VB100 - Windows 7 Professional

This month's VB100 test saw some major changes and a radical overhaul of the VB100 test methodology - for the first time allowing products to use their 'cloud' look-up systems. John Hawes has all the details.

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Click here to find out which products earned a VB100 award, and which failed to make the grade.

The following chart shows the RAP results obtained over the last four tests, with average reactive scores plotted against average proactive scores for each product. (The detection figures from any test during which a product generated false positives are omitted (for that product) from the average calculations.) This chart is updated on a bimonthly basis. Virus Bulletin subscribers have access to the detailed results of the RAP tests, including a per-test RAP quadrant.

RAP averages quadrant June - December 2011

The full Windows 7 Professional report can be read in the December 2011 edition of Virus Bulletin (VB subscribers only - click here for subscription information) or can be purchased as a standalone article ($19.95) .

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