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Offline Asyn

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Why do AV products score so highly in professional tests?
« on: August 30, 2018, 08:04:49 AM »
Spotlight on security: Why do AV products score so highly in professional tests?
https://www.av-comparatives.org/spotlight-on-security-why-do-av-products-score-so-highly-in-professional-tests/
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Re: Why do AV products score so highly in professional tests?
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2018, 10:15:08 AM »
Some good points made in the article.

One that is particularly point relevant to me is the VirusTotal scanning of samples, I have said in the past that since they are only using the on-demand scan function and this doesn't or can't run the various real-time scans.
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