 Which antivirus is best at removing malware?, AV-Comparatives latest test results |
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 The man in the dark  Group: General Admin Posts: 15471 Joined: 10-August 02 From: Somewhere in Germany Member No.: 9  |
Hi
We often get asked of members of GSF, which Antivirus program is 'the best'. A lot of these requests are followed by unsolicited advertisements. Here a pretty actual overview which may help to answer that question..... without spamming us ;). QUOTE November 5th, 2009
Which antivirus is best at removing malware? Posted by Dancho Danchev @ 12:14 pm Detecting the presence of malicious code is one thing, successfully eradicating it is entirely another. According to AV-Comparatives.org’s recently released malware removal test evaluating the effectiveness of sixteen antivirus solutions, only a few were able to meet their criteria of not only removing the FakeAV, Vundo, Rustock and ZBot(Zeus) samples they were tested against, but also getting rid of the potentially dangerous “leftovers” from the infection. More info on the tested antivirus solutions , and how they scored: Can be read at: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4818&tag=content;col1 --------------------  Microsoft® MVP Consumer Security 2007 - 2009 Member of ASAP A.S.A.P-Alliance of Security Analysis Professionals |
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