The number of products having perfect scores is up in AV-TEST's latest test for virus protection for Windows 7, and Microsoft is still at the bottom.
AV-TEST Institute's August 2014 (Windows 7 SP1) test results
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Back in the day, a person could raise the hood, and get the car running again. That is no longer the case. Trying to decide whether an antivirus application is working or not is not all that different. There was a time when feeding an EICAR file to the antivirus program was enough of a test. In today's complex digital world, using EICAR to decide the value of an antivirus application is not enough. Like today's vehicles, antivirus software needs testing by experts.
