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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: vienna75 on September 20, 2004, 11:43:08 PM

Title: AV test
Post by: vienna75 on September 20, 2004, 11:43:08 PM

Any comments? :P
http://www.av-comparatives.org/

Title: Re:AV test
Post by: IBK on September 21, 2004, 12:49:46 AM

Hello vienna75,

as you ask about comments about a website and nothing specific for avast! 4 Home/Pro, I think it would be better if you wrote it into the General topics.
I personally like that website, but as I am the owner of it.... ;) :P
BTW, vienna75, what is your opinion?

Regards,
Andreas

Title: Re:AV test
Post by: watchthisspace on September 21, 2004, 12:55:37 AM

I think its a nice site and the tests are fair, do you send the virus to the anti-virus company so they can add it to there virus database?

Title: Re:AV test
Post by: IBK on September 21, 2004, 01:06:45 AM

yes, you can read about that in PDF report (3).

Title: Re:AV test
Post by: watchthisspace on September 21, 2004, 01:11:22 AM

Ok,How come you dont test AVG?

Title: Re:AV test
Post by: IBK on September 21, 2004, 01:24:50 AM

AVG will be included in the next test series (of the year 2005).
I test only some selected scan engines; in order to get tested some conditions have to be filled and I also want the permission from the company etc. before I include their product. Some weeks ago I finally got the permission and the conditions seems to be fulfilled now, so, I plan to include it next year.

Title: Re:AV test
Post by: fannymites on September 21, 2004, 02:07:41 AM

The online comparisons look iffy in Firefox.

Title: Re:AV test
Post by: IBK on September 21, 2004, 02:11:26 AM

some few Firefox-Users have to do the following in that case:
e.g.: VIEW -> CHARACTER ENCODING -> WESTERN (ISO-8859-1)
also some other settings would work, but this is the easiest way.

(http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/settings.JPG)

hope this helps ;)

Title: Re:AV test
Post by: fannymites on September 21, 2004, 03:48:59 AM

Yes that did help, never knew I could do anything like that.
Maybe it will work for other pages that look wonky in Firefox.

Title: Re:AV test
Post by: GYL on September 21, 2004, 06:12:58 PM

Hi! only one thing is important ;very good results with  a normal scan.I hope the next test will be done with advanced one.gyl