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28-Oct-2009, 12:49 PM #1
Does av-test make own antivirus tests ?
Hello,

I would like to know if av-test (http://www.av-test.org/index.php) make own antivirus tests ? I was looking at their page but I can't find anything and there is not e.mail address to contact with them.

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28-Oct-2009, 01:26 PM #2
You have been asking similar questions for weeks! What gives? Why so insecure?

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28-Oct-2009, 02:02 PM #3
The answer is not related completely to the question.
It is necesary to change Techguy phrase to:

'There`s no such thing as a stupid question, but they're the easiest to answer...and sometimes the answer seems to be more stupid that the question'
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28-Oct-2009, 02:07 PM #4
Never said they were stupid questions. Only redundant...
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28-Oct-2009, 02:11 PM #5
If somebody ask something it means it is not redundant question.
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03-Nov-2009, 12:55 AM #6
If you use this link you will be able to find out whether they do their own development

http://www.av-test.org/about
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03-Nov-2009, 05:13 AM #7
And where are results of their tests ?
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03-Nov-2009, 07:13 PM #8
Ah, I see... you were asking about something else.

You want to know what they use to test with- I don't think the company would let you examine whatever they have developed unless you are a customer....

http://www.av-test.org/services_and_testing

http://www.pcworld.com/article/15815...rotection.html <<<Here is the results of the testing of some antivirus suites they did for PC World




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PC World Test Results of 2009 Internet Security Suites Are Out
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For the article "Top Internet Security Suites: Paying for Protection" published in the PC World magazine, we've tested nine brand-new programs in the areas of malware detection and removal, (outbreak) response times, size of the updates, performance (incl. scan speed), rootkit defense, the behaviour-based protection (HIPS) and issues related to false positive testing. An overview of the results and links to the individual reviews of the tested products can be found in the chart "Top Internet Security Suites" at the PC World website.




I don't see why you had a problem finding that- all I did was click the links at the pages at the AV-test.org site
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04-Nov-2009, 06:28 AM #9
I was looking in this site for something like:

Test results of this month (ranking):

1. .....
2. ....

But I see they publish their results in magazines so I should look for them there.
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