Looking at the results over a few years can help you determine if a program's protection is doing better, worse or about the same over time. Also, it's important to keep in mind that test results are only valid for the period in which the tests were performed, and with the configuration and environment chosen by the tester. There's an organization called AMTSO Opens a new window(short for Anti Malware Testing Standards Organizatio) that is trying to provide some harmonization between vendors and testers to ensure that the public gets accurate data. The reason is that testing methodology is difficult, and often even the best of these tests may have some sort of problems. One thing, though, that I would strongly recommend is that you look at reports and studies from multiple organizations over the course of several years.
There are also a lot of research institutions and universities involved in testing anti-malware software, like Baylor University (Texas), Carnegie-Mellon (US), Harvard (US), Politechnique Montreal (Canada), Perdue University (US), Slovak University of Technology (Slovak Republic), SRI (US) UCSB (US), UCSD (US), University of Hamburg (Germany) and University of Karlsruhe (Germany), to name a few of the many, many organizations involved in looking at anti-malware software in some way.
It's not necessarily a bad idea to look at independent test results, as well as see what sorts of certifications candidate anti-malware software might have, at least once you've gotten down to your short-list.ĭennis Technology Labs Opens a new window
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