Antivirus firms, test labs to form standards group

Antivirus firms, test labs to form standards group
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2008-01-25

Security software makers, as well as independent and media-sponsored testing labs, have agreed to create an industry group to establish best practices and standards in the testing and rating of antivirus software, members of the nascent group told SecurityFocus on Thursday.

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Antivirus firms, test labs to form standards group 2008-01-25
saso (1 replies)

i have wrote a comment on this topic before, till now arguments did not change my view so i would just like to repeat my words...

i wish av industry would give as much resources and time on a more centralized database and sharing of samples (between the av vendors of course). for me this current ...

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Re: Antivirus firms, test labs to form standards group 2008-03-01
Andy

You seem to have a lot of insight into this topic. In your opinion, how should AV companies approach this? What solution or suggestions would you have? ...

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Correct name would be Bilbao, not Bilboa 2008-01-25
Anonymous

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Antivirus firms, test labs to form standards group 2008-01-28
onesenn (1 replies)

IMHO, this is useless. Different people has different method, if we follow this standard, somehow we will get same result. I prefer to have my own way to test....

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Re: Antivirus firms, test labs to form standards group 2008-01-29
Anonymous

I don't think they're trying to tell people to always conduct the exact same test. If they did that, the results would be meaning less. Instead, they are asking for best practices.

For example, if you say that Product X identified 7 out of 10 viruses you tested, you should state which viruses you...

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