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Apr 20

MRG tested 18 AV products – a-squared is best in test!

Anti-Malware test performed by Malware Research Group in April 2009:

Project details: On Demand scan test

Operating System used in this test: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3

Total number of programs used in this test: 18

Malware samples used in this test: 395.844

 

Malware categories used in this test and the amount of samples in each category :

Windows/Macro Viruses- 18.696

Trojans/Backdoors- 243.811

Worms/Rootkits- 86.634

Adware/Spyware- 46.703

The table shows the program tested, the amount of malware samples (all of the categories above) that were detected and removed.

Program Detection Rate (%)
a-squared 99.6%
Avira 99.6%
G DATA 99.4%
Avast 99.2%
Norton 99.0%
Kaspersky 98.8%
BitDefender 98.7%
eScan 98.5%
F-Secure 98.3%
McAfee 98.1%
Nod32 97.6%
AVG 96.9%
COMODO 96.2%
Twister 95.7%
Sophos 93.5%
Norman 93.2%
Dr.Web 86.3%
ClamAV 85.7%

 All details can be reviewed here: Test #18

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Mar 20

SSUpdater.com Anti-Malware Test

Here is another anti malware challenge performed by SSUpdater Team (quoted):

This is the first Anti-Malware test performed by SSUpdater.com in 2009. but the long wait was worth it, in this test we used a total of 754.650 malware samples, and we concentrated only on the samples from the past 16 months.
 
In this test we wanted to use as many known variants of all the famous names in the world of malware as possible, to name a few: Zlob, Monder, Conficker, Virtumonde, FraudPack, Renos, TDSS, AutoRun, Virut, Delf, FraudLoad, AutoIt, Inject, Kolab, Kolabc, Buzus, Poison, Bifrose, Palevo, Obfuscated, Adload, Zbot, Rbot, IFrame, Small, FakeAV, KillAV, Hupigon, Rukap, MyDNS, DNSChanger, Sinowal, Banker, Monderb, Sality, Midgare, Cinmus, Vanti, Stuh, Iksmas, Iroffer, OneStep, BlackHole, Magania, OnLineGames, Swizzor, Singu, Mudrop, Ciadoor, Qhost ……………………
 
The malware categories used in this test: Windows Viruses, Trojans, Backdoors, Worms, Spyware, Adware, Rootkits, Exploits, Keyloggers, Hacking Tools, Malicious Scripts and other malware
No unknown malware samples were used in this test.
 
The test was conducted in virtual environment using Microsoft’s Windows XP SP3 with all the latest updates. We used a total of 25 programs.
All the programs used in this test were set to their maximum detection capabilities which include heuristic detection of unknown variants.
 
The Results:
(Program name, Detection Rate)


1. Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Premium – 99.43%
2. a-squared Anti-Malware – 99.37%
3. G DATA Antivirus – 99.18%
4. avast! Professional Edition – 98.95%
5. Kaspersky Antivirus – 98.64%
6. Norton Antivirus – 98.58%
7. BitDefender Antivirus – 98.49%
8. ZoneAlarm Security Suite – 98.36%
9. F-Secure Antivirus – 98.16%
10. Nod32 Antivirus – 97.83%
11. McAfee Antivirus Plus – 97.51%
12. Comodo Internet Security – 96.93%
13. AVG Antivirus – 96.65%
14. Panda Antivirus – 96.22%
15. Rising Antivirus – 95.78%
16. Sophos Antivirus – 94.86%
17. F-Prot Antivirus – 93.47%
18. Outpost Security Suite – 92.58%
19. VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware – 92.49%
20. VirusKeeper – 91.31%
21. Spy Emergency – 73.62%
22. Dr.Web – 71.05%
23. CA Antivirus – 68.84%
24. BullGuard Internet Security – DNF
25. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware – DNF

*Note: Both BullGuard and Malwarebytes were unable to complete the scan therefore they classified as Did Not Finish.

 

Read all details on SSUpdater.com

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Feb 20

Infected System Rescue test by MRG

Project details: Infected System Rescue test

Operating System used in this test: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3

Total number of programs used in this test: 18

Malware samples used in this test: 30

All the samples used should be detected by all the participants in this test.

All the samples used are wide spread and no “unknown” variants have been used.

