Our unique antivirus testing

[Humpty]

Seems this mob created over 5,000 new virii to test a dozen AV's heuristics.

 

As if there aren't enough around already.

 

Haven't seen the results as I can't be bothered registering.

 

Quote:

 

Finding the standouts. Our next round of tests helped us identify superior antivirus software by measuring how well each of the products identified new viruses even before their signatures had been downloaded. The antivirus programs did this by using a technique known as heuristics, in which they seek out behaviors rather than signatures.

 

To pit the software against novel threats not identified on signature lists, we created 5,500 new virus variants derived from six categories of known viruses, the kind you?d most likely encounter in real life.

 

That done, we unleashed the new viruses in our labs to see how well the products detected them while scanning. Then we infected our lab computer with each of 185 of them to see whether the products could better detect viruses that were actively executing, based on their behavior.

 

Link

 

Seems some AV companies are none too happy!

 

Heise security article

[Eldmannen]

Just in case you (or anyone who read this thread) didn't knew, these viruses are for testing purposes only, they only run on computers in their lab, they never leave the lab, they never move on into the wild.

 

So you don't have to worry about them.

[Humpty]

Yep,I suppose the only way to test the heuristics of AVs is to use zero day exploits.

 

Might just register to have a look at the results.

 

Ethics and virus testing link