Antivirus software detection power ranking June 2008 edition, Best 10 announcement

The largest independent agency to compare and verify security software "AV-Test.orgThe power ranking ranking of anti-virus software by June 11th, 2008 version was announced. What is the result like? Let's take a look at the best 10 you care about.

Ranking is from the following.
Detection rate ranking as of June 11, 2008 by German AV-Test examination

First place:G DATA Antivirus 2008(99.21%)

Second place:Kaspersky Antivirus 7.0(98.96%)

3rd place:Norton Antivirus 2008(98.89%)

4th:Windows Live OneCare(98.53%)

5th place:F-Secure Internet Security 2008(98.09%)

6th place:McAfee Virus Scan Plus(95.77%)

7th place:OfficeScan 2008(92.42%)

8th place:Virus security ZERO(90.50%)

9th place:NOD32 Antivirus V2.7(88.85%)

10th place:Viral killer zero(85.32%)

I performed this power testAV-Test.orgIt is the largest independent body that conducts comparative verification of security software, and is an industry-academia collaborative organization that started as a project of Otto von Gehrique University (Germany). It seems that analyzing the security software at the request of various enterprises, organizations, news organizations, etc. seems to be providing the data, there are detailed articles below.

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On the other hand, if I compare and verify it in detail so far, I have asked if it is obvious that the number one software will be decided, but the researcher says, "There is nothing like that". It seems that each person's individuality is strong, strong part, weak part is different for each software. On the other hand, "I heard that the weak part will be improved and the number one will be decided in the end because the genre called Anti-Virus Soft is the same aiming place", but " The virus will appear, so as long as we compete with it, the personality will continue to remain. " I see.

This test covers the major products sold in the Japanese market, and it is collected mainly by viruses frequently occurring in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in Japan, Taiwan, and China, and the specimen (virus) for testing is Since it is said that it is limited to what happened within 6 months, it seems that ultimately it is important to choose anti-virus software according to your usage.