Author Topic: Love Avast, but why does it rank so low?  (Read 4213 times)

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camer0n

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Love Avast, but why does it rank so low?
« on: October 09, 2006, 05:45:14 PM »
 http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2006_08.php

 Would really like to see Avast detecting more viruses, particularly the polymorphic kind.
 2/10 is disappointing.  New features are nice, but it doesn't mean much if viruses are overlooked.
 
 Does anyone know if there are plans to address this low-score virus detection issue?
 
 Many Thanks
 

 

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Re: Love Avast, but why does it rank so low?
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2006, 08:36:15 PM »
Quoted from the site:

"It is forbidden to provide the tables or results in full or in parts on other sites! Please just refer a link to www.av-comparatives.org."

I think we should respect the author. You are looking at a single line in a table,
and then you will be able to find whatever you are looking for.   :(

The conclusion of the test is what counts here. Read the whole test instead of
misusing a single number.

Thanks

IBK

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Re: Love Avast, but why does it rank so low?
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2006, 01:03:28 AM »
Avast is always improving, so i think you can expect even better results in next test of this kind.  ;)

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Re: Love Avast, but why does it rank so low?
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2006, 10:12:08 AM »
http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2006_08.php

 Would really like to see Avast detecting more viruses, particularly the polymorphic kind.
 2/10 is disappointing.  New features are nice, but it doesn't mean much if viruses are overlooked.

Note that these particular viruses are zoo samples which you are unlikely to meet in real.

camer0n

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Re: Love Avast, but why does it rank so low?
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2006, 01:38:53 PM »
Thank you igor, Tech and IBK.
The info you posted was very helpful.

So, from a user perspective - how does the Avast's virus detection rank alongside NAV, AVK etc? Have any of you had a situation where another scanner detected a virus, but Avast did not?

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Re: Love Avast, but why does it rank so low?
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2006, 01:52:18 PM »
Just FYI, IBK is the owner of the av-comparatives.org site - so he certainly knows what he's talking about... ;) :)
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Re: Love Avast, but why does it rank so low?
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2006, 02:00:29 PM »
Thank you igor,Have any of you had a situation where another scanner detected a virus, but Avast did not?

Sure, such a situation sometimes occurs - with any antivirus, not just avast!.