Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> wrote:

|>In article <qtyuf.37570$Lb1.7468@bignews3.bellsouth.net>,
|>reply@groups.please says...
|>> Not everybody's antivirus is up to the task....
|>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1907102,00.asp
|>>
|>> I didn't see NOD on the list......so I'll defer to your experience.

|>Note, that article was dated: December 31, 2005

I didn't get the original post so have to piggy back on the reply.

I post this to another message a few days ago:

From: "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

Carey:

Please don't post the following...

Microsoft Live Safety Center
http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm

It is a Beta and on a scale from 1 to 10 it is a 2

If you are going to ost a online scanner post one that actually has a
high catch rate.

Kaspersky:
http://www.kaspersky.com/de/scanforvirus

I have been in communication with Randy Treir and I have been testing
the site. Straight
talk -- it sucks !

I gave it a zoo and it had a 22% catch rate.

When I tested an "Exploit-WMF" sample Yesterday, these were the
results...

AntiVir 6.33.0.70 12.29.2005 TR/Dldr.WMF.Agent.D
Avast 4.6.695.0 12.29.2005 Win32:Exdown
AVG 718 12.29.2005 Downloader.Agent.13.AI
Avira 6.33.0.70 12.29.2005 TR/Dldr.WMF.Agent.D
BitDefender 7.2 12.29.2005 Exploit.Win32.WMF-PFV.C
CAT-QuickHeal 8.00 12.29.2005 WMF.Exploit
ClamAV devel-20051123 12.29.2005 Exploit.WMF.A
DrWeb 4.33 12.29.2005 Exploit.MS05-053
eTrust-Iris 7.1.194.0 12.29.2005 Win32/Worfo.C!Trojan
eTrust-Vet 12.4.1.0 12.29.2005 Win32/Worfo
Ewido 3.5 12.29.2005 Downloader.Agent.acd
Fortinet 2.54.0.0 12.29.2005 W32/WMF-exploit
F-Prot 3.16c 12.29.2005 security risk or a "backdoor" program
Ikarus 0.2.59.0 12.29.2005 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.ACD
Kaspersky 4.0.2.24 12.29.2005 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.acd
McAfee 4662 12.29.2005 Exploit-WMF
Microsoft ?? 12.29.2005 no virus found
NOD32v2 1.1343 12.28.2005 Win32/TrojanDownloader.Wmfex
Norman 5.70.10 12.29.2005 no virus found
Panda 9.0.0.4 12.28.2005 Exploit/Metafile
Sophos 4.01.0 12.29.2005 Troj/DownLdr-NK
Symantec 8.0 12.29.2005 Download.Trojan
TheHacker 5.9.1.064 12.28.2005 Exploit/WMF
Trend Micro 135 12.29.2005 TROJ_NASCENE.D
UNA 1.83 12.29.2005 no virus found
VBA32 3.10.5 12.28.2005 no virus found


Today however it is causght...

Microsoft ?? 12.30.2005 Exploit:Win32/Wmfap

Just because you are a Microsoft MVP, please don't suggest a low
quality product wjhen there
are high quality alternatives.
Especially when it is a security related issue !


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