The results of the test conducted on 29 anti-virus products by the independent test group AV-Test.org of Otto-von-Guericke University (Germany) are announced.. High scores in all categories, Trend Micro took the lead in the anti-malware test with its Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 solution.
Results of testing on 29 anti-virus products by Otto-von-Guericke University (Germany) independent test group AV-Test.org (www.av-test.org) announced. Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 received the highest score in the benchmark test..
Trend Micro Internet Security surpassed other competitors to be one of 4 products that detected all 12 active rootkits in the test. Rootkit is a type of malware that takes control of the computer, which is often difficult to detect as it becomes active before the system is booted.. Trend Micro received the highest rating in this category, “Very Good”.
Trend Micro Internet Security was rated “Very Good” in signature-based, on-demand detection functions, outpacing its competitors. All products in the test were tested using over 1 million samples of Trojans, backdoors, bots, worms and viruses.
The performance of Trend Micro Internet Security in other categories is as follows:
- Positive/negative detections: “Good” (Trend Micro Internet Security, Only one positive detected in 65,000 known clean file scans).
- Proactive detection: “Good” (Used 3500 samples for backtesting, along with 20 active samples for malware “Dynamic Detection” and blocking testing).
- New, common malware response time: “Good” (Trend Micro Internet Security, 2-4 hours response to malware outbreaks based on 55 different samples seen in 2007 response time of other competitor products varies between 4-8 hours).
According to a study by Trend Micro’s global threat research, service and support network, TrendLabs, Web threats increased by more than 1500 percent between 2005 and 2007.. The AV-Test team detected over 5.5 million new malware samples in 2007. This detection means that accessing the Internet via a desktop computer or mobile device can harm the computer and network for the user.. Therefore, while pattern-based detection gains importance, it is very important to prevent access to websites that may contain malicious code, on both computers and mobile devices, before the malware enters the network..
Trend Micro offers coordinated security everywhere by stopping Web threats before they reach the gateway, at the gateway and at the endpoint. With Trend Micro Internet Security 2008, which includes virus and spyware protection, personal firewall, wireless network monitoring, network control, and advanced parental control functions, users can proactively and seamlessly protect their personal information and important personal files and pictures stored on their computers against threats..
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