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Trend, Sophos and McAfee flunk Vista SP1 anti-virus tests

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Old 04-Apr-2008, 05:04 PM
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Trend, Sophos and McAfee flunk Vista SP1 anti-virus tests

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Virus Bulletin, the independent security certification body, said 17 of 37 anti-virus products tested failed to reach the VB100 certification standard. McAfee VirusScan, Trend Micro Internet Security and Sophos Anti-Virus overlooked threats known to be in circulation. Other vendors whose products failed to make the grade included Alwil, BitDefender, Norman, PC Tools, and VirusBuster.
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/200..._sp1_av_tests/


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Thats worrying although my anti virus (Avira) passed the test although I am not using Vista yet and may not.


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Wow, the registration process takes so long... Will have to wait a while for them to process my registration in order for me to see the report

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That's not good... I'm using Trend. Fortunately, I'm not using Vista.


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Say's nothing about the AV that I use (Panda), but I have to say that I've had no problems with Panda on Vista. Would have been funny if Microsoft Forefront or Onecare failed

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Say's nothing about the AV that I use (Panda), but I have to say that I've had no problems with Panda on Vista. Would have been funny if Microsoft Forefront or Onecare failed

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From wht I have heard & read my anti virus is the one that came top (Avira) not sure about Panda, maybe download the free version of Avira just to be sure.


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