We performed a flash test using the latest variant of the TDL3 Rootkit, for this test we chose 17 standalone Anti-Malware applications and two Complementary Anti-Malware applications.

The test had two phases, On Demand scan and if missed, then the sample was executed in Real Time. All applications were tested within 200 seconds. The latest program versions were used for all tested applications.

We performed a flash test using the latest variant of the HotKeysHook Keylogger , for this test we chose 17 standalone Anti-Malware applications and two Complementary Anti-Malware applications.

The test had two phases, On Demand scan and if missed, then the sample was executed in Real Time. All applications were tested within 180 seconds. The latest program versions were used for all tested applications.

We are happy to announce the results of out latest test, Malware  Research Group Project 025. Project 025 is an Online Banking / Browser Security Test in which we  tested 31 security applications devided into two groups.

We conducted initial tests on 21 June 2010 and as of 23 June 2010  we will re run the test every day for twenty nine days, the results will also be updated on daily bases.

We will publish an overall analysis and conclusion of this project on Thursday July 12th.

The results of this test are available for download in our MRG Tests section.

Project Completed

Malware Research Group has conducted a comparative review of Microsoft Secirity Essensials. In this review we compared Microsoft Secirity Essensials to Avira’s AntiVir Personal and Avast Home Edition. The comparative had three stages:

Real Time System Protection Test: 20 Zero-Day malware samples were used.

Self Protection Test: MRG Self Protection Test Tool V 2.0 was used.

Online Banking Security Test: MRG FM Simulator V1.0  was used.

Download full report:

MSE Comparative July 2010

We are happy to announce the results of out latest test, Malware  Research Group Project 024. This was an Browser Security / Financial Malware test in which we used our custom made sample . We tested 27 security applications in total. The results of this test are available for download in our MRG Tests section.

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We are happy to announce the results of out latest test, Malware Research Group Project 023. This was an On Demand scan test in which we used 15 Anti-Malware applications and 259.694 malware samples. The results of this test are available for download in our MRG Tests section.

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Malware Research Group is happy to announce that we have finished our latest test called Online Banking Browser Security Test.

The detailed report is available for download in our MRG Product Comparison section .

Thread is opened in our Forums, you can leave comments or ask questions there.

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Avast is one of the most popular Antivirus programs in the world and with a good reason. We were awaiting the arrival of Avast 5 and now that it’s here and has been in use for a few months we felt that it was a perfect time to make a review. Avast Antivirus is a complete Anti-Malware solution which is capable of protection the system form a wide range of malware threats. Offering multi-layered Real Time protection it should be able to protect the system when it matters the most.

Key Fearures of version 5:
• Improved Antivirus and anti-spyware engine
• New avast! Intelligent Scanner
• New Silent/Gaming Mode
• New Behavior Shield
• New avast! Sandbox
• Smart virus updates
• Real time anti-rootkit protection
• avast! Community IQ
• Behavioral Honeypots
• Green computing
• avast! iTrack
• File System / Mail Shield
• Web Shield
• IM / P2P Shield
• Network Shield
• Script Shield

We are reviewing the latest version of Avast Antivirus Professional, 5.0.462.

Default Settings were used throughout the whole review process. Test was conducted using Windows 7 32-Bit with all the latest updates.

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