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Diazruanova

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AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report - 2010/Q2
« on: August 17, 2010, 03:46:55 PM »
despite passing the tests, avast is not doing so well  :(

http://www.av-test.org/certifications?order=protection_desc&lang=en

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Re: AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report - 2010/Q2
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2010, 04:08:46 PM »
There are some unexpected and counter-experiencial results for many vendors there.
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Re: AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report - 2010/Q2
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2010, 04:12:07 PM »
@ Diazruanova
Then I guess you should ignore your own personal experience of however long you have used avast and rely on this one test and start looking for a new AV.

If you do that you will never settle for any single AV. avast has stood the test of time for me just over six and a half years of use and no infections.

I don't see anything detailing what was tested, the conduct of the test, etc. so to me these are just meaningless figures.

This was also a test on win7 with AIS so I don't see how that reflects on your system, aside from that your signature shows you have an old version of avast, 5.0.545.
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Re: AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report - 2010/Q2
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2010, 06:13:53 PM »
Calm down David,

I am not attacking avast in any way, I like it and I am sticking to it, and btw I am using the latest .594 ver. but I can´t help noticing that in recent independent tests, avast is not up to what we are used to and of course, I would like to see avast in the first places on every test that appears on the net, wouldn´t you also?


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Re: AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report - 2010/Q2
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2010, 07:23:41 PM »
I'm perfectly calm, it is these types of test where there doesn't appear to be any information on how to test that are really worth much less than a users personal experience.

If you put too much store in these tests you will never be happy. Many of the test are on-demand only and don't take into consideration some of the strongest areas of avast; the web shield protecting against what is the most prevalent means of infection, hacked sites; the network shield protecting against malicious sites, etc.
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Re: AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report - 2010/Q2
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2010, 07:54:19 PM »
This test is ridiculous  Only 16 samples were used.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=279735&page=3


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Re: AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report - 2010/Q2
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2010, 11:26:27 PM »
and LOL LOL bitdefender it the lightest suite they tested.... hahahahahahahahahahahaha

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Re: AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report - 2010/Q2
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2010, 05:46:51 PM »
I could have agreed with anything when it comes to detection and removal etc. But, I lost all faith in this test when they reported avast! causing slowdowns. Sorry, but this doesn't happen. Tested on more systems than I can remember.
« Last Edit: August 18, 2010, 05:48:25 PM by Ravi Gupta »

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Re: AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report - 2010/Q2
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2010, 06:28:34 PM »
Surprisingly, AVG Internet Security 9.0 was rated highest.  That is counter to a report showing it lagging badly.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180823/NSS_Labs_Testing_shows_most_AV_suites_fail_against_exploits?taxonomyId=17

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