BOClean vs the competition (antitrojan software)
Lazlo Woodbine
(http://www.nsclean.com/nws-mda.html), making particular reference to
this trojan detection comparison table:
> This really isn't fair since we're a "vendor" but since other
> anti-malware vendors like to compare themselves to BOClean, we did a
> fast random sampling against some other programs with the catches we
> collected between May 10th, 2005 through the 13th. The test sample was
> based on a random selection of 100 of over 900 collected items in no
> particular order and done on the morning of the 13th. Distribution of
> samples was 33 from each of the three days including hijackers,
> keyloggers, and "bots" plus one additional nasty from the 10th to make
> it an even "100."
>
> BOClean - 100 of 100 (their last update - 05/13/05)
> Kaspersky - 42 of 100 (their last update - 05/13/05)
> TDS3 - 37 of 100 (their last update - 05/13/05)
> AVG - 6 of 100 (their last update - 05/12/05) *
> Ewido - 5 of 100 (their last update - 05/13/05) *
> Symantec - 4 of 100 (their last update - 05/11/05) *
> TrojanHunter - 1 of 100 (their last update - 05/12/05) *
> A2 Personal - 0 of 100 (their last update - 05/09/05) *
> AdAware SE - 0 of 100 (their last update - 05/10/05) *
> Avast - 0 of 100 (their last update - 05/12/05)
> SpyBot S&D - 0 of 100 (their last update - 04/27/05) *
> McAfee - 0 of 100 (their last update - 05/12/05 - beta 05/13/05) *
> MicrosoftMSAS- 0 of 100 (their last update - 05/12/05) *
> NOD32 - 0 of 100 (their last update - 05/12/05)
> PestPatrol - 0 of 100 (their last update - 05/05/05) *
> Sophos - 0 of 100 (their last update - 05/13/05) *
> SpywareBlast - 0 of 100 (their last update - 05/10/05) *
> SpySweeper - 0 of 100 (their last update - 05/12/05) *
> Tauscan - 0 of 100 (their last update - 05/12/05) *
>
> The tests were performed by an associate, and obviously the results are
> not reliable since the testing was based on samples submitted to us (as
> well as all OTHER vendors) by one of our own "spotters" who chose the
> samples and performed the test. Naturally, we would have a 100% score
> given that we update as soon as possible. Compare to other vendors that
> you depend on however. Dates displayed were those reported on DSL
> Reports' latest update list as of this writing.
>
> * indicates that the product was disabled by one or more samples tested
> in the course of evaluation. After the failure, products were restored
> prior to continue testing ... no disruptions of protection were counted
> in the total scoring of efficacy. Disabilities were the result of
> successful process termination by malware under test.
I made the decision to switch to BOClean as soon as possible.
Make your own minds up about the results...