While not as high as top scorers like Bitdefender and Kaspersky, Sophos's scores are quite good. It took 3 points for cleanup under XP, 3.5 under Windows 7, easily achieving certification in both cases. Under both Windows XP and Windows 7, Sophos received 4.5 points for protection and 5.5 for usability.
A total of 11 points of a possible 18 is required for certification. runs a different sort of dynamic test, assigning products up to six point apiece for protection against malware attack, cleanup of existing infestations, and overall usability. That's the lowest passing grade, but it's still good. In this test, Sophos got a STANDARD rating. In eight of the last ten tests by Virus Bulletin, Sophos received the VB100 award.ĪV-Comparatives also runs an ongoing test of real-world dynamic protection. ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs both certify Sophos for virus detection and cleanup. It received a rating of ADVANCED+ (the highest rating) in the latest on-demand test by. Good Scores from the Labs While Sophos Virus Removal Tool bombed in my tests, the company's full-scale business-focused antivirus gets decent marks from the independent testing labs. Sophos Virus Removal Tool 2.0 malware removal chart That dubious honor goes to Anvi Smart Defender (free, 1 stars), with 2.9 points.įor a full explanation of my malware removal testing techniques, see How We Test Malware Removal. Its score of 3.0 points barely escapes being the lowest ever. Including all twelve systems, Sophos detected 53 percent of threats, the lowest detection rate among products tested with my current malware collection. Under my previous malware collection, Norton AntiVirus 2012 ($39.99 direct, 4.5 stars) managed 7.1 points, Webroot SecureAnywhere Antivirus ($39.95 direct, 4.5 stars) took 6.9, and the free, cleanup-only Comodo Cleaning Essentials (free, 4.5 stars) managed 6.8 points.Ĥ.7 points would be an okay score for Sophos, but that doesn't factor in the systems where Sophos couldn't complete a full scan. The highest score achieved using my current malware collection was 5.6 points by Emsisoft. On the systems where it managed to finish a scan, Sophos detected 81 percent of the threats and would have scored 4.7 points for cleanup. So, for one reason or another, Sophos couldn't do anything at all to clean up half of my twelve malware-infested test systems. I let it go through this cycle six times before concluding that it really, truly was not ever going to finish a scan. After rebooting, Sophos detected the malware, offered to clean it, and requested another reboot. Sophos detected it, offered to clean it, and requested a reboot. Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security SoftwareĪnother test system displayed a different kind of problem with in-memory malware.
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