July 2007 Latest Review of Mainstream Antivirus Software

by ofree on 2007-08-02 08:27:08

This is the latest evaluation result of domestic and foreign mainstream antivirus software from an evaluation organization called Infinite Dream Evaluation Room. The webmaster believes that some conclusions in this article are still objective and true, but please note that one evaluation cannot determine the quality of an antivirus software. This article is only for reference.

Evaluation content: The effect of virus detection and removal, memory usage, software usability, and antivirus effect for all virus samples from January to July 24, 2007.

Sample quantity: 142,156 (including 1,000 non-virus files used to evaluate false positive rate)

Sample composition: Trojan horses, viruses, grayware, spyware, tracking cookies (a small amount, because they generally pose no threat by themselves), rootkits.

Evaluation machine configuration:

CPU: INTEL Q6600

Memory: DDR2 800*2 1G

System: Windows XP

Number of machines: 10+3

Evaluation days: 2+1

Number of evaluated antivirus software: 10+3

Virus database date: July 24, 2007