Virus Bulletin - April 2008

[u][b]Programs passed[/b] [/u] Kaspersky AEC (Trustport) Kingsoft AVG (Grisoft) Microsoft Forefront Avira Microsoft OneCare MicroWorld CA eTrust Check Point Redstone Eset Fortinet FRISK Symantec F-Secure GDATA [u] [b]Didn't pass[/b][/u]

K7 Computing - 19 wildlist misses, 2 false positives
Agnitum - 4 wildlist misses
AhnLab - 2 wildlist misses
Alwil - 19 wildlist misses, 1 false positive
McAfee - 1 wildlist miss
BitDefender (SOFTWIN) - 2 wildlist misses
Bullguard - 2 wildlist misses
Norman - 1 false positive
PC Tools AntiVirus - 4 wildlist misses
CAT QuickHeal - 2 false positives
Doctor Web - 47 wildlist misses
Rising - 3 wildlist misses, 1 false positive
Security Coverage - 859 wildlist misses, 1 false positive
Sophos - 2 wildlist misses
Trend Micro - 3 wildlist misses, 2 false positives
VirusBuster - 4 wildlist misses
Hauri - 3 wildlist misses
Webroot - 2 wildlist misses
Ikarus - 24 wildlist misses, 6 false positives


Well … I think these are all normal. EXCEPT Avast : 19 misses + 1 FP ??? What just happened ?

Also : Security Coverage 859 misses and even then 1 FP 8) How cool’s that ?

Seems like another useless comparative, but what do you guys think ?

Xan