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Microsofts OneCare Finishes Last in Anti-virus Tests
By: Mark Hachman
2007-03-05
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A well-regarded anti-virus testing laboratory releases its latest quarterly results, and places Microsoft's OneCare anti-virus solution squarely at the bottom of the list.
A well-regarded anti-virus testing laboratory has released its latest quarterly results, and placed Microsofts OneCare anti-virus solution squarely at the bottom of the list.
In each of three categories viruses, macros, worms and scripts; backdoors, Trojans and other malware; and a third category, combining the results of the first twoOneCare received the worst score out of 17 products tested, according to AV-Comparatives.org, a group of IT graduate students who have published formal analyses of antivirus tools since February 2004. The effort is led by Andreas Clementi, the project tester and a graduate student at the University of Innsbruck.
Check out the best of 2006s security suites in PCMag.coms roundup.
Microsoft also ranked third from the bottom in detection of polymorphic viruses, which included such worms as W32/Insane.A, which can produce varied copies of itself, defeating a static signature file.
Microsofts OneCare was launched in May 2006; in January, the software package was updated with improved backup and language options, as well as integrated spyware and virus detection.
Read the full story on PCMag.com: Microsofts OneCare Finishes Last in Anti-virus Tests
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