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Why MY avast5.0...........
« on: September 09, 2010, 04:09:23 PM »
Why My avast......

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Re: Why MY avast5.0...........
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2010, 04:12:03 PM »
Please read:
Spring cleaning in our virus database
http://blog.avast.com/2010/09/06/spring-cleaning-in-our-virus-database

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Re: Why MY avast5.0...........
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2010, 04:30:35 PM »
I really can't see the point in monitoring these figures it is a pointless exercise, when the wording below the figures is far more important. Doing more with less signatures is also I would suggest more efficient/faster.
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Re: Why MY avast5.0...........
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2010, 04:45:20 PM »
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.
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.
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