Welcome to SSUpdater.com Anti-Malware test, the only independent malware test online!!!This is the first Anti-Malware test performed by SSUpdter.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.
SSUpdater.com Top rated programs:
(This is just our opinion based on the performance and detection ratios as well as programs behavior during the testing)
1. AntiVir
2. a-squared
3. Avast
4. G DATA
5. Kaspersky
*Note: All of these programs are known to produce False Positives.
SSUpdater.com most improved program:
(Based on the improvement in the past few months on both detection rates and overall program improvement)
Comodo Internet Security
*Note: We only evaluated the Antivirus part of Comodo Internet Security and not all of its components.
SSUpdater.com programs that disappointed the most:
(The programs that showed no improvements since the last test)
1. Sophos Antivirus
2. Spy Emergency
3. Dr.Web
4. CA Antivirus
*Note: BullGuard and Malwarebytes are not on this list as they didn’t finish the test, therefore talking about any improvements is pointless.
Program versions/builds
Avira AntiVir Premium 9.0.0.420
a-squared Anti-Malware 4.0.0.79
avast! Professional Edition 4.8.1335
AVG Anti-Virus 8.5.287 Build 1483
COMODO Internet Security 3.8.65951.477
BitDefender AntiVirus 2009 Build 12.0.12.0
Dr.Web 5.00.1.04130 for Windows
Norton AntiVirus 2009 16.5.0.134
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.36
Sophos Anti-Virus 7.6.0
McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009
Nod32 Antivirus 4.0.417
F-Secure Antivirus 2009 9.00.149
G GATA Antivirus 2010 20.0.1.1
Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 8.0.0.506
VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware 3.1.2710
Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro 2009 6.5 (2525.381.687.328)
ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 8.0.298.035
VirusKeeper 2009 Professional 9.0.17
F-Prot Antivirus for Windows 6.0.9.1
Spy Emergency 2009 6.0.305
Rising Antivirus 2009 21.22.30
Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 8.0
BullGuard Internet Security 8.5.0.17
CA Antivirus 2009 10.0.0.177
*Note: The program versions presented here were the latest builds and versions when the preparations for this test took place.
Additional information:
Detection ratios were determined by counting the undeleted files as all the programs were set to delete all detected files.
All the programs were updated on the same day within the 3 hour time span.
For all the programs separate image was created containing the same malware package, OS....
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