News Report: Microsoft OneCare Flunks Virus Test

Beta News is reporting that Microsoft acknowledged that their Microsoft Onecare product flunked the Anti-virus tests given by the Virus Bulletin in February.

From the article…

“We are looking closely at the methodology and results of the test to ensure that Windows Live OneCare performs better in future tests,” the Microsoft spokesperson told us, “and, most importantly, as part of our ongoing work to continually enhance Windows Live OneCare to ensure the highest level of protection and service that we can provide our customers.”  

BetaNews also reported that McAfee’s VirusScan Enterprise 8.1 flunked the test.

The February testing was done on Windows Vista. Virus Bulletin is a respected virus test organization. The test agains in the wild viruses. Their test procedure is documented here. As for software that past the test, Beta news reported they were…

…both CA’s Home and eTrust (enterprise) products, Fortinet’s FortiClient, F-Secure Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 (which was added to the ZoneAlarm suite last November), Sophos Anti-Virus 6.5, and Symantec AntiVirus 10.2