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- A N T I - V I R U S T E S T
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- Conducted by Jeff Cook
- Thunderbyte USA - 04/12/93
- BBS: (615)442-2833 - Voice/fax: (615)442-2196
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- With system security and data integrity becoming increasingly important, it
- is vital that your anti-virus product perform as well as you expect it to.
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- Below are the results of a test run by myself on a base of over 1,700 viruses
- or virus-infected files. In addition, this archive contains the logfile of
- each virus scanner. This test may or may not be conclusive in your mind, but
- it should hopefully demonstrate that dependence on a single product, solely
- due to its perceived reputation, is not always wise.
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- Keep in mind that the best-known products are not always "the best", and take
- the time to review the enclosed data.
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- Anti-Virus product: Version Hits Misses Hit %
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- TbScan (Thunderbyte B.V.) │ 5.04 │ 1615 │ 94 │ 94.50
- F-Protect (Skulason) │ 2.07 │ 1526 │ 183 │ 89.29
- ViruScan (McAfee Associates)│ V102 │ 1488 │ 221 │ 87.07
- VIRx (Datawatch) │ 2.6d │ 1396 │ 313 │ 81.69
- TNT Anti-Virus (SST) │ V1.2 │ 866 │ 843 │ 50.67
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- 1709 files in 1 directory
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- For additional information on Thunderbyte Anti-Virus, please see the enclosed
- INTRO.DOC and REGISTER.USA files.
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