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06-15-2007, 11:54 AM
What is the the best Anti virus program ?
The latest test from virus.gr includes 52 different antivirus applications. They were rigorously tested using 174,770 virus samples, and the settings of each application were tweaked to ensure that they all caught maximum number of viruses (despite increasing the possibility that the the software would be more likely to return a false positive).
This is the list of the top 20 anti virus applications
01. Kaspersky version 7.0.0.43 beta (http://www.kaspersky.com/beta?product=193384471) - 99.23%
02. Kaspersky version 6.0.2.614 (http://usa.kaspersky.com/products_services/anti-virus.php) - 99.13%
03. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.308 (http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?) - 99.13%
04. ZoneAlarm with KAV Antivirus version 7.0.337.000 (http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/catalog/catalog_main.jsp) - 99.13%
05. F-Secure 2007 version 7.01.128 (http://www.f-secure.com/home_user/products_a-z/fsis2007.html) - 98.56%
06. BitDefender Professional version 10 (http://www.bitdefender.com/site/view/comp.html?itxt_link=SiteHome)- 97.70%
07. BullGuard version 7.0.0.23 (http://www.bullguard.com/) - 96.59%
08. Ashampoo version 1.30 (http://www.ashampoo.com/frontend/products/php/product.php?session_langid=2&idstring=0045) - 95.80%
09. eScan version 8.0.671.1 (http://www.mwti.net/products/escan/escan_antivirus/escanantivirus.asp) - 94.43%
10. Nod32 version 2.70.32 (http://eset.com/products/workstations.php) - 94.00%
11. CyberScrub version 1.0 (http://www.cyberscrub.com/products/antivirus/features.php) - 93.27%
12. Avast Professional version 4.7.986 (http://www.avast.com/index.html)- 92.82%
13. AVG Anti-Malware version 7.5.465 (http://www3.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-malware/us/crp/0) - 92.14%
14. F-Prot version 6.0.6.4 (http://www.f-prot.com/) - 91.35%
15. McAfee Enterprise version 8.5.0i+AntiSpyware module (http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/products/anti_virus/file_servers_desktops/virusscan_enterprise_80i.html)- 90.65%
16. Panda 2007 version 2.01.00 (http://www.pandasoftware.com/download) - 90.06%
17. Norman version 5.90.37 (http://www.norman.com/)- 88.47%
18. ArcaVir 2007 (http://www.arcabit.com/download_product.html?product=ArcaVirWin2007) - 88.24%
19. McAfee version 11.0.213 (http://us.mcafee.com/root/package.asp?pkgid=276) - 86.13%
20. Norton Professional 2007 (http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=is&pvid=nav2007) - 86.08%
The latest test from virus.gr includes 52 different antivirus applications. They were rigorously tested using 174,770 virus samples, and the settings of each application were tweaked to ensure that they all caught maximum number of viruses (despite increasing the possibility that the the software would be more likely to return a false positive).
This is the list of the top 20 anti virus applications
01. Kaspersky version 7.0.0.43 beta (http://www.kaspersky.com/beta?product=193384471) - 99.23%
02. Kaspersky version 6.0.2.614 (http://usa.kaspersky.com/products_services/anti-virus.php) - 99.13%
03. Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.308 (http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?) - 99.13%
04. ZoneAlarm with KAV Antivirus version 7.0.337.000 (http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/catalog/catalog_main.jsp) - 99.13%
05. F-Secure 2007 version 7.01.128 (http://www.f-secure.com/home_user/products_a-z/fsis2007.html) - 98.56%
06. BitDefender Professional version 10 (http://www.bitdefender.com/site/view/comp.html?itxt_link=SiteHome)- 97.70%
07. BullGuard version 7.0.0.23 (http://www.bullguard.com/) - 96.59%
08. Ashampoo version 1.30 (http://www.ashampoo.com/frontend/products/php/product.php?session_langid=2&idstring=0045) - 95.80%
09. eScan version 8.0.671.1 (http://www.mwti.net/products/escan/escan_antivirus/escanantivirus.asp) - 94.43%
10. Nod32 version 2.70.32 (http://eset.com/products/workstations.php) - 94.00%
11. CyberScrub version 1.0 (http://www.cyberscrub.com/products/antivirus/features.php) - 93.27%
12. Avast Professional version 4.7.986 (http://www.avast.com/index.html)- 92.82%
13. AVG Anti-Malware version 7.5.465 (http://www3.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-malware/us/crp/0) - 92.14%
14. F-Prot version 6.0.6.4 (http://www.f-prot.com/) - 91.35%
15. McAfee Enterprise version 8.5.0i+AntiSpyware module (http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/products/anti_virus/file_servers_desktops/virusscan_enterprise_80i.html)- 90.65%
16. Panda 2007 version 2.01.00 (http://www.pandasoftware.com/download) - 90.06%
17. Norman version 5.90.37 (http://www.norman.com/)- 88.47%
18. ArcaVir 2007 (http://www.arcabit.com/download_product.html?product=ArcaVirWin2007) - 88.24%
19. McAfee version 11.0.213 (http://us.mcafee.com/root/package.asp?pkgid=276) - 86.13%
20. Norton Professional 2007 (http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=is&pvid=nav2007) - 86.08%