Antispyware Comparison Report (January 3, 2007)

Antispyware Detection Rate:

• BitDefender Internet Security v10: 94.85%
• ESET NOD32 2.7: 89.12%
• Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0: 88.86%
• Grisoft AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 (ewido anti-spyware 4.0): 88.50%
• Alwil avast! 4.7 Home Edition (free): 84.47%
• Norman Virus Control 5.82: 79.41%
• Rising Antivirus 2006: 69.11%
• F-Secure Internet Security 2007: 68.20%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy 1.5: 67.51%
• Panda Internet Security 2007: 65.79%
• Spyware Terminator 1.5 (with WinClamAV 1.1): 65.57%
• AVIRA AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic 7.0 (free): 57.57%
• Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2007: 49.18%
• EMSISoftware a-square free 2.1 (free): 40.61%
• McAfee Internet Security 2007: 38.35%
• Microsoft Windows Defender 1.1 (free): 33.88%
• ZoneAlarm Security Suite 6.5: 32.12%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor 4.0: 31.70%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware 3.5: 28.30%
• SUPERAntiSpyware 3.4: 23.75%
• AhnLab SpyZero 2007: 23.45%
• Comodo AntiVirus 1.1 (free): 17.57%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.2: 16.51%
• Symantec Norton Internet Security 2007: 13.33%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal (free): 12.42%
• CA Internet Security 2007 (antispyware part only): 9.92%
• CyberDefender AntiSpyware 2006: 3.08%
• Outpost Firewall Pro 4.0: 0.93%
• Tenebril SpyCatcher Express 4.0 (free): 0.52%
• TrojanHunter 4.6: 0.00%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

Note that spyware samples in this round is collected from Honeynet.

12th-round Antispyware Comparison Report (November 21, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 49.64%
• F-Secure Internet Security: 44.53%
• Norton Internet Security: 40.88%
• Ahnlab SpyZero: 40.88%
• SUPERAntispyware: 40.15%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 39.42%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 37.96%
• Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro: 33.58%
• ZoneAlarm Anti-spyware: 31.39%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 30.66%
• McAfee antispyware: 29.20%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 27.01%
• ewido anti-spyware: 25.55%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 21.17%
• Kaspersky Internet Security: 18.25%
• ZeroSpyware: 15.33%
• SpywareTerminator: 14.60%
• BitDefender Internet Security: 13.87%
• FaceTime X-Cleaner: 13.87%
• Spybot S&D: 13.14%
• Rising Antivirus: 7.30%
• Panda Platinum Internet Security: 6.57%
• NOD32: 6.57%
• CyberDefender: 6.57%
• TrojanHunter: 5.11%
• Comodo AntiVirus: 5.11%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 2.19%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

Note that spyware samples in this round is collected from Honeynet.

11th-round Antispyware Comparison Report (September 26, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 35.71%
• Norton Internet Security: 33.33%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 31.75%
• ZeroSpyware: 30.16%
• McAfee antispyware: 28.57%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 28.57%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 27.78%
• ewido anti-spyware: 27.78%
• Ahnlab SpyZero: 26.98%
• Spybot S&D: 25.40%
• Kaspersky Internet Security: 24.60%
• SUPERAntispyware: 24.60%
• F-Secure Internet Security: 22.22%
• Panda Platinum Internet Security: 21.43%
• TrojanHunter: 21.43%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 20.63%
• FaceTime X-Cleaner: 20.63%
• ZoneAlarm Anti-spyware: 16.67%
• BitDefender Internet Security: 15.87%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 15.87%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 15.87%
• a-squared Anti-Malware: 15.87%
• Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro: 15.08%
• Rising Antivirus: 15.08%
• SpywareTerminator: 15.08%
• NOD32: 11.90%
• Ashampoo AntiSpyWare: 11.11%
• Arovax AntiSpyware: 10.32%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 7.94%
• Comodo AntiVirus: 5.56%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

Note that spyware samples in this round is collected from Honeynet.

10th-round Antispyware Comparison Report (August 26, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 71.17%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 68.47%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 65.77%
• ewido anti-spyware: 62.16%
• McAfee antispyware: 62.16%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 59.46%
• Norton Internet Security: 54.05%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 49.55%
• BitDefender Internet Security: 48.65%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 44.14%
• F-Secure Internet Security: 44.14%
• a-squared Anti-Malware: 43.24%
• SpywareTerminator: 41.44%
• ZeroSpyware: 41.44%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 39.64%
• Panda Platinum Internet Security: 38.74%
• ZoneAlarm Anti-spyware: 38.74%
• Spybot S&D: 38.74%
• SUPERAntispyware: 36.94%
• Arovax AntiSpyware: 35.14%
• Ashampoo AntiSpyWare: 33.33%
• Kaspersky Internet Security: 32.43%
• NOD32: 30.63%
• Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro: 22.52%
• Comodo AntiVirus: 18.02%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 9.00%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

