Nearly half of Vista's anti-virus software has not passed vb100

Perhaps we should be glad that the virus in Vista is still in the license phase, because the latest vb100 test found that many anti-virus software in Vista failed to pass the test. In this test, a total of 37 anti-virus software under Vista were selected, and 17 anti-virus software, including McAfee, Sophos, and Trend Micro, were not tested.

McAfee, Sophos, and trend detected 99.99% of virus samples, Doctor web detected 95.2%, and security coverage PC live detected only 84.35%, microsoft's Windows Live OneCare and forefront passed the detection in 100%.

John Hawes, Principal Tester of VB, said that we were disappointed to find that so many anti-virus software were helpless in the face of not so new viruses. Users should choose to get better services from their antivirus software vendors. With the release of Vista SP1, we can see that the number of Vista users is growing significantly. Anti-Virus Software Vendors should launch more stable products on this new platform.

Three other anti-virus software, even running under vista for unknown reasons, cannot participate in the test. Other anti-virus software involved in the test barely runs stably, these tests are based on Vista versions earlier than SP1.

 

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