Anti virus vendors Kasperksy, F-Secure and Grisoft, maker of the popular AVG application, have failed to achieve the strict VB100 anti-virus certification.
The three are among ten anti virus applications for Windows XP that failed to meet the test standards that are set by Virus Bulletin. A combined 37 software products were submitted for testing.
The VB100 is known for its strict standards. The test subjects applications to a wide set of malware that spans both historical threats and pests that are actively circulating ‘in the wild’.
Qualification requires that software detects all malware that circulates in the wild and it cannot mislabel any safe files or applications as malware, a phenomenon that is known as a false positive.
AVG is a popular security application in the consumer market because the Grisoft offers a free basic version of the application. The application has a reputation for solidity and good detection, but the version submitted for testing failed the test when it was unsuccessful in detecting the W32/Rbot virus.
Kaspersky too ruined its generally solid reputation by failing to detect a sample of the W32/Allaple virus, and F-Secure’s consumer anti virus application oversaw the same online pest.
Both Kasperksy and AVG corrected the problem in later updates, Virus Bulletin researchers pointed out. All three vendors passed certification in last February’s test for Windows Vista and a June 2006 test for Windows XP.
The same VB100 test re-established Microsoft’s OneCare security suite as a capable application. The software achieved certification in June 2006, but failed last February’s test on Windows Vista.
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