Category Archives: Security

Drive-by Antivirus Test — Final Round

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Astrum

Here’s the final round of my antivirus drive-by test. Preparation for the drive-by test and setup configuration is described here (part 1) and here (part 2). First of all I wanted to see if major free antivirus programs would be effective … Continue reading →

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Drive-by Antivirus Test — AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Astrum

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011 (version 10.0.1136) performed very poorly in my drive-by test, I also noticed system slowdown while web browsing. Preparation for the drive-by test and setup configuration is described here (part 1) and here (part 2). The only exploit … Continue reading →

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Drive-by Antivirus Test — Avast 5.0.677 Free

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Astrum

I have Avast Antivirus free edition, version 5.0.677 in my lab for drive-by test. Preparation for the drive-by test and setup configuration is described here (part 1) and here (part 2). I love Avast, because it is fast and not intrusive at … Continue reading →

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Drive-by Antivirus Test — Avira AntiVir Personal 10.0.0.567

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Astrum

Avira AntiVir Personal 10.0.0.567 - Free Antivirus is under test today. Preparation is explained here (Part 1) and here (Part 2). I knew free edition of Avira would perform badly, as it is even stated on their website: no “AntiDrive-by [which] … Continue reading →

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Drive-by Antivirus Test — Preparation / Part 2

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Astrum

OK, let’s prepare the test platform. As I explained in the part 1, I use Oracle VM VirtualBox (recently updated to version 3.2.10) as a host sandbox. This sandbox I can use as a virtual computer to install basically any operating … Continue reading →

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Microsoft delivers pre-released Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 to corporate customers

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Astrum

I’m surprised to see that Microsoft delivers pre-released beta version of Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 to its corporate customers. What can force a company use unfinished product to protect daily business? Though it is true that some well-established and evolved … Continue reading →

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Drive-by Antivirus Test — Preparation / Part 1

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Astrum

I’m going to perform a test of Antivirus programs in the drive-by mode. That means I will consider I think the most frequent way of getting malware for a home user — via casual browsing in the internet. In my … Continue reading →

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Norton Internet Security 2011

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Astrum

Whatever I may say about NIS interface, Symantec can afford to develop super effective security package spending millions of $$ to trump all their competitors. And it is good to have it almost free for a long time. 90 days (3 months) … Continue reading →

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Norton AntiVirus 2011 — Black Behind

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Astrum

Symantec has updated its “Windows 7 spoken here” security software page with offers for Microsoft customers. (I guess running MS Windows makes me automatically relevant to this category). Here’s the link: http://buy-static.norton.com/prod/html/partner/msft_EN.html  There you have Norton 360 Version 4.0 (old link) and … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 security software providers — Dark horses included

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Astrum

Let’s have a look what Microsoft has prepared to protect their consumer operating system — Windows 7. Here is link to Windows 7 consumer security software providers arranged by Microsoft. Let’s take a look what is considered adequate. First (order … Continue reading →

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