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The company AV-Test GmbH is a worldwide operating and leading service provider for IT security testing and consultancy services. 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, integrators (OEM), corporate users 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
2008-09-02  First test results of the malware protection of the 2009 security suites available
During the last few weeks we have tested 34 well-known security suites and virus scanners on Windows XP (SP3). This also includes reviews of some newly released 2009 (beta) versions. Further details and the complete test results can be found at the following websites:
2008-07-30  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 (467 KB), based on the WildList 06/2008.
2008-06-02  New Papers available
Three new papers from Andreas Marx are now available which can be found in the Papers section of our website. While the first paper takes a look at the bigger picture of the current malware and AV testing situation, the second one contains a comprehensive review of the AV products anti-rootkit capabilities on Windows XP and Vista:
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  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".
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