List of Malware samples used in this test:

Adware.Win32.Cinmus.hen
Adware.Win32.Virtumonde.qpm
Backdoor.Win32.Bifrose.zbx
Backdoor.Win32.BlackHole.d
Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon.efjs
Backdoor.Win32.Poison.oo
Backdoor.Win32.Singu.bt
Backdoor.Win32.Sinowal.bq
FraudTool.Win32.Agent.b
Hoax.Win32.Renos.vark
Net.Worm.Win32.Kolab.baq
Rootkit.Win32.Clbd.kr
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.jio
Trojan.Win32.Delf.hjd
Trojan.Win32.Inject.afm
Trojan.Win32.Midgare.gga
Trojan.Win32.Monder.dtn
Trojan.Win32.Monderb.hrf
Trojan.Win32.Qhost.kng
Trojan.Win32.VB.jiq
Trojan.Clicker.Win32.Small.kj
TrojanDownloader.FakeAlert.wr
TrojanDownloader.Win32.Agent.bbkf
TrojanDownloader.Win32.CodecPack.ml
TrojanDownloader.Win32.Zlob.wg
TrojanDropper.Win32.Mudrop.cy
TrojanSpy.Win32.Delf.dq
TrojanSpy.Win32.Zbot.dmz
TrojanSpy.Win32.VB.axg
Virus.Win32.Virut.bv
 

The Table shows the name of the program used, how many points the program got and the final result.





Product
Points
Result




a-squared
30
System Rescued




Avast
30
System Rescued




Avira
30
System Rescued




AVG
30
System Rescued




BitDefender
30
System Rescued




COMODO
30
System Rescued




ClamAV
26
Failed




Dr.Web
23
Failed




eScan
30
System Rescued




F-Secure
30
System Rescued




G DATA
30
System Rescued




Kaspersky
30
System Rescued




McAfee
28
Failed




NOD32
24
Failed




Norman
27
Failed




Norton
30
System Rescued




Sophos
29
Failed




Twister
28
Failed






 

Read on here for testing methodology and details.

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Nov 22

a-squared Free wins SSUpdater’s Antimalware Test

The SSUpdater Team did their first freeware antimalware competition.

From the SSUpdater Forum:

In this test we have used a total of 18 freeware programs and 4 full version programs, the full version programs were tested so they can show you how the freeware programs compare to them.
 
The test was conducted in a virtual environment using fully updated Windows XP SP3, identical clones were created for every program tested, the programs used were set to their maximum capabilities and used the latest signature database/program build.
In total we used 303.200 malware samples including all the latest malware samples that were found until the testing began. We have used the flowing malware categories: Windows Viruses, Trojans, Backdoors, Worms, Spyware, Adware, Rootkits, Exploits, Keyloggers, Hacking Tools, Malicious Scripts and other types of malware.
 
We have measured the amount of memory that was used by all programs tested, the amount that you will see is only the memory used by the scanning process.
The Results:
(Detection Rate/Average Memory Used)

1. a-squared Anti-Malware 4.0 Free Edition – 99.48% (90.000k)

2. AntiVir Personal Edition – 98.74% (50.000k)

3. Avast! Home Edition – 98.71% (58.000k)

4. BitDefender Free Edition – 96.81% (31.000k)

5. McAfee by AOL – 95.58% (96.000k)

6. Comodo Internet Security – 94.85% (26.000k)

7. DriveSentry – 93.66% (15.000k)

8. AVZ Antiviral Toolkit 4 – 92.36% (20.000k)

9. Rising Antivirus Free Edition – 92.18% (65.000k)

10. Blink Personal Edition – 91.08% (110.000k)

11. AVG Antivirus Free Edition – 89.22% (51.000k)

12. Moon Secure Antivirus Beta – 88.47% (82.000k)

13. PC Tools Antivirus Free Edition – 87.69% (20.000k)

14. a-squared Anti-Malware 3.5 – 85.39% (48.000k)

15. My Free Antivirus – 83.87% (58.000k)

16. Spyware Terminator with ClamAV – 79.62% (156.000k)

17. ClamWin Antivirus – 74.48% (25.000k)

18. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware – 3.71% (28.000k)

Full Versions:

1. Avira AntiVir Premium – 98.83% (50.000k)

2. Kaspersky Antivirus – 98.28% (41.000k)

3. Norton Antivirus – 96.94% (125.000k)

4. Nod32 4.0 beta – 89.79% (48.000k)

 

