Comparison of Antivirus Software
Update Cycles for
signature updates
|
Rank |
Major
Antivirus Software |
No. of
Updates / Week |
| 1 |
Kaspersky eScan |
20 times |
| 2 |
AVG |
7 times |
| 3 |
Panda |
7 times |
| 4 |
F-Secure |
6~7 times |
| 5 |
Dr. Web |
6 times |
| 6 |
AntlVir, H+BEDV |
5~6 times |
| 7 |
Computer Associates |
4~5 times |
| 8 |
F-Prot |
4~5 times |
| 9 |
Sophos |
4~5 times |
| 10 |
Trend Micro |
2~3 times |
| 11 |
Symantec |
1~2 times |
by AV-Test.org 2004
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Response Times of AV
Companies
to the Outbreak of W32Sober.C, a major worm that
brought down a lot of mail servers worldwide.
(Worm discovered 2003-12-20 at 3:00 h)
|
Rank |
Major Antivirus
Software |
Response Time |
| 1 |
BitDefender |
10 Hr |
| 2 |
Kaspersky eScan |
11 Hr |
| 3 |
F-Prot |
12 Hr |
| 4 |
F-Secure |
12 Hr |
| 5 |
Norman |
15 Hr |
| 6 |
eSafe |
15 Hr |
| 7 |
Trend Micro |
16 Hr |
| 8 |
AVG |
17 Hr |
| 9 |
AntiVir (H+BEDV) |
19 Hr |
| 10 |
Symantec |
25 Hr |
| 11 |
Avastl |
30 Hr |
| 12 |
Sophos |
35 Hr |
| 13 |
Panda AV |
38 Hr |
| 14 |
McAfee |
49 Hr |
| 15 |
Ikans |
55 Hr |
| 16 |
eTrust (CA) |
63 Hr |
| 17 |
AVK (G Data) |
93 Hr |
"Outbreak Response Times: Putting AV to the
Test" - by Andreas Marx
www.av-test.org/down/papers/2004-02_vb_outbreak.pdf
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Specialization
of Product and Company
| Major
Antivirus Software |
Only
Product? |
| Kaspersky eScan |
ü |
| AVG |
ü |
| Panda |
ü |
| F-Secure |
ü |
| Dr. Web |
ü |
| AntlVir, H+BEDV |
ü |
| Computer Associates |
û |
| F-Prot |
ü |
| Sophos |
ü |
| Trend Micro |
ü |
| McAfee |
ü |
| Symantec |
û |
ü
= Antivirus software is the only product of the company, i.e. the company
depends wholly on the successfulness of its antivirus software
û
= The company sales many other software
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