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<blockquote data-quote="cruelsister" data-source="post: 1102207" data-attributes="member: 7463">One thing that I guess should be mentioned is exactly what the focus of a given test is. For the Professional tests it is against whatever (verified) malware shows up in their Honeypots (or whatever) during a specific time frame (a month, a quarter, a year), and unless the test is more specific (using only ransomware or only data Stealers), it is done without regard to the mechanism by which the malware works.My testing differs in that they are for the most part testing specific mechanisms without regard to age (they may be very old or they may be very new- freshly coded- and these may or may not be included in any time-constrained Honeypot); this is done to determine if the AM app to be tested will protect against them.But as with the Pro tests, these tests utilize the &quot;Lowest Common Denominator&quot; method- get the malware from somewhere, place the file somewhere on the system and run the malicious file on that system which has no other protection than the AM app itself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cruelsister, post: 1102207, member: 7463"] One thing that I guess should be mentioned is exactly what the focus of a given test is. For the Professional tests it is against whatever (verified) malware shows up in their Honeypots (or whatever) during a specific time frame (a month, a quarter, a year), and unless the test is more specific (using only ransomware or only data Stealers), it is done without regard to the mechanism by which the malware works. My testing differs in that they are for the most part testing specific mechanisms without regard to age (they may be very old or they may be very new- freshly coded- and these may or may not be included in any time-constrained Honeypot); this is done to determine if the AM app to be tested will protect against them. But as with the Pro tests, these tests utilize the "Lowest Common Denominator" method- get the malware from somewhere, place the file somewhere on the system and run the malicious file on that system which has no other protection than the AM app itself. [/QUOTE]

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