Comments on: On the Trustworthiness of the AV Industry and AV Tests http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/ Threat News and Information Direct from the Experts Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:56:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kaspersky deja en evidencia a sus competidores... ¿con juego sucio? http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-38049 Kaspersky deja en evidencia a sus competidores... ¿con juego sucio? Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:37:30 +0000 http://blog.trendmicro.com/?p=21566#comment-38049 [...] | Security by default Más información | PcMag, ESET, Trend Micro Enlace | VirusTotal En Genbeta | Una actualización de Kaspersky da falsos positivos en webs que [...] [...] | Security by default Más información | PcMag, ESET, Trend Micro Enlace | VirusTotal En Genbeta | Una actualización de Kaspersky da falsos positivos en webs que [...]

]]> By: Maya Lab » Blog Archive » Kaspersky deja en evidencia a sus competidores… ¿con juego sucio? http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-37980 Maya Lab » Blog Archive » Kaspersky deja en evidencia a sus competidores… ¿con juego sucio? Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:14:50 +0000 http://blog.trendmicro.com/?p=21566#comment-37980 [...] Security by default Más información: PcMag, ESET, Trend Micro Enlace: [...] [...] Security by default Más información: PcMag, ESET, Trend Micro Enlace: [...]

]]> By: Kaspersky dovedeste lipsa de profesionalism a concurentei http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-37935 Kaspersky dovedeste lipsa de profesionalism a concurentei Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:09:48 +0000 http://blog.trendmicro.com/?p=21566#comment-37935 [...] + info | Security by default, PcMag, ESET, Trend Micro [...] [...] + info | Security by default, PcMag, ESET, Trend Micro [...]

]]> By: punksaab (punksaab) http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-37882 punksaab (punksaab) Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:22:18 +0000 http://blog.trendmicro.com/?p=21566#comment-37882 On the Trustworthiness of the AV Industry and AV Tests http://tinyurl.com/yjlo97w On the Trustworthiness of the AV Industry and AV Tests http://tinyurl.com/yjlo97w

]]> By: Carsten_C (Carsten Carlsson) http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-37840 Carsten_C (Carsten Carlsson) Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:33:20 +0000 http://blog.trendmicro.com/?p=21566#comment-37840 Trend Micro ger sig på Kaspersky http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/ Trend Micro ger sig på Kaspersky http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/

]]> By: L1zB00k (Elizabeth Bookman) http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-37834 L1zB00k (Elizabeth Bookman) Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:59:01 +0000 http://blog.trendmicro.com/?p=21566#comment-37834 Trend on Trust in the AV Industry - http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/ Trend on Trust in the AV Industry – http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/

]]> By: Martin Roesler http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-37847 Martin Roesler Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:11:13 +0000 http://blog.trendmicro.com/?p=21566#comment-37847 Hi, Andrew, thanks for the comment. As for the answer--no, I am explicitly referring to this blog post by Kaspersky. My overall point is that the race for "as many detections as possible" does not help users at all and actually damages the reputation of AV vendors. Personally, I find it unethical to create FA’s intentionally. Consider the following scenario: one customer of a follower of the said AV vendor's FA detection might face a production outage due to this FA. Aside from the legal implications that are already apparent here, this damages not only the customer but also the company that might have followed the said detection. And ... even if they committed to only have released 20 of these “bombs,” who can guarantee that it was not 20,000 or that they are not doing this again next week? No one knows. So my point here is that this unethical behavior definitively damages the trust in AV companies in general, in tools like Virus Total and all kinds of detection statistics. Hi, Andrew, thanks for the comment. As for the answer–no, I am explicitly referring to this blog post by Kaspersky. My overall point is that the race for "as many detections as possible" does not help users at all and actually damages the reputation of AV vendors.

Personally, I find it unethical to create FA’s intentionally. Consider the following scenario: one customer of a follower of the said AV vendor's FA detection might face a production outage due to this FA.

Aside from the legal implications that are already apparent here, this damages not only the customer but also the company that might have followed the said detection.

And … even if they committed to only have released 20 of these “bombs,” who can guarantee that it was not 20,000 or that they are not doing this again next week? No one knows.

So my point here is that this unethical behavior definitively damages the trust in AV companies in general, in tools like Virus Total and all kinds of detection statistics.

]]> By: Kaspersky deja en evidencia a sus competidores… ¿con juego sucio? | Ultimos Avances http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-37835 Kaspersky deja en evidencia a sus competidores… ¿con juego sucio? | Ultimos Avances Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:46:31 +0000 http://blog.trendmicro.com/?p=21566#comment-37835 [...] | Security by default Más información | PcMag, ESET, Trend Micro Enlace | VirusTotal En Genbeta | Una actualización de Kaspersky da falsos positivos en webs que [...] [...] | Security by default Más información | PcMag, ESET, Trend Micro Enlace | VirusTotal En Genbeta | Una actualización de Kaspersky da falsos positivos en webs que [...]

]]> By: Kaspersky crea falsos positivos para demostrar que la competencia les copia http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-37815 Kaspersky crea falsos positivos para demostrar que la competencia les copia Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:21:02 +0000 http://blog.trendmicro.com/?p=21566#comment-37815 [...] Finalmente, y si quieres conocer más en detalle de lo sucedido, la gente de Kaspersky ha terminado rematando esta historia en su sitio VirusList haciendo un extenso chequeo de todo lo sucedido. Los ejemplos adicionales de archivos inofensivos subidos por Kaspersky puedes encontrarlos cliqueando aquí, aquí, aquí, aquí y aquí. Eset comentó también lo suyo acerca de lo sucedido y finalmente TrendMicro comentó su visión al respecto. [...] [...] Finalmente, y si quieres conocer más en detalle de lo sucedido, la gente de Kaspersky ha terminado rematando esta historia en su sitio VirusList haciendo un extenso chequeo de todo lo sucedido. Los ejemplos adicionales de archivos inofensivos subidos por Kaspersky puedes encontrarlos cliqueando aquí, aquí, aquí, aquí y aquí. Eset comentó también lo suyo acerca de lo sucedido y finalmente TrendMicro comentó su visión al respecto. [...]

]]> By: On the Trustworthiness of the AV Industry and AV tests « RLLQPH http://blog.trendmicro.com/on-the-trustworthiness-of-the-av-industry-and-av-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-37799 On the Trustworthiness of the AV Industry and AV tests « RLLQPH Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:48:03 +0000 http://blog.trendmicro.com/?p=21566#comment-37799 [...] On the Trustworthiness of the AV Industry and AV tests Hindi lang basta numero ang dapat manaig. Dapat may real-base scenario din. Pft! [...] [...] On the Trustworthiness of the AV Industry and AV tests Hindi lang basta numero ang dapat manaig. Dapat may real-base scenario din. Pft! [...]

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