"speed" of virusscanners

[Peter Peters]

On Wed, 26 May 2004 11:13:43 +0100, you wrote:

>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 ?

Kaspersky
Bitdefender
F-prot
Dr. Web
Panda
AntiVir
F-secure
AVG
Sophes
Command
Trend Micro
McAfee
Norman
Symantec
InoculateIT-CA
InoculateIT-VET

>Is the article online?

Not (yet). On the website still only the previous magazine is
accessible.

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Peter Peters, senior netwerkbeheerder
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