Methodology

Advanced In-The-Wild Malware Test

Step 1:
Capturing malware from honeypots

An ideal source of samples is this which offers the most widespread, fresh, and diverse samples that are independent of antivirus software provider. In this case, “the freshness“ of downloaded samples is...

Step 2:
Analyzing system logs

Before a potentially harmful sample is qualified for tests, one of the components of a testing system checks if malicious software certainly introduces unwanted modifications to Windows 10. For this purpose, every virus is analyzed for...

Step 3:
Methods of carrying out automatic tests

The latest update for the following methods was introduced in January 2019. In comparative tests all products are evaluated in the same working environment. An operating system...

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