in the bottom of the canyons. Within a year, MS did start making considerable progress and now seems to be competitive most of the time (if you believe what you read. ) Not trying to be snotty, but what "useful" information could be gleaned here by someone not in the user mainstream? What antivirus has the "best" protection against browser-based financial malware? What to buy? Please! But for mainstream users, that's the whole point! With a vast user market fueled by news of ransomware popping up every other day, this is a gigantic money machine. Yin and yang. But these "labs" needed to clean up their act and display their methods as far as portraying the results goes. Who is overseeing them and the methodologies some of you find interesting? If one tries to argue this point, one would be talking to vapor. That's how...dubious...things were. And most people in the mainstream would find reading the methods to be quite boring. Hence the small print sometimes. If you find comparatives useful, fine. If not, fine. Should there be a poll? Do you allow comparatives to influence your purchase/use of a given product? Yes No [/QUOTE]

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