![]() Of course, if an anti-virus is not able to detect the malware, it is usually also not able to remove it. ![]() It has nothing to do with detection rates or protection capabilities. This test focuses only on the malware removal/cleaning capabilities, therefore all samples used were samples that the tested anti-virus products were able to detect. 8 out of 18 vendors opted out of this test. before the test was run, individual vendors could state that they did not want to participate in it. This Malware Removal Test was optional, i.e. During this period, we always used the most up-to-date product version available before testing against the malware samples (due to that, no version numbers are given). The following products were tested from February to October 2018 concerning their malware removal capabilities. The test was performed from February to October 2018 on an up-to-date Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit (English) system. ![]() imaging software so that they can restore their systems if necessary. We advise users to make regular backups of their important data and to use e.g. This report is also intended as a little informational document to explain that professional anti-virus products do much more than just deleting malicious files. Some users may wrongly assume that anti-virus products just delete binary files and do not fix anything else, e.g. Most AV vendors may by now already have addressed and fixed/improved the next releases of their products based on our findings in this report. On the other hand, a product with low detection rate may not even find the infection and therefore not be able to remove it. However, a high protection or detection rate of a product does not necessarily mean that a product has good removal abilities. ![]() Good malware detection is very important to find existing malware that is already on a system. ![]()
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