Microsoft OneCare bombs out in antivirus test
InternetNews | at | by Mike
In the On-Demand test, the independent AV Comparatives uses one million known viruses to test the antivirus software. The top scoring products were the little guys. G Data Security's AntiVirusKit came out on top, detecting 99.5 percent of the malicious code.
The big names, Symantec and McAfee, came in lower. Symantec Antivirus caught 96.8 percent of the viruses, while McAfee's VirusScan caught 91.6 percent, which put it in 14th place.
Bringing up the rear was Windows Live OneCare, which caught just 82.4 percent of the viruses, and these were known, identified viruses. At least Microsoft has the excuse of being a new product. But the results are a ding to the well-known McAfee, one of the first commercial antivirus vendors.