VBSpam: March 2013

The following are the results of Virus Bulletin's March 2013 comparative anti-spam test. The full report can be read in the March 2013 edition of Virus Bulletin (VB subscribers only - click here for subscription information) or can be purchased as a standalone article. ($19.95)

To win a VBSpam award, the value of the spam catch rate minus five times the false positive rate must be at least 97.

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Name
Result
  
BitDefender  +
Bitdefender
[plus]

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ESET  +
ESET
[pass]
Fortinet  +
FortiMail
[pass]
GFI  +
GFI
[pass]
Halon  +
Halon Security
[pass]
IBM  +
IBM
[pass]
Kaspersky  +
Kaspersky LMS
[pass]
Libra Esva  +
Libra Esva
[plus]
Messaging Architects  +
Netmail Secure
[pass]
McAfee  +
McAfee Email Gateway
[pass]
Name
Result
  
McAfee  +
McAfee SaaS
[fail]

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OnlyMyEmail  +
OnlyMyEmail
[pass]
Sophos  +
Sophos
[pass]
SPAMfighter  +
SPAMfighter
[fail]
Spamhaus  +
Spamhaus ZEN+DBL
[na]
SpamTitan  +
SpamTitan
[pass]
SURBL  +
SURBL
[na]
Symantec  +
Symantec
[pass]
The Email Laundry  +
The Email Laundry
[pass]
Vamsoft  +
Vamsoft ORF
[pass]
Name
Result
  
ZEROSPAM  +
ZEROSPAM
[pass]

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