Two sets of virus samples were used for testing. The first set contained malicious codes which have emerged over the past nine months, whilst the second set contained malware collected in the range of the previous three years. For positive evaluation of the software, successful detection of viruses from the more up-to-date set was crucial.
TrustPort Antivirus reached an excellent detection ratio of 97.1 % during the testing of the current malicious code samples, and placed amongst the strong top ten antivirus solutions. The biggest success was obtained in the detection of classic viruses (99.3 %), but its quality was also demonstrated in the detection of backdoors (98.9 %), macro viruses (98,8 %) and worms (98.4 %).
Within the independent project AV-Comparatives, four big tests containing the world's leading antivirus are held annually. Two of them concentrate on classic on-demand scanning, whilst the other two focus on the detection of yet unknown viruses. High-quality antivirus solutions should not only be able to detect malicious codes by comparing them with a database of known viruses, but should also be able to correctly recognize suspicious codes.