dengsa: I want to know more about the way avast! builds up the number of virus records in virus database and its detection rate.
This was discussed a lot in the past...
1. There are a marketing issue involved. Companies estimate the number of viruses by high.
2. There are different counts possible: variants, etc.
3. There is not an international rule for virus naming, so same virus could be consider one or more by other company. Some 'translation' list of virus names you can find here:
http://www.virusbtn.com/resources/vgrep/index.xml Other possibility is going to
www.av-test.org page and download the virus in-the-wild correspondence between the antivirus softwares.
4. Scanning settings are very important.
5. Active viruses (ITW) are really more important then the whole number.
6. Generic signatures and heuristic detections cannot be really counted as 'virus detection'.
Well, etc. etc.
Trust avast!
hewu0918: AntiVir and Avast Pro are my favorite antivirus software. I think AntiVir is superior to Avast! now. I hope Avast! can keep improving itself.
Could you elaborate? Which are the pros and cons of Antivir in your opinion? And about avast?
