November 9th, 2009 by ahoogLatest tests of 16 anti-virus programs on the removal of 10 known malware packages were not terribly inspiring. Security hardware and software is not enough to protect corporations which is why we offer several innovative, proactive services leveraging forensics:
“None of the products performed “very good” in malware removal or removal of leftovers, based on those 10 samples. eScan, Symantec and Microsoft (MSE) were the only products to be good in removal of malware AND removal of leftovers”, says the report. “Some products do not remove all registry entries on purpose (as long as they do not have any visible side effect for the user), e.g. if that helps to prevent reinfection by the same malware. Furthermore, in some cases it is not possible to know if the registry values (or the hosts file) were modified by the malware or by the user itself (or third-party utilities used by the user).”
via Battle of the anti-virus: What is the best software?.
