Hi Geo, I do removal tests for spyware/adware only. The virus detection scores come from AV-Test.org and at the time, removal results for those particular products weren't readily available to me. (This doesn't mean that AV-Test.org does not have them or did not at the time - please interpret my limited answer as *my* limitation and not a reflection of AV-Test.org). West Coast Labs performs removal testing as part of their Anti-Virus Level 2 certification (all ItW viruses are included in these tests according to their documentation). You can find a list of Anti-Virus Level 2 certified products at:
http://www.westcoastlabs.org/cm-av-list.asp?Cat_ID=2 AV-Test.org is a project of the Business-Information-Workgroup at the Institute of Technical and Business Information Systems at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany) in cooperation with AV-Test GmbH. For details, visit: http://www.av-test.org/ I agree that virus removal tests would be a nice addition to the review - unfortunately my resources (time) only allow for spyware/adware. -- Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geo." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 6:05 AM Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Free antivirus software > Review: Free Antivirus Software > http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarereviews/a/freeav.htm I believe I've seen Mary post here before, so if you're reading Mary, how come this time you didn't test removal capabilities? Lots of times people don't actually go looking for a free AV program until they need to scan and clean their machine so removal is an important feature. Geo. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
