PC Magazine - Security Watch: Can Your Antivirus Handle a Zero-Day Malware Attack?

Aug 23, 2013
By Neil J. Rubenking

Testing signature-based antivirus protection is a snap. You gather hundreds or thousands of known malware samples, run a scan, and note how many your antivirus product detected. However, for a brand-new, zero-day virus (or other type of malware) there's necessarily no signature available. Testing protection against zero-day threats is tough, but the researchers at AV-Comparatives have worked out a technique that satisfies them. Note, though, that not all antivirus vendors approve of this particular test; quite a few opted out of the latest edition, the results of which have just been released.

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