"speed" of virusscanners

Spicer, Kevin Kevin.Spicer at BMRB.CO.UK
Wed May 26 11:13:43 IST 2004


Peter Peters wrote:
> Just read an article on the speed of anti virus vendors. How fast are
> they with new definitions. Measured between februari 15 and march 15.
> When the first one detected a new (version of a) virus time was
> started. All others where measured untill they started to detect the
> same (version of) the virus. 
> 
> Averages:               (rank)
> Kaspersky       00:43      1
> F-port          01:38      3
> F-secure        02:41      7
> AVG             03:32      8
> Sophos          03:48      9
> McAfee          08:13     12
> Symantec        09:17     14
> InoculateIT-VET 11:30     16

So what was at 2,4,5,6,10,11,13,15 ?

Is the article online?



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