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Lab Test Results: Symantec, Kaspersky Lab, PC Tools, AVG, Detect The Most Zero-Day Attacks
Top Internet security suite products scored
high when detecting zero-day attacks during a three-month period,
according to new data released today from independent German lab
AV-Test, with Symantec and Kaspersky Lab finding 98 and 97.5 percent,
respectively.
AV-Test tested 10 zero-day threats during a three-month period
on Windows XP SP3 machines running Symantec Norton Internet Security
2010, Kaspersky Internet Security 2010, PC Tools Internet Security
2010, AVG Internet Security 9.0, G Data Internet Security 2010, Panda
Internet Security 2010, Avira Premium Security Suite 9.0, McAfee
Internet Security 2010, CA Internet Security 2010, F-Secure Internet
Security 2010, BitDefender Internet Security 2010, and Trend Micro
Internet Security 2010.
AVG caught 92.2 percent of the threats, followed by G Data, 90
percent; Panda, 90 percent; Avira, 87.7 percent; McAfee, 87.2 percent;
CA, 86.7 percent; F-Secure, 85.8 percent; BitDefender, 84.3 percent;
and Trend Micro, 83.3 percent.
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