Humpty Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Security vendors such as McAfee, Sophos, Trend Micro, BitDefender and Avast have failed VB100?s anti-virus, anti-malware test on Vista SP1, while Symantec?s Norton Anti-Virus, AVG, Kaspersky and, surprisingly, Microsoft?s OneCare, have passed the test with flying colours. Roberts notes that ?With all respect to the folks at VB, who provide a valuable service to the antimalware industry, part of this is marketing. Certifications like the VB100 add prestige and visibility to the magazine and help with subscriptions, and nothing drives attention in the press like a little controversy. Ordinarilly, VB100 ratings wouldn?t get a mention. With some big vendors falling down, these just might.? Is Roberts right? Just how important is a VB100 pass or fail rating? And what?s the full list of companies who passed and failed? Please read onto page 2. Itwire article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 10, 2008 Moderators Share Posted April 10, 2008 For the companies that fail it and still pass as ICSA Labs Certified I don't think they have anything to seriously worry about. There's always more than one certification to go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdoge3 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 http://www.av-comparatives.org/ go have a look you see that only 6 very good, 6 good,pass.all some so bad will not test told go a way. & I think it Vista sp1 only if you not got Vista think you OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTskifreak Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 How in the world did Microsoft?s OneCare pass??? I heard it was one of the worst anti-anything programs out there ever. Unless it was recently revamped??? AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 13, 2008 Moderators Share Posted April 13, 2008 How in the world did Microsoft?s OneCare pass??? I heard it was one of the worst anti-anything programs out there ever. Unless it was recently revamped??? I don't know if they released the new version or not, however they were making it better and were supposedly even using user suggestions to improve it. I can get it for free via my ISP, however the version I used for all of one week was downright horrible and I would have preferred a virus compared to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdoge3 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 How in the world did Microsoft?s OneCare pass??? I heard it was one of the worst anti-anything programs out there ever. Unless it was recently revamped??? AJ with Vista sp1 stop the best AV & you look good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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