Antivirus Tools Underperform When Tested in LinuxWorld ‘Fight Club’ - Host security News Analysis - Dark Reading
It has happened to us all. The boss is unconvinced and wants an antivirus (or other solution) that comes in a shiny box with all that “quality” technical support and a well laid out manual. Here is another tool in your arsenal to convince the boss that a shiny box is not always a better product.
For the second year running ClamAV is up there at number 1. Yes ClamAV is open source and free. No ClamAV does not come in a shiny box.
The “winners” in last night’s contest were Linux tools from Kaspersky and Symantec, and the open source Clam AV. All three tools caught 100 percent of the viruses they encountered. FProt and Sophos caught 94 percent; McAfee caught 89 percent; and GlobalHauri, Fortinet, and SonicWall caught 61 percent.
One product, WatchGuard’s Linux AV tool, caught fewer than 6 percent of the viruses sent to it. “We’re not exactly sure what the problem with WatchGuard is,” says Morris. “The test was set up the same way for all of the vendors.”
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