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avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« on: April 16, 2012, 01:20:52 PM »
http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart2.php

avast seems really good indeed :D check it out... all is in av compratives and file detection test there too heres the link so the file detection test:

http://www.av-comparatives.org/en/comparativesreviews/detection-test   just click on the march 2012 one

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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2012, 01:42:10 PM »
Not bad for the first test under avast7 and that was for version 7.0.1407.
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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2012, 01:49:51 PM »
yeah gotta agree sadly 7.0.1407 cuz i find 7.0.1462 wayyy better :D

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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2012, 01:49:59 PM »
I'm gladly surprised... What happened? Could it be the AutoSandbox?
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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2012, 02:32:02 PM »
Have to do better on detection rates...Avast ranks 8th

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« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2012, 03:15:22 PM »
Well that doesn't match their chart2.php page by a long way, the chart shows 98.4% blocked, add the User Dependant 0.8% gives 99.2%. Yet the Results section shows 98.0%, so 99.2% would have been a ranking of 4th; that would make a whole heap of difference.

Some sort of statistical ranking over and above the detection rate, presumably false positives and the cluster grouping fudge factor, drops the overall from 99.2% to 98.0%

There were only 20 products tested yet 21 shown in the chart only Microsoft not appearing on the chart.av-comparatives.org/chart2.php chart making that 22 tested ???

Colour me confused, not that I'm overly concerned.
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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2012, 03:59:57 PM »
They should target even higher but scores are very good as they are. Basically they are 4th best AV (the last 3-6 AV's have nearly the same score). If there won't be any drastic fluctuations in the upcoming months, i think its great.
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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2012, 07:12:59 PM »
@DavidR: please note that those are two COMPLETELY different types of tests. One is only a detection rate test, while the other one (with the March results), is the WHOLE PRODUCT REAL WORLD PROTECTION TEST.

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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2012, 07:50:58 PM »
OK, I'm still not convinced these real world tests reflect the real world of a user.  As for me it doesn't take into account the web/network shields (real world), which can block exploit scripts and or redirection to a malicious site, without ever knowing what the payload might be at the remote location. Whatever that payload might be detected by the conventional detections.

I guess I just don't understand the methodology behind it. I have tried on a couple of time to read the methodoloug.pdf file, but I never seem to make it past page 4.
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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2012, 07:54:22 PM »
The WPDT did not exist in 2008, so it is not covered in the old methodology pdf. Please read its description in the PDF provided on http://www.av-comparatives.org/en/comparativesreviews/dynamic-tests
The Protection test takes into consideration all features of the product, including web shields, behaviorblockers, etc.

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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2012, 08:09:19 PM »
The Protection test takes into consideration all features of the product, including web shields, behaviorblockers, etc.
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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2012, 11:07:40 PM »
Good result this time, glad avast do the good job :)

I'm gladly surprised... What happened? Could it be the AutoSandbox?
And FileRep ;)
AutoSandbox seems counted as blocked, while FileRep (by WebShield) as User-dependent.
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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2012, 03:53:01 AM »
AutoSandbox seems counted as blocked
Yeah, seems so.

while FileRep (by WebShield) as User-dependent.
By Web Shield ???
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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2012, 04:24:51 AM »
while FileRep (by WebShield) as User-dependent.
By Web Shield ???
FileRep warning when downloading files is similar to AutoSandbox warning in v6, so I think it'll be counted as user-dependent.
I thought it is showed by Web Sheild... ???
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Re: avast! back in av comparatives march 2012
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2012, 12:07:57 PM »
avast definitely made a big leap :D never know further this year we might be able to finally beat kaspersky :D