9th-round Antispyware Comparison Report (August 7, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 74.02%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 58.27%
• McAfee antispyware: 56.69%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 53.54%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 50.39%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 48.82%
• F-Secure Internet Security: 46.47%
• ZoneAlarm Anti-spyware: 43.31%
• Panda Platinum Internet Security: 40.16%
• Norton Internet Security: 38.58%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 38.58%
• ewido anti-malware: 37.80%
• Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro: 35.43%
• SUPERAntispyware: 35.43%
• Kaspersky Internet Security: 25.98%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 25.20%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 22.83%
• NOD32: 17.32%
• Spybot S&D: 11.81%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

8th-round Antispyware Comparison Report (July 18, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 79.62%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 61.15%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 57.96%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 55.41%
• Norton Internet Security: 52.23%
• McAfee antispyware: 45.86%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 41.40%
• Panda Platinum Internet Security: 28.66%
• ewido anti-malware: 28.66%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 24.84%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 14.65%
• Spybot S&D: 12.74%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 2.50%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

7th-round Antispyware Comparison Report (June 24, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 78.15%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 55.19%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 54.07%
• Norton Internet Security: 53.70%
• McAfee antispyware: 50.00%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 43.33%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 37.41%
• ewido anti-malware: 34.81%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 32.96%
• Spybot S&D: 28.52%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 22.59%
• Panda Platinum Internet Security: 10.00%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 4.40%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

Note that we will remove process-based viewpoint from this round on because it cannot reflect real situation.

6th-round Antispyware Comparison Report (June 1, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 46.10%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 29.55%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 28.25%
• McAfee antispyware: 28.25%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 26.30%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 23.38%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 21.10%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 20.78%
• Norton Internet Security: 20.13%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 18.51%
• Panda Platinum Internet Security: 14.61%
• ewido anti-malware: 14.29%
• Spybot S&D: 10.39%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 5.84%
  

Cleanup Success Rate for Process-based Viewpoint:

• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 46.43%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 42.86%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 42.86%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 39.29%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 39.29%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 39.29%
• McAfee antispyware: 32.14%
• ewido anti-malware: 32.14%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 28.57%
• Panda Platinum Internet Security: 28.57%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 28.57%
• Norton Internet Security: 25.00%
• Spybot S&D: 25.00%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 17.86%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

5th-round Antispyware Comparison Report (May 3, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 50.49%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 50.16%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 35.60%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 34.30%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 31.39%
• McAfee antispyware: 30.10%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 27.83%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 24.60%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 22.65%
• Spybot S&D: 10.36%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 8.09%
  

Cleanup Success Rate for Process-based Viewpoint:

• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 70.97%
• McAfee antispyware: 64.52%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 64.52%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 64.52%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 61.29%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 61.29%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 58.06%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 54.84%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 51.61%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 41.94%
• Spybot S&D: 38.71%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

4th-round Antispyware Comparison Report (April 3, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 10.23%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 10.23%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 9.09%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 7.95%
• McAfee antispyware: 3.98%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 3.41%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 2.84%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 0.00%
• Spybot S&D: 0.00%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 0.00%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 0.00%
  

Cleanup Success Rate for Process-based Viewpoint:

• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 13.79%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 10.34%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 10.34%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 10.34%
• McAfee antispyware: 6.90%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 3.45%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 3.45%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 0.00%
• Spybot S&D: 0.00%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 0.00%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 0.00%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

3rd-round Antispyware Comparison Report (March 26, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 9.88%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 8.40%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 8.07%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 6.43%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 5.60%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 5.44%
• McAfee antispyware: 2.14%
• Spybot S&D: 2.14%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 1.98%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 1.65%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 0.00%
  

Cleanup Success Rate for Process-based Viewpoint:

• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 21.74%
• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 14.39%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 13.04%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 13.04%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 8.70%
• McAfee antispyware: 4.35%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 4.35%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 4.35%
• Spybot S&D: 4.35%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 0.00%
• Microsoft Windows Defender: 0.00%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

2nd-round Antispyware Comparison Report (Feb 22, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 76.29%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 75.35%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 69.95%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 66.67%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 66.43%
• Spybot S&D: 60.09%
• McAfee antispyware: 57.98%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 56.10%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 55.16%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 48.12%
  

Cleanup Success Rate for Process-based Viewpoint:

• Webroot Spy Sweeper: 76.47%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 76.47%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 70.59%
• Computer Associate Anti-Spyware: 70.59%
• Sunbelt CounterSpy: 70.59%
• McAfee antispyware: 58.82%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 52.94%
• Spybot S&D: 52.94%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 47.06%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 41.18%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.

1st-round Antispyware Comparison Report (Feb 22, 2006)

Cleanup Success Rate for Entry-based Viewpoint:

• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 78.96%
• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 70.79%
• McAfee antispyware: 62.62%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 53.71%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 52.72%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 36.14%
  

Cleanup Success Rate for Process-based Viewpoint:

• PC Tools Spyware Doctor: 76%
• Trend Micro Anti-Spyware: 72%
• McAfee antispyware: 72%
• Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 52%
• Microsoft AntiSpyware: 52%
• Aluria Anti-Spyware: 12%
  

For detailed information, please refer to PDF file.