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[Snuffy]

The top dog in the tests was G Data Security's AntiVirusKit

March 01, 2007 -- Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare came in dead last out of a group of 17 anti-virus programs tested against hundreds of thousands of worms, viruses, Trojan horses and other malware, an Austrian anti-virus researcher reported yesterday.

The AV Comparatives Web site, which is maintained by Andreas Cleminti from Innsbruck, Austria, posts quarterly results of tests that pit the top anti-virus products against a dynamic list of nearly half a million individual pieces of malware.

Top dog, according to Cleminti's tests, was G Data Security's AntiVirusKit (AVK), which nailed 99.5% of the malicious code. Not far behind were AEC's TrustPort AV WS, at 99.4%, Avira's AntiVir PE Premium, at 98.9%, MicroWorld's eScan Anti-Virus, at 97.9%, F-Secure's Anti-Virus, at 97.9%, and Kaspersky Labs' AV, which stopped 97.9% of the malware.

Better known products such as Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus and McAfee's VirusScan posted results of 96.8% and 91.6%, respectively.

Holding the bottom spot was Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare, the consumer security suite that the Redmond, Wash. developer launched last year. OneCare took care of just 82.4% of the malware.

Cleminti also tested the 17 products against polymorphic viruses, those which produce sometimes vast numbers of variants as they try to sneak by scanners. "The results of the polymorphic test are of importance because they how flexible an anti-virus scan engine is and how good the detection quality of complex viruses is," said Cleminti in his write-up.

Only Symantec's Norton AntiVirus and ESET's NOD32 Anti-Virus caught every variant of the 12 polymorphic families, he said. In that test, OneCare placed 15th, detecting every version of only two families, and missing seven of the polymorphic families completely.

Cleminti's report is available online (download PDF).

This is not the first evaluation to give a Microsoft security program a black eye. Last week, for example, Australian security company PC Tools released research that claimed Windows Defender -- Microsoft's anti-spyware title -- detected just 46% to 53% of spyware.

"We are looking closely at the methodology and results of the test to ensure that Windows Live OneCare performs better in future tests," a Microsoft spokesperson said.


Source: Computerworld

[Znod]

Do you have a link to the test Snuffy?

[dsljay]

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

[Snuffy]

the source was computerworld.
dsljay has a nice link but it is not the same...
but worthy of checking out...

my link: http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9012078

[Snuffy]

OneCare Deletes Users' Outlook Files
Posted by Matt on 10 Mar 2007 - 00:11 | 0 comments


A rash of users of Microsoft's new Windows Live OneCare service, launched last January 30, have been reporting on Microsoft's support forums that virus scans performed by the service have resulted in the deletion of their OUTLOOK.PST files - the local, centralized repositories of e-mail, scheduling, and collaboration data used by Outlook.

"This new version of OneCare did the damage to my computer no virus had ever done before," wrote one user last January 25. Since that time, a volunteer Microsoft MVP was struggling to help users cope with not only their deletions, but suggestions and advice from phone-based Microsoft support personnel who managed to exacerbate the problem, making those files non-recoverable.


Only yesterday did a Microsoft official make a certified response, saying, "This issue will be fixed in the next engine update, scheduled for Tuesday, March 13." In the meantime, he advises users to manually enter an exemption into their OneCare settings for the personal files folder where the .PST file is kept.

http://www.betanews.com/article/OneC...les/1173474996

View: BetaNews

[Snuffy]

Microsoft's antivirus deletes users' e-mails
Today, March 12, 2007, 4 minutes ago
Microsoft has admitted that its Live OneCare security suite has been accidentally deleting some users' Outlook and Outlook Express e-mails.

[DaBear]

I luv it when corporate guys say " Live OneCare ----- has accidentally deleted some users' Outlook and Outlook Express e-mails"

Only in Bill Gates land --- anyone else in the business world would be covered up with lawyers.

[Mustangman76]

Hi

yes i belive that... windows live one care lets in virus`s... i would never use it even on my old peice of junk :P...

[Snuffy]

http://www.betanews.com/article/OneC...les/1173474996

the best info on one care and what to expect that I can find... worth reading if you use one care...

[Snuffy]

In the wake of reports that Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare security suite is woefully inadequate, the software giant announced this morning plans to soon begin a beta of the version of the product, OneCare 2.0. This version will push beyond the suite's security focus to provide continuous and holistic care of all of the PCs in a home, Microsoft says.

"Windows Live OneCare continues to evolve by providing consumers with new features and unified integration between PCs," a Microsoft representative told me yesterday. "OneCare version 2 marks a significant step toward the support of a typical multi-PC household and home network as more and more consumers become a part of multi-PC households."

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News Source: WindowsITPro