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"Mega Antivirus Test"
David Frelat (aka sir_LOIN) - 9/10/05
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NOTE 9/14: I updated this article since many readers have been asking me to test other antivirus programs, so here are 12 new AVs tested as people requested:
I get asked all the time about viruses from my students and clients, so over three years ago I started doing an IT security workshop with all my classes. One part of it is testing and trying out various antivirus programs. I personally ran all the tests myself and then the students so we could make sure the results are consistent.
- Most of the popular antivirus programs found today was used
- Every antivirus program were fully updated prior to test and set to their deepest scanning settings
- The exact virus count in the file is unknown but there are over 10,000
- The file contains many different types of viruses, trojans, worms etc
- Scans were done on a P4 2.8c with Windows XP Pro SP2
- Prices were taken from the manufacturer's website
Results
| Desktop Antivirus |
Viruses Found |
Price ($US) |
| McAfee VirusScan 8 |
9,883 |
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| McAfee VirusScan 10¹ |
10,026 |
40 |
| Panda Platinum Internet Security V8.05 |
9,985 |
50 |
| F-Secure Anti-Virus 5.41 |
9,976 |
40 |
| Kaspersky 4.5 |
9,996 |
40 |
| Kaspersky 5 |
9,967 |
40 |
| Avast.Professional.Edition.v4.6.623 |
9,757 |
40 |
| Bit Defender Pro 8 |
9,953 |
45 |
| Bit Defender Pro 9¹ |
9,953 |
45 |
| Eset Nod32 v2.12.1 |
9,689 |
39 |
| Eset Nod32 v2.5¹ |
9,707 |
39 |
| Grisoft AVG Pro.V7.0.143 |
9,507 |
39 |
| Trend Micro PC-cillin 2003 |
9,938 |
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| Trend Micro PC-cillin 2005 |
10,084 |
50 |
| Symantec Norton 2004 |
10,028 |
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| Symantec Norton 2005 |
10,028 |
50 |
| F-Prot 3.16a |
9,386 (+549 'suspicious') |
29 |
| Etrust EZantivirus 2005 7.0.6.7 |
9,580 |
30 |
| Clamwin 0.86.2 |
9,917 |
Free |
| AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic 6¹ |
10,086 |
Free |
| Arcavir 2005¹ |
9,707 |
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| Virus Chaser 5¹ |
9,790 |
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| Norman Virus Control 581¹ |
9,765 |
$49 |
| eScan Virus Control 2.6.518.8¹ |
9,937 |
$59 |
| Drweb-432b¹ |
9,832 |
$34 |
| BullGuard v6¹ |
9,966 |
$60 |
| Virus Buster Pro 2005¹ |
9,188 |
$20 |
| MKS vir 2005¹ |
9,706 |
$20 |
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| Online Scan |
Viruses Found |
Price |
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| Bit Defender Online |
9,958 |
Free |
| Kaspersky Online Scan |
10,312 |
Free |
| Panda Activescan Online |
9,969 |
Free |
| Symantec Online Scan |
9,748 |
Free |
| Trend Micro Housecall Online |
9,978 |
Free |
| Mcafee Freescan |
49 (stops after a few files) |
Free |
| Avast Online Scanner |
Only files under 512kb |
Free |
| F-Secure Online Scan |
Crashed |
Free |
| Computer Associates Etrust Online Scan |
Crashed |
Free |
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