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August 8, 2008


Given recent announcements in mass media and numerous questions directed to our partners concerning our decision to abandon the comparative review of anti-virus products by Virus Bulletin we consider it necessary to issue our official statement on this subject.


Virus Bulletin is one of the most respected titles devoted to prevention, detection and removal of malware and spam naturally knitting virtually all anti-virus developers; annual anti-virus conferences held by the magazine still remain a unique event where competitiveness on the market loses its significance as vendors focus on pointing out new trends in the evolution of malware and work out methods to protect users all over the world.


The comparative reviews of anti-viruses conducted by Virus Bulletin every two months is an established event, almost a ritual. Dr.Web is one of the oldest participants with the successful history dating back to the second test in 1998. The testing always stood out among others of its kind for its transparent methods, accuracy and unbiased assessment of products of all vendors and perfect communication with anti-virus companies.


However developments of the industry in last years make many vendors question the comparative reviews. Though transparent and accurate the testing methods fail to keep up with the evolution of malware as well as anti-virus applications. That’s why the long prestigious VB100% can no longer serve as a benchmark reflecting the actual quality of an anti-virus and which is worse is nowadays used to manipulate opinion of users.


Doctor Web sees the issues of the comparative testing as follows:



Testing of an anti-virus for VB100% is based on In-the-Wild set of viruses which includes only malware capable of replicating itself which surely narrows the list of malicious programs used for the testing. As estimated by Doctor Web the In-the-Wild collection includes only 10 per cent of the total number of malware modern anti-viruses protect against.
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