MS Security Essentials Fails Antivirus Certification Test Again

[DaveLembke]

http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/01/17/2247245/microsoft-fails-antivirus-certification-test-again-challenges-the-results

Personally I have never had any issues with anything getting past MSSE, and I have had it detect bad content hidden in zip files etc prior to decompression and execution etc.

More here: http://www.ibtimes.com/microsoft-security-essentials-fails-antivirus-certification-test-second-time-row-microsoft-disputes

Out of the 25 programs tested by AV-Test, including security software from companies like McAfee, Norman, Kaspersky and others, Microsoft’s Security Essentials was just one out of three that failed to gain certification.

  *Seems as though there is a typo in here Norman vs Norton

[Geek-9pm]

Thee is a lot more to be said about this. 

http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarereviews/a/antivirustesting.htm
... How should results be viewed?
Test results vary and are often confusing. For example, an antivirus scanner may fare very well in the VB100% Awards, but do poorly in the real-world testing of Hamburg and AV-Test.org. Indeed, such disparities are not uncommon, though there are products that maintain a respectable showing in all tests. ...

[patio]

I have Zero issues with MSE....nothing has ever gotten thru to the 2 PC's i run it on.
One of those which  is Win7 is online 24/7 and is my main research and benchtest PC.

I would think that there were holes that this PC would be the most susceptible and after 1 1/2 years Zero threats.

Sometimes you have to temper so called "reviews" with real world experiences.

[Mulreay]

I have Zero issues with MSE....nothing has ever gotten thru to the 2 PC's i run it on.
One of those which  is Win7 is online 24/7 and is my main research and benchtest PC.

I would think that there were holes that this PC would be the most susceptible and after 1 1/2 years Zero threats.

Sometimes you have to temper so called "reviews" with real world experiences.

Agreed, I've been using MSE for a good few years and nothing has infected any of the 3 laptops and 1 PC I run it on. I also run malwarebytes periodically and that never flags anything up that MSE may have missed. Sounds like scaremongering to me.

[Helpmeh]

These tests are more of worst-case scenarios, though, and that's what you people need to think of while reading this. What's really important is "Web Sense," street-smarts for the internet.

[SuperDave]

*Seems as though there is a typo in here Norman vs Norton

It appears that Norman is legit.

[patio]

Good to seeya Dave...hope all is well...

[evilfantasy]

I'm a MSE user and was sort of disappointed with Windows 8 security. Your suddenly back to Windows Defender which is the default AV for Win 8. Windows throws up warnings if you try to install MSE. The installation was pretty much blocked. While WD in Win 8 passed all of my tests I still don't like the fact that just like it always has it runs silent and in Task Manager it's listed as 'Antimalware Service Executable'.

I'm surprised there has not been a big fuss over it yet.

[patio]

MS says not to do it...the blogs i read have lots of fuss over it...
There is a way to sledgehammer it on there if you are interested...

[evilfantasy]

I'm going to ride it out unless it goes buggy or I get infected out of the blue. I do some risky web activity on a regular basis and nothing has gotten through in years unless I allowed it. And when I do run an AV scan it's never with what's installed. I'd rather get a second opinion from an online scanner.

I also have a Malwarebytes license so between the two I should be good to go. I do run an MBAM scan every other week or so.

The latest MSE "failure" just feels more like an attack on MSE rather than a true story. Who knows though. They all come and go throughout the year so being the top dog AV doesn't mean much IMO.