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AV-Test.org
is a project of the Business-Information-Workgroup at the Institute of Technical and Business Information Systems at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (Germany) in cooperation with AV-Test GmbH. Our team has more than 15 years of experience in the area of anti-virus research and data security. Every year, we're performing more than 2,000 product tests of anti-virus, anti-spyware, personal firewalls and related products on behalf of the producers and for magazines.

Our test labs are equipped with more than 100 computers and server systems. Currently we have access to 60 Terabytes of testing data (this includes several million malware samples and clean files). We test on all important desktop and server platforms, including all currently supported versions of Windows, Linux, Solaris, Unix, Lotus Domino/Notes and MS Exchange.

We are regularly invited to speak at international conferences where we present new testing methodologies and general research results in the field of security software, such as response time reviews or tests of the dynamic protection features of a product (this includes behavior blockers). We are constantly contributing to articles for more than 45 computer magazines world-wide. Within the scope of product certification we're working together with the tekit Consult Bonn GmbH (TÜV Saarland group).

NEWS
2008-03-10  Current test results of the security suites' malware protection features
During the last weeks our lab has reviewed 30 security suites on Windows XP (SP2) using state-of-the-art testing methodologies. For more details have a look at the following websites:
2008-02-04  Cross Reference List of Virus Names
Each vendor of anti-virus software has a different naming convention and the same virus could have a completely different name in another company's product. To provide a candle in the dark and diminish the current confusion, we created a cross-reference list of all virus names (390 KB), based on the WildList 12/2007.
2008-01-22  New test results of virus protection software
After comprehensive and time consuming testing we have completed an up-to-date review of 28 Security Suites under Windows XP (SP2). More details can be found here:
2008-01-16  Second International CARO Workshop in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
At this year's CARO Workshop (held on May 1 and 2, 2008) Maik Morgenstern and Andreas Marx will be speaking about the topic "Runtime Packer Testing Experiences".
2008-01-11  Considerably more viruses, worms and other malware than ever
During the year 2007 the AV-Test team has discovered almost 5.5 Million new malware samples. This means a significant increase over the past years. More details can be found on the following webpages amongst others:
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