Re: Windows fails second virus test
- From: "Mr. Arnold" <"Mr. Arnold"@Arnold.COM>
- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:32:31 GMT
Rob K wrote:
"encoderX" <Usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Xns98EAC6B18A1B1httpencoderxeucontac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Windows fails second virus test.
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6418965.stm
Related:
Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx
Windows Live OneCare: http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm
AV Comparatives: http://www.av-comparatives.org
AV Comparatives anti-virus test (PDF):
http://www.av-comparatives.org//seiten/ergebnisse/report13.pdf
ICSA Labs: http://www.icsalabs.com/icsa/icsahome.php
Virus Bulletin: http://www.virusbtn.com/index
Microsoft's Live OneCare security software has failed tests which check how
well it spots and stops malicious programs designed to attack Windows.
OneCare was the only failure among 17 anti-virus programs tested by the AV
Comparatives organisation.
Microsoft's software only spotted 82.4% of the 500,000 viruses that the
independent group subjected it to.
The test is the second in less than a month that Microsoft's anti-virus
software has failed.
Minimum standard
Live OneCare is Microsoft's flagship security program that, like many other
anti-virus products, is designed to help PC users keep their machine clear
of malicious software.
Austria-based AV Comparatives carries out quarterly tests of top anti-virus
programs to find out if they have kept up with the growing mass of viruses
circulating online.
The tests see if anti-virus software can spot a variety of malicious
programs including macro and script viruses, worms, backdoors and trojans.
The majority of programs tested, 14, got an advanced pass or better from AV
Comparatives; two got a standard rating and OneCare failed.
OneCare fared particularly badly against so-called polymorphic viruses
which regularly change their configuration in a bid to fool security
software.
"Microsoft OneCare performed very low in the test, and did not reach the
minimum requirements for participation," wrote Andreas Clementi, senior
tester at AV Comparatives, in the report about the tests.
A Microsoft spokesman said: " We are looking closely at the methodology and
results of the test to ensure that Windows Live OneCare performs better in
future tests."
He added that Microsoft was trying to: "determine whether any learnings
from these tests can be used to improve our services as part of our ongoing
work to continually enhance Windows Live OneCare to ensure the highest
level of protection and service that we can provide our customers."
The spokesman also pointed out that Windows OneCare had been certified by
ICSA Labs and the West Point Checkpoint system.
In early February, security magazine Virus Bulletin revealed that
OneCare failed to spot all the viruses it tested the software against.
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encoderX
http://encoderX.eu
Well, that's more cash they got from me.
My question is, if the security software fails, then how good is this new "Vista" at keeping us secure in the first place?
Where is your responsibility in security as a user in all of this? If you're dependent upon some kind of security software written by some Human Being, like a crutch, to keep your computer secure and safe, then you got a problem in the first place.
Are we better off just getting one of the better "security suites" and shutting down the MS security protocols in Vista?
So why would you install another piece of snake-oil "security suite" software on the computer?
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