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Best Windows Security - 2008 edition

In search of better antiviral 2008, has put forward one step further, courtesy of security solutions testing laboratory AV-Test.org. The entire best available security suite 2008 edition was thrown against more than 1.1 million samples of malicious code at the scene Windows XP SP2. At this point in time, with XP SP3 is around the corner, the results released by AV-Test also valid for the third and final package of Windows XP, but not the same is true for Windows Vista (plus Service Pack 1) platform.

In fact, the tests have been designed to assess a wide range of aspects to build together the puzzle in bulletproof security solutions. In the anti-virus software at the request had to detect malicious designs, adware and spyware, but also rootkits, and even actively identifying opportunities for unknown malicious code. And on top of this analysis are taken into account factors such as productivity, the amount of false positives generated, response time, and cleaning capabilities.

"It is crucial to have good heuristics, common signatures and dynamic detection and prevention in place to be able to handle the new unknown malicious software without any updates. It’s extremely important to have good response time to be able to respond to new malicious program when the active mechanisms do not detect them. It is very important to have good detection rates static, as to be able to cope already known malicious programs, even before it was executed on the same system. Example that compares the characteristics of one makes less sense, we must think about that the user has not acquired AV product found viruses and report them, but he really bought the service keep its system malware-free," Marx added.

The list continues with the rest of the antivirus test with 30 security solutions. On detection rates of malicious software, as well as adware and spyware for Trend Micro 98.72% - 95.14%; Sophos 98.10% - 98.83%; Nod32 (Eset) 97.85% - 96.33 %; Microsoft 97.79% - 91.50%; BitDefender 97.77% - 98.77%; Kaspersky 97.17% - 92.02%; Norton (Symantec) 95.70% - 98.62%; Panda 95.62% - 95.57%; McAfee 95.58% - 98.56% etc.

Sophos quickly to celebrate their victory over rivals Symantec and McAffe. "Sophos continues to innovate and improve the methods used to protect against viruses, Trojans, spyware, adware and other threats. It is especially gratifying to see Sophos praised for having" very good "when it detects an unknown malware," said Guy Edsall, a product Sophos manager. "Sophos has received high scores across the board. Combination of these wonderful opportunities related to the protection of Sophos in the underlying philosophy of governance was a mere driver behind many companies, the transition from Symantec and McAfee for Sophos."

The results for the Anti-virus evaluation test of current anti-malware products, March 2008 edition, are offered via Sunbelt Software here, here, and here. With the original Excel spreadsheet from AV-Test up for grabs here.

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