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The "Real world" anti-trojan tools comparison
Comparison results
Here are the results of our testing:
Software
Trojans detected
Detection rate
Kaspersky Antivirus
242 of 256
94.5%
Tauscan
241 of 256
94.1%
TrojanRemover
237 of 256
92.5%
Trojan Defence Suite (TDS)
235 of 256
91.7%
Dr. Web
233 of 256
91.0%
Norton Antivirus
219 of 256
85.5%
The Cleaner
215 of 256
83.9%
Antiy Ghostbusters
212 of 256
82.8%
NOD32
205 of 256
80.0%
PC DoorGuard
197 of 256
76.9%
Digital Patrol
192 of 256
75.0%
PestPatrol
185 of 256
72.2%
AntiTrojan
135 of 256
52.7%
TrojanHunter
133 of 256
51.9%
You can also download log-files of tested products. Click here to download zip-file. Please note that Antiy Ghostbusters does not have feature for saving log-files and was not included to logs file.
Comments on results:
Only five tools were able to detect more than 90% of trojans. Those tools are: Kaspersky Antivirus, Tauscan, TrojanRemover, Trojan Defence Suite (TDS), Dr. Web. These tools will likely find 9 of 10 trojan horses on your system.
Still (and this is inevitable fact) there are no applications which are able to receive 100% detection rate meaning users still have to use third party programs like personal firewalls to protect their computers against trojan horses.
AntiTrojan and Trojan Hunter have hardly surpassed 50% mark what questions detections rate of these tools.
Norton Antivirus (as well as some other tools) improved its trojan detection rate comparing to our previous comparison.
We have informed all developers about this comparison and sent them a link to trojans archive to let them update their trojan signatures.
Our recommendations to the users:
Regarding all five leaders showed almost equeal results users are left to choose one of those five tools.
To users, who prefer simple user-friendly interface and ease of use, we advice to choose Tauscan or Dr. Web. These products are the best anti-trojan tools for rookie users. We do not include TrojanRemover to this list as its interface seemed very unfriendly to us. However its detection rate makes it worth using if you do not pay much attention to interface and ease of use.
More advanced users, who appreciate a functionality of the program and prefer keeping the system under their full control will likely find Kaspersky Antivirus or Trojan Defence Suite (TDS) more attractive. These products are the best anti-trojan tools for advanced users.
The "Real world" anti-trojan tools comparison
