Testing the on-demand detection of different AV with old malwares.

[sujay]

sujay I was just going to ask about Wuzzup, so nice to see it already here. I think Blink is an older Norman engine. If you are considering testing some other anti-spyware programs, maybe Spyware Terminator would be an ok add.

Is Blink a freeware?
http://www.learnthisblog.co.cc/2009/03/free-blink-personal-edition-internet.html

I too was thinking about ST, but I will not install clam.

[acr]

Is Blink a freeware?
http://www.learnthisblog.co.cc/2009/03/free-blink-personal-edition-internet.html

I too was thinking about ST, but I will not install clam.

It used to be free, so I am assuming it still is. http://www.eeye.com/Products/Blink/Personal.aspx The other free trial products have links to the eeye sales team. The web site is pretty confusing if you ask me.

[sujay]

It used to be free, so I am assuming it still is. http://www.eeye.com/Products/Blink/Personal.aspx The other free trial products have links to the eeye sales team. The web site is pretty confusing if you ask me.

Exactly... During installation it just asked me to enter a serial. Without entering that when I clicked on 'next', it asked me, 'install free Blink Personal?'...!!!
In the interface there was no sign of trial. Only at one place I saw my subscription is for 1 month only.
Except that upgrade problem, this product seems to me quite compact. It offers a firewall and also reasonable HIPS.

[acr]

maybe shoot them an email and ask...or I will later if I get a minute

edit-

I sent an email asking if the personal edition was free for home use on one computer

I also seen this in the eeye store-
http://shop.eeye.com/store/eeyeinc/en_US/pd/productID.65128000

[sujay]

maybe shoot them an email and ask...or I will later if I get a minute

edit-

I sent an email asking if the personal edition was free for home use on one computer

I also seen this in the eeye store-
http://shop.eeye.com/store/eeyeinc/en_US/pd/productID.65128000

Well done.. Now lets see...

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Drive Sentry, Spyware Terminator (w/o Clam AV) and FSB Antivirus tested. Like Hitman Pro and Wuzzup, Drive Sentry also skipped many files in Set 2. It scanned only 1331 files among which it detected 1306. FSB Antivirus is a completely new product. It is still in beta. One of its developer tesk asked me to test the product. If you want to test the product mail to him ~thomas.sloth@fsb-antivirus.com~ . The product homepage is http://www.fsb-antivirus.com/ .

[alpha1]

@sujay,
how many other AVs are you going to include in your tests, could I suggest you one (it is not really an AV but an Anti-Trojan software), could you test Trojan Remover.

Thank You for these tests and posting these very surprising results.

[sujay]

@sujay,
how many other AVs are you going to include in your tests, could I suggest you one (it is not really an AV but an Anti-Trojan software), could you test Trojan Remover.

Thank You for these tests and posting these very surprising results.

Ok, I will..

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Norton tested. I used its latest beta 2011 version. Disappointing results..

Guys please forgive me. I will not be able to publish results for Spybot S&D. It was taking a lot of time to scan a file (about 20-30 sec). Also in the first set among the first 350 samples it detected only 3.

And now I will be taking a break for 12-15 hours. See you then...

[Neo]

i dont believe it ... how can Norton not score well in old samples detection ..

it is leader when it comes to signature based detection ... i was thinking about switching back to norton from my current bit def but now confused

[sujay]

i dont believe it ... how can Norton not score well in old samples detection ..

it is leader when it comes to signature based detection ... i was thinking about switching back to norton from my current bit def but now confused

I am confused also. But believe it or not, there is a trend among AV vendors to remove signatures of old malwares to reduce the size of signature. May be this is a case of that. If so, believe me it is dengerous.

[sm1]

Not good performance by Norton. But recent reviews by PC world and megalabs.it suggest that Norton relies more on behavior based detection (SONAR) which deletes the virius on execution. But signature based detection is the first layer of defense which gives no scope for virus to execute.