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Title: site test updated everyday two o'clock
Post by: chabbo on November 26, 2011, 06:18:13 PM: why avast that low and macafe that high O.o

https://threatcenter.crdf.fr/?Stats
Title: Re: site test updated everyday two o'clock
Post by: Milos on November 26, 2011, 06:35:21 PM: Hello,
look on the numbers. The shortest bar on the first image starts on about 48 % and on second one the longest ends on about 48 % in this way it is distorted in my opinion ;-)

Milos
Title: Re: site test updated everyday two o'clock
Post by: Lisandro on November 26, 2011, 06:40:35 PM: Which is the independence of that site?
Does it belong to McAfee? Receive money for testing?
Title: Re: site test updated everyday two o'clock
Post by: CraigB on November 26, 2011, 06:45:44 PM: Looks a bit dodgy to me, test is only 792 samples plus what is superantispyware doing in the list ??? its not an av and i thought PCTools wasn't being developed anymore or at least Symantec have let it go stale.
Title: Re: site test updated everyday two o'clock
Post by: chabbo on November 26, 2011, 06:52:42 PM: Statistics on the detection rate for each antiviral products

This test is updated every day at two o'clock in the morning on a sample of about 1000 threats (see details for the exact figure). This test is based on the recognition of new threats with antivirus, why we call zero-day detection.
Title: Re: site test updated everyday two o'clock
Post by: CraigB on November 26, 2011, 06:59:11 PM: Quote from: chabbo on November 26, 2011, 06:52:42 PM
Statistics on the detection rate for each antiviral products

This test is updated every day at two o'clock in the morning on a sample of about 1000 threats (see details for the exact figure). This test is based on the recognition of new threats with antivirus, why we call zero-day detection.
Yes we can read the link but it doesn't really answer our questions.

Have to get Polonus to test out there sample submission page https://threatcenter.crdf.fr/?SampleSendClient
Title: Re: site test updated everyday two o'clock
Post by: CraigB on November 26, 2011, 07:00:39 PM: Quote from: Tech on November 26, 2011, 06:40:35 PM
Which is the independence of that site?
Does it belong to McAfee? Receive money for testing?
There partners are mentioned here Tech https://threatcenter.crdf.fr/?Partners
Title: Re: site test updated everyday two o'clock
Post by: !Donovan on November 26, 2011, 07:35:13 PM: What's wrong with Firefox?
(http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy238/Donovansrb10/trolololol.png)
1 (http://www.virustotal.com/url-scan/report.html?id=efe7be625d24c728405c8a5bb1c073e2-1322327722) - 2 (http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=0ffeee5b6cdcace6a43d37d7de4af70b8861ef2aa06042be9c744646412b700e-1322331533) - 3 (http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/threatcenter.crdf.fr)
Just because there's a "s" after "http" and the certificate is not verified. :-\

But relating to the topic...
Microsoft beat avast! by 2 threats. :'(
I don't trust today's results. >:(
You just wait till' tomorrow. That's when the fun begins. :)
Title: Re: site test updated everyday two o'clock
Post by: Asyn on November 26, 2011, 07:40:55 PM: Quote from: Donovansrb10 on November 26, 2011, 07:35:13 PM
What's wrong with Firefox?

No problems here...
Title: Re: site test updated everyday two o'clock
Post by: nmb on November 27, 2011, 03:54:08 PM: Quote from: Milos on November 26, 2011, 06:35:21 PM
Hello,
look on the numbers. The shortest bar on the first image starts on about 48 % and on second one the longest ends on about 48 % in this way it is distorted in my opinion ;-)

Milos

About the picture..

Yes, it should be on a 100 percent scale.