Read all details on SSUpdater.com

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Oct 08

a-squared Anti-Malware rated as best in antivirus test of PCSL

PC Security Labs, a new antivirus testing organization, did a scanner comparative test of 6 antivirus products:

a-squared Anti-Malware 4.0.0.14
Ikarus virus.utilities T3 1001034
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 8.0.0.454(a,b)
Kingsoft Internet Security 2008 2008.9.8.18
Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2008 8.910-1002
Twister Anti-TrojanVirus V7 R3 7.3.1.23211

Total Detection Summary: 1979 Malware Samples

1. a-squared: 1970: 99.56%
2. Ikarus: 1968: 99.44%
3. Kaspersky: 1948: 98.43%
4. Twister: 1917: 96.87% 
5. Trend Micro: 1823: 92.12%
6. Kingsoft: 1686: 85.19%

Read all details about this antivirus test here.

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Aug 13

a-squared Free is best rogue antispyware remover in CoU test of 8 freeware scanners

From Calender Of Updates forum:
Rogue Detections: Old, Not So Old and New Threats

Quote:
The number of misleading applications (aka rogue products) have escalated and there are now hundreds of rogue software floating around the net. Users need protection not only from common threats (such as viruses etc) but also from rogue software. Luckily, the trustworthy malware scanners have added detections of rogue products.
 
Total samples: 70 rogue applications
To complete the test we gathered some old (2 years ago), not so old (last year) and new (this year) rogue samples.

Some misleading applications in this test were picked-up by searching the internet using keywords that is similar to non-misleading and popular software. (Example: AntivirProtect is similar to Antivir by AVIRA, SpyBlaster is similar to SpywareBlaster by Javacool). Others were picked by visiting websites that offer database of software (free downloads website). Some were picked by directly going to rogue software vendor’s website.

Note: There are rogue products in these test that were not picked but was offered by existing rogue software e.g. PCTurboPro offers another rogue software: WinAntivirus 2007 Pro.

We selected most of the samples not by risk level but by it’s age level. Please read on to find out why it is IMPORTANT that age level (old, not so old, new threats) is important to be detected especially if the method to get the samples is easy as searching the internet, using a search engine or by going to any website that is offering free downloads.

We’ve run the test by scanning the system with the following free antispyware/antimalware applications:

A-Squared by Emsisoft (A2)
Ad-Aware 2007 by Lavasoft (AAW)
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware by Malwarebytes (MBAM)
RogueRemover by Malwarebytes (RR)
SUPERAntispyware by Superantispyware.com (SAS)
Spyware Doctor Starter Edition by PC Tools (SD)
Spybot Search & Destroy by Safer Networking (SSD)
Windows Defender by Microsoft (WD)

Please note that it is IMPORTANT that a scanner to be able to detect not only the newer threats but also old threats because these threats are still in the wild and are available through different distributions (email, website, ads, phishing etc).

 

Results

1. A-Squared: 91.4%
2. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware: 65.7%
2. RogueRemover: 65.7%
4. Ad-Aware: 61.4%
5. Spybot Search & Destroy: 58.6%
6. SUPERAntispyware: 54.3%
7. Windows Defender: 42.9%
8. Spyware Doctor Starter Edition: 40.0%
 

Analysis

1. It goes without saying, but we’ll say it, anyway, a perfect malware scanner does not exist.
2. Of the scanners tested, a-squared by Emisoft performed significantly better than the others. It only failed to detect six items. This product performed equally well detecting the old, not so old and new threats.
3. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and RogueRemover both performed well on the tests. RogueRemover failed to detect 24 rogue samples and Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware, concidentally, also failed to detect 24 rogue samples. It should be noted that the failed samples were not the same items on both scanners. When scanned with both of scanners, the total number of samples missed was only ten. This is important to note since it clearly displays the benefit of using multiple scanners. One succeeds where the other fail, but both used together failed on a much smaller group of samples.
4. Ad-aware, Spyware Doctor, Spybot S&D, Windows Defender and SUPERAntispyware all performed very poorly. As this test clearly indicates, there are other scanners available that did a better job detecting threats. If you are currently using any of the scanners in this group, you should consider using the other scanners highlighted in this test either in addition to, or instead of, this group.

Donna, thanks for testing these products!

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