Antivirus Rankings (October 2008)
Here is a list of antivirus, ranked as of October 2008 based on a test carried out by Antimalware.ru.
Antivirus list:
- Avast! Professional Edition 4.8.1229
- AVG Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware 8.0.0.2
- Avira AntiVir PE Premium 8.1.0.367
- BitDefender Antivirus 2009 (12.0.10.1)
- Dr.Web Anti-Virus 4.44.5.8080
- Eset NOD32 Antivirus 3.0.669.0
- F-Secure Anti-Virus 2009
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 (8.0.0.357)
- McAfee VirusScan 2008 (12.1.110)
- Outpost Antivirus Pro 6.5.2358.316.0607
- Panda Antivirus 2009
- Sophos Antivirus 7.3.4
- Norton AntiVirus 2009
- Trend Micro Antivirus plus Antispyware 2008 (16.10.1182)
- VBA32 Antivirus 3.12.8.6
Virus, trojan, malware, adware, etc (for testing):
- Adware.Win32.NewDotNet
- Backdoor.Win32.Sinowal.ce
- Email-Worm.Win32.Scano.bd
- Rootkit.Win32.Agent.ea
- Rootkit.Win32.Podnuha.a
- Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.vug
- Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Mutant.e
- Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Saturn.cu
- Trojan-Proxy. Win32.Xorpix.dh
- Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bsa
- Trojan.Win32.Agent.lkz
- Trojan.Win32.Monderb.gen
- Trojan.Win32.Pakes.cuh
- Trojan.Win32.Small.yc
- Virus.Win32.Rustock.a
Results:
More than half of from the list of antivirus failed the test! Dr.Web appeared to be the best of the best with 100% passing rate, followed by Kaspersky and Avast! at 80% each. Some of the notable antiviruses like F-Secure, McAfee and NOD32 fail to get 50% passing rate.
Here is the list, ranked based on passing percentage:
- Dr.Web Anti-Virus 4.44 (100%)
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 (80%)
- Avast! Professional Edition 4.8 (80%)
- Agnitum Outpost Antivirus Pro 6.5 (53%)
- Norton AntiVirus 2009 (53%)
- Panda Antivirus 2009 (40%)
- BitDefender Antivirus 2009 (33%)
- Trend Micro Antivirus plus Antispyware 2008 (33%)
- McAfee VirusScan 2008 (33%)
- F-Secure Anti-Virus 2009 (33%)
- AVG Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware 8.0 (33%)
- Avira AntiVir PE Premium 8.1 (20%)
- Sophos Anti-Virus 7.3 (33%)
- Eset NOD32 Antivirus 3.0 (0%)
- VBA32 Antivirus 3.12 (0%)
*Red: Failed
Comparison charts (Feb 07, Sep 07 & Oct 08):
[Comparison chart 1 | Source Antimalware.ru]
[Comparison chart 2 | Source Antimalware.ru]
For detailed information, please check out Antimalware.ru (Translated English version here)
Comment by KS »
Rising anti-virus?
Comment by Matt »
[quote comment="442653"]Rising anti-virus?[/quote]
Hah KS!
Rising antivirus? You mean DrWeb? Rarely heard of it… but it looks promising.