2009 AntiVirus Putdown
The AntiVirus Comparison Organization rated twelve commercial products:
avast! Professonal Edition 4.8.1335; AVG Anti-Virus 8.0.234; Avira Antivir Premium8.2.0.374; BitDefender Anti-Virus 12.0.11.4; eScan Anti-Virus 10.0.946.341; ESET NOD32 Antivirus 3.0.684.0; F-Secure Anti-virus 9.00.149; G DATA AntiVirus 19.1.0.0; Kapersky Anit-Virus 8.0.0.506a; Kingsoft Antivirus2008.11.6.63; McAfee VirusScan Plus 13.3.117; Microsoft Live OneCare 2.5.2900.20; Norman Antivirus & Anti-Spyware 7.10.12; Sophis Anti-Virus 7.6.4; Semantec Norton anit-Virus 16.2.0.7; and Trustport Antivirus 2.8.0.3011.
AV-Comparison a median malware detection rate of 39.5%; ranging from a high of 69% to a low of 14%.
With these grim results, why would anyone buy an Anti-Virus software?!
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