Consumer Endpoint Protection Products Group Test: Socially-Engineered Malware Q3 2009

Which products are keeping up with cybercriminals in the anti-malware arms race?

In July and August 2009, NSS Labs put 9 consumer grade products from leading vendors through our Live Testing for 17 days. Here are the key take-aways from this report:

• Products vary greatly in their ability to stop socially engineered malware 
• Proactive 0-hour protection ranged from 26% to 70%
• Over the course of 17 days of 24x7 testing, overall protection varied between 67% and 96%
• In general, don't expect the same results for corporate grade products. Vendors tune products differently for different markets.

Tested products:

• AVG Internet Security, version 8.5.375
• Eset Smart Security 4, version 4.0.437
• F-Secure Internet Security 2009, version 9.00 build 149
• Kaspersky Internet Security 2009, version 8.0.0.506
• McAfee Total Protection Suite 2009
• Norman Security Suite 7.1
• Norton Internet Security 2009, version 16.5.0.135
• Panda Internet Security, version 14
• Trend Micro Internet Security 2009, version 17.1.1250

Corporate Users - See also: Corporate Endpoint Protection Products Q3 2009 - Recurring testing of 10 corporate grade endpoint protection products vs. our Live Testing of socially engineered malware.

What was tested:

Live Testing captures current malware on the internet and includes new emerging threats which have not yet been classified by antivirus vendors (approximately 10% have been positively identified as malicious based on behavior) as well as some of the following well known viruses, trojans, rootkits and worms: Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface (Worm/Spreading), Net-Worm.Win32.Kolab (Worm/Spreading), Rootkit.Win32.Banker (Rootkit), Trojan.Win32.Vapsup (Browser Modifier/Trojan), Backdoor.Win32.SdBot (IRC Bot/C&C), Backdoor.Win32.PcClient (HTTP C&C Trojan).

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