Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Comparing virus scanners (PC) Message-ID: <0009.9105141317.AA10748@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 13 May 91 19:05:53 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 38 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu What follows is a table comparing several virus scanners. I am obviously not unbiased, being the author of one of the programs, but the table was not compiled by me, but rather Franz Swoboda in Austria. He does not list all anti-virus programs known today - only those on the market in Austria. Also, he is testing the programs against his personal collection, which may not represent accurately the world's virus scene. The table lists the programs, the "hit rate" and the time required for scanning. Findviru 2.0 (S&S) 97% 75 sec F-FCHK 1.14A 93% 259 sec Virusdet 3.00 (Puls) 85% 223 sec Watchdog 4.16 (KDT) 82% 512 sec Scanv75 (McAfee) 80% 260 sec Unvirus 3.08 (Elia Shim) 73% 65 sec Stopvir 2.31 73% 96 sec Virutest 1.0 (JP Landen) 66% 518 sec Pro-scan 2.1 65% 184 sec Norton 1.00 62% 130 sec VU-Advanced 1.03 61% 479 sec Viru-Spy 4.0 58% 178 sec AVsearch 2.23 57% 750 sec TBscan 1.7 46% 105 sec TNTvirus 7.00A (Carmel) 45% 190 sec Virscan 1.45 38% 200 sec Note that in many cases the products compared are not the latest versions, but according to Swoboda, they were the latest available in Austria. - -frisk Fridrik Skulason Technical Editor of the Virus Bulletin (UK) (author of F-PROT) E-Mail: frisk@rhi.hi.is Fax: 354-1-28801