January 2007
Certification
Within last month’s test lab of CheckVir we observed the search and disinfect algorithms of antivirus systems under Windows XP Home + SP2 operation systems. We used the samples of the most frequent viruses. During the test STANDARD qualification was given to virus protection systems which recognised the virus in every infected sample and prevented the user from initiating the code of the virus. In case of ADVANCED qualification the antivirus is capable of destroying the virus by reconstructing the original state as much as possible. In on-access protection and on-demand search the antivirus must operate in the same fashion. During the qualification procedure we checked the observation of the input and output messages of Microsoft Outlook 2000 mailing system separately. MAILSCANNER qualification was given to mailing systems which were able to recognise, block and remove each of the frequent viruses.
Testing of compressing files
During testing we observed the search processes of the antivirus software to see whether they recognise the compressed files of different formats. Besides the most general formats (ZIP, ARJ, RAR, JAR, LZH, TGZ, CAB, TAR, GZ, ACE) we extended the testing supply with further compress types produced by Total Commander (BZ2, HA, Z, 7Z, BFC). To check them we chose ten well-known viruses and then checked whether each antivirus recognises them or not. Afterwards we compressed the infected files and prepared the appropriate formats. We carried out the testing on these files. Besides the compressed types we dealt with a few special properties as well. In ZIP and ACE compressed files we observed the formats that can be run, checked the recognition of the bugs hidden in compressed files protected by password and the use of long file names.
[/td][/td][/td] | The following products received CheckVir STANDARD certification:
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The following products received CheckVir ADVANCED certification:
The following products received CheckVir MAILSCANNER certification:
Platforms
Platform [td=1,1,20%]Version [/td][/td] | Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition [td=1,1,80%]v2002 SP2 [/td] |
Used virus samples
The list of viruses that will be used for the test in January 2007 can be downloaded here. |