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I'm quite skeptical about "independent" AV test sites like these, especially when they come to the conclusion that solutions that would essentially make the AV
by pfg 10y ago
I'm quite skeptical about "independent" AV test sites like these, especially when they come to the conclusion that solutions that would essentially make the AV industry obsolete are inferior ("AV industry" meaning third-party AV solutions in this context). There's a big incentive for them to come to that conclusion, otherwise they'd have no reason to exist any further.
Relevant quote: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” (Upton Sinclair)
- iancarroll 10y agoI don't think you'll find anyone, paid or otherwise, who would say MSE performs better than commercial solutions. It's weighted in favor of better solutions, obviously, but MSE is pretty much the baseline of the industry.
- Noseshine 10y agoNo doubt about it. The question is if it's worth it. Yes there is a risk - but a population that largely accepts risk from unhealthy eating or smoking should IMHO not be all that worried about the in comparison about the (a 2nd IMHO) small increase in risk when using MSE compared to an annoying product. Also, ones own behavior, like how do you handle or react to email attachments, how up-to-date do you keep your system, what websites do you visit (a 3rd IMHO) probably has a larger impact than your choice of anti-virus software. In addition, if the anti-virus software annoys users enough they soon start ignoring its popups and always just click them away, so that they end up missing actual alerts.
- HarshaThota 10y agoIn addition to those, there is also a risk that the 3rd party AV solutions themselves have security holes. I know Google Project Zero has found a few issues that make you question whether you are not opening yourself up to worse attacks by using these products than you would by not using them.