Antivirus vendors
Kaspersky,
F-Secure
and
Grisoft,
maker of the popular
AVG
application, have failed to achieve the strict
Virus
Bulletin 100 antivirus certification.
The trio are among 10 antivirus applications for
Microsoft's
Windows XP that failed to meet the test standards set by Virus Bulletin's June
2007 test. A combined 37 software products were submitted for testing.
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The VB100 is known for its strict standards. The test subjects applications
to a wide set of malware that spans historical and actively circulating threats.
Qualification requires that software detects all malware that circulates in
the wild and does not mislabel any safe files or applications as malware, a
phenomenon known as a false positive.
AVG is a popular security application in the consumer market because Grisoft
offers a free basic version of the application.
The software has a reputation for solidity and good detection, but the
version submitted for testing failed to detect the W32/Rbot virus.
Kaspersky also ruined its generally solid reputation by failing to detect the
W32/Allaple virus, and F-Secure's consumer antivirus application missed the same
online pest.
Kasperksy and AVG corrected the problem in later updates, Virus Bulletin
researchers pointed out. All three vendors passed certification in last
February's test for Windows Vista and a June 2006 test for Windows XP.
The same VB100 test re-established
Microsoft's
OneCare security suite as a capable application. The software achieved
certification in June 2006, but failed last February's test on Windows Vista.
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