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Different antivrus scanners give different advice - which is correct?
      #399936 - Wed Jul 09 2008 06:19 PM
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I've run free online avti-virus scans on my system after my resident AV software 'detected' some malware in a place that seemed unusual. AVG reported having found 6 high severity infections. Kaspersky found 1 (in a downloaded product from Adobe!).

Both of these reports can't be right can they? They can both be wrong, can't they?

So what do I do: use a statistically significant number of different anti-virus vendors' product and take an average?

Surely code is infected or it isn't (assuming the virus signatures are sufficiently well defined). Why should there be inconsistent answers?

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Re: Different antivrus scanners give different advice - which is correct? [Re: XEyedBear]
      #400069 - Thu Jul 10 2008 08:28 PM
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They can both be wrong, can't they?



You're right, they can.
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So what do I do: use a statistically significant number of different anti-virus vendors' product and take an average?



You may need to research each item flagged up and check out the results to see what it actually is.
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Surely code is infected or it isn't (assuming the virus signatures are sufficiently well defined).



If only life was that simple.
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Why should there be inconsistent answers?



There are millions of infections out there and new ones appearing hourly, I suspect it's impossible to sufficiently define every virus signatures.

Just my humble opinion.

Joe.

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Re: Different antivrus scanners give different advice - which is correct? [Re: Joe_London]
      #400070 - Thu Jul 10 2008 08:32 PM
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Just my humble opinion.



Do not undermine yourself Joe.


XEyedBear , take his word "as read "........... he knows his stuff.

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