On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 06:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Reply-To: "Rafel Ivgi, The-Insider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Rafel Ivgi, The-Insider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "bugtraq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 13:47:59 +0200 > Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Hi! Antiviruses Comparison - A Little Research Results > > Hi everyone! > Just wanted to say to all of you that Mcafee(Pro 8) seems to be the best > antivirus around. > Mcafee auto updates itself without asking(norton asks). And displays > It is the only one(from norton 2004,panda and mcafee) who identifies the > following as viruses/backdoors: > > 1. VBS/Inor.B > 2. VBS/Psyme > 3. Exploit -CodeBase.Gen > 4. JS/Exploit-FileProxy > 5. JV/ShinWow > 6. X-Wreck(my own - unpublished backdoor - identified by the huristic > engine) > 7. http://www.realtime-spy.com keylogger > 8. Cain & Abel(which is a trijan) - as possibly evil tool > 9. Nmap - as possibly evil tool > > As the facts proove mcafee is the best for now, though i saw a research > claiming BitDefender > as the best. BitDefender is great, but comparing it with mcafee is a little > hard task to do. > > > Rafel Ivgi, The-Insider. >
The test results (sponsored by "PC Utilities" mag) at this site agree with most of your observations: http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=62&mnu=62 -- Cheers, Dan Renner President Los Angeles Computerhelp http://losangelescomputerhelp.com 818.352.8700 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html