[atnskyline]

http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02

Product malware on demand adware / spyware on demand false positives scan speed proactive detection response times malware on demand adware / spyware on demand AntiVir (Avira) ++ ++ (4) + ++ + ++ 99.8% 99.0% Avast! (Alwil) ++ ++ + + o o 99.3% 98.3% AVG + - (4) + + o o 95.8% 87.0% AVK 2008 (G Data) (1) ++ ++ o - + ++ 99.2% 99.1% AVK 2009 (G Data) (2) ++ ++ + + ++ ++ 99.8% 99.8% BitDefender 2008 + - + - ++ + 97.7% 87.8% BitDefender 2009 + - + o ++ + 97.6% 88.0% CA-AV (VET) -- -- ++ o - -- 65.5% 68.0% ClamAV - o - -- - ++ 88.5% 92.8% Dr Web -- - o o + o 84.9% 89.6% eScan + + o - + ++ 97.8% 97.4% Fortinet-GW o -- o + ++ + 92.6% 81.9% F-Prot (Frisk) o o + + o o 94.8% 92.6% F-Secure 2008 ++ ++ + o ++ + 98.2% 98.4% F-Secure 2009 ++ ++ + + ++ ++ 99.2% 99.6% Ikarus ++ ++ o + + + 99.5% 98.6% K7 Computing o o o ++ - o 92.1% 94.0% Kaspersky ++ ++ o o + ++ 98.4% 98.3% McAfee o o ++ o + - 93.6% 94.5% Microsoft + + ++ o - - 97.7% 97.1% Nod32 (Eset) o o ++ ++ ++ + 94.4% 94.7% Norman + + + o + o 96.3% 95.8% Norton 2008 (Symantec) + o ++ + + o 97.8% 94.6% Norton 2009 (Symantec) ++ + ++ ++ + ++ 98.7% 95.4% Panda 2008 - o + + ++ o 86.4% 93.4% Panda 2009 o + + + ++ + 91.8% 95.6% Rising -- -- + o o o 83.4% 77.5% Sophos + + + + ++ + 97.5% 95.0% Trend Micro o - + + o + 91.3% 88.5% TrustPort ++ ++ - -- ++ ++ 99.5% 98.4% VBA32 o - o o + o 90.5% 85.2% VirusBuster - - + + o o 89.0% 85.8% WebWasher-GW (3) ++ ++ o ++ ++ ++ 99.7% 99.2% ZoneAlarm + + o o + ++ 97.8% 97.7% Index malware on demand adware / spyware on demand false positives scan speed proactive detection response times malware on demand adware / spyware on demand ++ >98% >98% no FP

< 2 h

+ >95% >95% 1-2 FP

2 - 4 h

o >90% >90% 3-4 FP

4 - 6 h

- >85% >85% 5-6 FP

6 - 8 h

-- <85% <85% > 6 FP

> 8 h


Basically Avira antivir and awil avast are the best

[Kenny94]

I don't go by Independent testing. There so many Independent testing sites out there that will tell you one antivirus is better than another.

[atnskyline]

ok, i have tested avg, avira and avast. avg is terrible and avast is best.

[Kenny94]

ok, i have tested avg, avira and avast. avg is terrible and avast is best.

Tested with virtual machine or live computer? Please provide complete analysis to support your opinion of the products above?

[atnskyline]

my every day computor, the e510 on my computor icon by my name. it is connected to wireless linksys and everything