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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Diazruanova on August 17, 2010, 03:46:55 PM
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despite passing the tests, avast is not doing so well :(
http://www.av-test.org/certifications?order=protection_desc&lang=en
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There are some unexpected and counter-experiencial results for many vendors there.
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@ Diazruanova
Then I guess you should ignore your own personal experience of however long you have used avast and rely on this one test and start looking for a new AV.
If you do that you will never settle for any single AV. avast has stood the test of time for me just over six and a half years of use and no infections.
I don't see anything detailing what was tested, the conduct of the test, etc. so to me these are just meaningless figures.
This was also a test on win7 with AIS so I don't see how that reflects on your system, aside from that your signature shows you have an old version of avast, 5.0.545.
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Calm down David,
I am not attacking avast in any way, I like it and I am sticking to it, and btw I am using the latest .594 ver. but I can´t help noticing that in recent independent tests, avast is not up to what we are used to and of course, I would like to see avast in the first places on every test that appears on the net, wouldn´t you also?
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I'm perfectly calm, it is these types of test where there doesn't appear to be any information on how to test that are really worth much less than a users personal experience.
If you put too much store in these tests you will never be happy. Many of the test are on-demand only and don't take into consideration some of the strongest areas of avast; the web shield protecting against what is the most prevalent means of infection, hacked sites; the network shield protecting against malicious sites, etc.
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This test is ridiculous Only 16 samples were used.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=279735&page=3
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and LOL LOL bitdefender it the lightest suite they tested.... hahahahahahahahahahahaha
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I could have agreed with anything when it comes to detection and removal etc. But, I lost all faith in this test when they reported avast! causing slowdowns. Sorry, but this doesn't happen. Tested on more systems than I can remember.
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Surprisingly, AVG Internet Security 9.0 was rated highest. That is counter to a report showing it lagging badly.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180823/NSS_Labs_Testing_shows_most_AV_suites_fail_against_exploits?taxonomyId=17 (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180823/NSS_Labs_Testing_shows_most_AV_suites_fail_against_exploits?taxonomyId=17)
see the second page.