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You buy anti-virus software to protect your computers/data which is the sensible thing to do but how effective is it?
Virus Bulletin are full time professional, independent antivirus experts and are widely recognized within the antivirus industry for their rigorous comparative tests focusing on virus detection rates, scanning speed, and generation of false positives. To earn a Virus Bulletin 100% Award, an antivirus product must detect all of the current “In the Wild” viruses.
NOD32 is the only solution worldwide that has not missed a single “In the Wild” worm or virus in testing since May 1998 and holds the world record of Virus Bulletin 100% Awards, obtaining the 34th Award in October 2005.
This table is based on the number of times all of these products have been tested periodically on various operating systems with the Virus Bulletin since May 1998 which is when NOD32 was first submitted to them for testing.
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Anti Virus Software
Brand/Product
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Times Tested
Since May ‘98
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Tests
Failed
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Tests
Passed
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Success
Ratio %
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NOD32
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36
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2
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34
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94.44%
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Norton/Symantec Antivirus
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32
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3
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29
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90.62%
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Trend PC-Cillin/SvrPro
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17
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4
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13
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76.47%
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Norman Virus Control
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38
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10
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28
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73.68%
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Kaspersky AVP
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39
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11
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28
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71.79%
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CA Vet
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34
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10
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24
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70.58%
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Sophos
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39
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12
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27
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69.23%
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CA InnoculateIT/eTrust
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32
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11
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21
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65.62%
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Frisk F-Prot
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23
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8
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15
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65.21%
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F-Secure FSAV
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30
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11
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19
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Softwin AVX/BitDefender
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15
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6
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9
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60.00%
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MicroWorld/eScan
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10
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4
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6
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60.00%
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Dr Web32/Dialogue Science
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37
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16
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21
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56.75%
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McAfee/Network Ass
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37
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16
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21
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H+BEDV
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13
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6
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7
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53.84%
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Command/Authentium
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30
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14
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16
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53.33%
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GDATA
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16
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8
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8
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50.00%
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VirusBuster
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26
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13
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13
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50.00%
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Alwil Avast32
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30
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16
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14
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46.66%
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Grisoft AVG
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28
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19
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9
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32.14%
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GeCAD RAV
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23
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17
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6
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26.08%
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Panda
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4
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3
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1
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25.00%
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Hauri/ViRobot
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9
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8
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1
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11.11%
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Symantec are running second in this table although in the same testing, nod32 scanning times are considerably faster, despite the fact nod32 has a much smaller system footprint and uses far less system resource. Incidentally, Symantec also failed the 3 Virus Bulletin tests prior to nod32 making its debut. That brings their overall success ratio down to 82.35%
Where anti-virus software is concerned, consistency is the key to successful virus protection!
(Figures correct as at October 2005 E&OE).
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