Comparison Test of Anti-Virus-Software 2001-12 (ComputerBild) of the University of Magdeburg and GEGA IT-Solutions GbR (http://www.av-test.org)    
Copyright © 2001 ComputerBild and Andreas Marx <amarx@gega-it.de>, Last Update: 2002-03-29 (Data: 2001-12-18)    
   
Product-Id (Reference) AVIR-ME AVKI-ME CDVA-ME DBAV-ME KASP-ME NORM-ME NORT-ME VSCA-ME   AVIR-XH AVKI-XH CDVA-XH DBAV-XH KASP-XH NORM-XH NORT-XH VSCA-XH  
Developer, Distributor H+BEDV Datentechnik G Data CDV Software Data Becker Kaspersky Lab Norman Symantec Network Associates   H+BEDV Datentechnik G Data CDV Software Data Becker Kaspersky Lab Norman Symantec Network Associates  
Product name AntiVir Personal Edition AntiVirenKit CDV Anti-Virus 2 Anti-Virus Anti-Virus Personal Virus Control Norton Anti-Virus 2002 McAfee VirusScan   AntiVir Personal Edition AntiVirenKit CDV Anti-Virus 2 Anti-Virus Anti-Virus Personal Virus Control Norton Anti-Virus 2002 McAfee VirusScan  
   
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ARCHIVED AND COMPRESSED FILES ON-DEMAND ('+' = yes / positive; '-' = no / negative; '?' = not always) - Best possible settings  
   
Archive scan    
* Single packed archives    
  - ACE / ARJ / CAB / LHA / RAR / ZIP 6 - / + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / + / - / - / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / + / - / - / - / + - / + / + / + / - / + - / - / + / + / - / +   - / + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / + / - / - / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / + / - / - / - / + - / + / + / + / - / + - / - / + / + / - / +  
  - Unix formats: B2 / GZ / TAR / TBZ / TGZ 5 - / + / + / - / + + / + / + / + / +  + / + / + / + / +  - / - / - / - / - + / + / + / + / +  - / - / - / - / - - / + / + / - / + - / - / - / - / -   - / + / + / - / + + / + / + / + / +  + / + / + / + / +  - / - / - / - / - + / + / + / + / +  - / - / - / - / - - / + / + / - / + - / - / - / - / -  
* Multiple (nested) packed archives    
  - ACE / ARJ / CAB / LHA / RAR / ZIP 6 - / + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / + / - / - / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / + / - / - / - / + - / + / + / + / - / + - / - / - / + / - / +   - / + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / + / - / - / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / + / - / - / - / + - / + / + / + / - / + - / - / - / + / - / +  
* Self extracting archives (SFX)    
  - ACE / ARJ / LHA / RAR16 / RAR32 / WINZIP 6 - / + / + / + / + / - + / + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / + / - / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / - / - / - / - / - - / - / + / - / - / + - / - / + / - / - / -   - / + / + / + / + / - + / + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / + / - / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + / + - / - / - / - / - / - - / - / + / - / - / + - / - / + / - / - / -  
* Warning on password-protected archives? 1 + - + - + - - -   + - + - + - - -  
   
Compressed program files    
* DOS (16 Bit) runtime compression    
  - Diet / Ice / LzExe / PkLite / WWPack 5 ? / + / ? / - / ? + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + ? / - / + / ? / + + / + / + / + / + ? / + / + / + / - - / - / + / - / - - / - / - / - / -   ? / + / ? / - / ? + / + / + / + / + + / + / + / + / + ? / - / + / ? / + + / + / + / + / + ? / + / + / + / - - / - / + / - / - - / - / - / - / -  
* Windows (32 Bit) runtime compression    
  - ASPack / Neolite / PEPack / Petite 4 - / + / - / - + / + / + / + + / + / + / + - / + / - / - + / + / + / + - / + / - / - - / + / - / - - / + / - / ?   - / + / - / - + / + / + / + + / + / + / + - / + / - / - + / + / + / - - / + / - / - - / + / - / - - / + / - / ?  
  - PKLite32 / Shrink / UPX / WWPack32 4 - / + / - / - + / + / + / + + / + / + / + - / - / - / - + / + / + / + - / - / - / - - / - / - / ? - / - / - / ?   - / + / - / - + / + / + / + + / + / + / + - / - / - / - + / + / + / + - / - / - / - - / - / - / ? - / - / - / ?  
   
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