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[ishan_rulz]

http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparative...iews/main-tests

Ratings:
(***) G DATA, Symantec, Avast, F-Secure, BitDefender, eScan, ESET.
(**) Avira, McAfee, TrustPort, Kaspersky, AVG.
(*) Microsoft.

[ePost]

That wasn't quite the conclusion from that AV-Comparatives test. Ars Technica summed it up this way:

1. G DATA Antivirus 20.0.4.9: 99.8 percent
2. AVIRA AntiVir Premium 9.0.0.446: 99.4 percent
3. McAfee VirusScan Plus 13.11.102: 98.7 percent
4. Symantec Norton Antivirus 17.0.0.136: 98.4 percent
5. Avast Professional Edition 4.8.1348: 98.0 percent
6. F-Secure Antivirus 10.00.246: 97.9 percent
7. BitDefender Antivirus 13.0.13.254: 97.8 percent
8. eScan AntiVirus 10.0.997.491: 97.7 percent
9. Trustport Antivirus 2.8.0.3017: 97.6 percent
10. ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.437.0: 97.2 percent
11. Kaspersky AntiVirus 9.0.0.463: 94.7 percent
12. AVG Antivirus 8.5.406: 94.0 percent
13. Sophos Antivirus 7.6.10: 91.3 percent
14. Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 2.5.2900.28: 90.0 percent
15. Kingsoft Antivirus 2009.08.05.16: 86.4 percent
16. Norman Antivirus & AntiSpyware 7.10.02: 84.8 percent

[hazelnut]

Things have changed a lot I would say since those results were compiled.

[Icedrake]

hazelnut, on Oct 2 2009, 01:42 AM, said:

Things have changed a lot I would say since those results were compiled.

Definitely. I would wait for the next results before coming to a conclusion.

[ePost]

Yep. They all roll out new versions these days. And more ahead. It's Windows 7 that's spooking around behind the scenes. The all try to be prepared for the 22th of October.

[ishan_rulz]

Yeah, I am still sticking with ESET as of now.


P.S. @ePost. 22nd* not 22th

[ePost]

Sorry. Sh*t happens.