Table of contents:



I. Introduction.

Welcome to the 1996 VTC-Amiga Anti-Virus test report.

Programmes in this test:

  • VT 2.81 Virus Test by Heiner Schneegold (VT)
  • VW 5.9 Virus Workshop by Markus Schmall (VW)
  • VZ II 129 Virus Z II by Georg Hoermann (VZ)
  • SFAP 1.4 Siegfried Antivirus Professional by Siegfried Soft (SF)
  • Xtruder 2.3 Xtruder 2.3 by Martin Wulffeldt (XT)

    Why not testing more Amiga-Antivirus products ?

    Official release date of this test:

    Tested facilities of the products:

    II. Copyright, License, and Disclaimer.

    This publication is (C) Copyright 1996 by S. Freitag and the Virus Test Center at the University of Hamburg. Permission is granted to everybody to distribute copies of this information in electronic form, provided that this is done for free, the contents of the information is not changed in any way, and the source of the information is clearly mentioned. Those who want to re-publish the information as a whole or in parts in printed form, MUST contact S. Freitag or the VTC-Hamburg and obtain permission first.
    No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or idea contained in the material herein.

    III. Detail results

    Malware / Virus + Strain	VT	VW	VZ	SF	XT		TYP
    
    16_BitCrew.Graffiti           	X	o	X	X	X		b
    16_BitCrew.Original           	X	o	X	X	X		b
    16_BitCrew.Paratax3            	X	o	X	O	O		b
    16_BitCrew.Zaccess1_0         	X	o	X	O	O		b
    AAA-Enhancer                  	X	X	X	X	.		t
    ABC                           	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Achtung_Trojan                	X	X	X	.	X		t
    AcidInfector                  	X	X	.	.	.		f
    Addy.Dropper               	X	X	X	.	X		t
    Addy.Trojan               	X	X	X	/	X		f
    AGA-Install                	X	X	.	.	X		t
    Ahkeym                    	X	X	.	.	.		t
    AISF                     	X	X	X	.	X		t
    Alien                     	X	X	X	.	X		t
    AlienNewBeat.Original      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    AmiBlank                   	X	X	X	.	.		t
    AmigaFanatic             	X	X	X	.	X		b
    Amigaknight             	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Angel                     	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Australian_parasite.Original  	X	X	X	X	X		b
    BBS.$4EB9-Link.Diskrepair     	O	X	X	.	X		t
    BBS.$4EB9-Link.DMS2_06        	X	X	X	X	X		t
    BBS.$4EB9-Link.First           	X	X	X	.	X		t
    BBS.$4EB9-Link.LHAV3           	O	X	X	.	.		t
    BBS.$4EB9-Link.Whitebox_V8_0	O	X	X	.	.		t
    BBS.AeReg                     	X	X	X	X	.		t
    BBS.AmiPatch_1_0a             	X	X	X	.	.		f
    BBS.AX_F__ker                  	X	X	X	.	X		f
    BBS.AX_Hacker                 	X	X	X	.	X		t
    BBS.Blieb6                    	X	X	.	.	.		t
    BBS.CCHack                     	X	X	X	.	X		t
    BBS.CLP_Based.CLP_WOW         	X	X	.	.	-		t
    BBS.CLP_Based.MST-VEC         	X	X	X	X	.		t
    BBS.CLP_Based.PHA_trojan      	X	X	X	X	X		t
    BBS.CLP_Based.UA_Dailer_6_2   	X	X	X	.	.		t
    BBS.Devil.11-b-door.DLog       	O	X	O	.	X		t
    BBS.Devil.11-b-door.MsgTop     	O	X	O	.	X		t
    BBS.Devil.11-b-door.ULog     	O	X	O	.	X		t
    BBS.Devil.11-b-door.VScan     	X	X	X	.	.		t
    BBS.Devil.V8-b-door          	X	X	X	.	X		t
    BBS.Doom_CLX.Dropper          	X	X	X	.	.		t
    BBS.Doom_CLX.Viruses          	X	X	X	.	-		t
    BBS.DOpus-Virus               	X	X	.	.	X		t
    BBS.DSC101                    	X	X	X	X	X		t
    BBS.Easy_E                    	X	X	X	/	.		t
    BBS.Express_2_20.Aibon.2       	X	O	X	X	.		f
    BBS.Express_2_20.Aibon.3       	O	X	O	X	.		f
    BBS.Express_2_20.DWEdit_Aibon  	X	X	X	o	.		t
    BBS.Express_2_20.Original       X	X	X	X	.		f
    BBS.Istrip                    	X	X	X	.	X		t
    BBS.Lhacheck                   	X	X	X	X	.		t
    BBS.Look                       	X	X	X	.	.		t
    BBS.MasterBBS_troj             	X	X	X	.	.		t
    BBS.Merry                      	X	X	X	.	X		t
    BBS.MONGO.09                   	X	X	X	.	X		t
    BBS.MONGO.51                   	X	X	X	.	X		t
    BBS.M_Chat.ATX_Chat            	X	X	O	X	.		t
    BBS.M_Chat.MST-DoorBells       	X	X	X	X	.		t
    BBS.M_Chat.Original            	X	X	X	O	.		t
    BBS.No_Guru                   	X	X	X	X	X		f
    BBS.PB-Party                   	X	X	X	.	.		t
    BBS.PP-Bomb.Died               	O	O	O	.	X		t
    BBS.PP-Bomb.MegaMon            	X	O	.	.	.		t
    BBS.PP-Bomb.ModuleMast17       	X	X	O	.	X		t
    BBS.PP-Bomb.qtx_pow            	O	X	O	O	X		t
    BBS.Pstats                    	X	X	X	X	.		t
    BBS.SCAN_X                     	X	X	.	.	-		t
    BBS.ShowSysops                 	X	X	X	X	X		f
    BBS.Snoopdos1_6_troj          	X	X	X	o	X		t
    BBS.Stockmarket_troj          	X	X	X	.	.		t
    BBS.Toputil	                X	X	X	X	.		t
    BBS.Trojan3_10536              	X	X	X	.	X		t
    BBS.UA_Dialer_2_8g            	X	X	X	X	o		f
    BBS.Zappa_B_door               	X	X	X	X	X		t
    BBS.Zspeed_9556_bomb          	X	X	X	.	o		t
    BEOL                           	X	X	X	.	.		l
    BGS9.1                        	X	X	X	X	X		f
    BGS9.2                        	O	O	O	O	X		f
    BGS9.3                        	O	O	O	O	X		f
    BGS9.ATARI                    	o	O	X	O	X		f
    BGS9.Nast                      	X	O	X	O	X		f
    BGS9.Novi                      	X	o	X	o	.		f
    BGS9.PoPa                     	o	O	O	O	o		f
    BGS9.Rob_Northern              	o	O	X	O	X		f
    BGS9.Terrorists                	X	X	X	X	X		f
    BigBen                        	X	X	X	.	X		b
    Biomechanic.CheckMount         	O	O	O	.	.		t
    Biomechanic.COPKILLER          	O	O	O	O	O		t
    Biomechanic.Daydream           	o	O	O	.	X		t
    Biomechanic.FDisk20           	o	O	O	.	o		t
    Biomechanic.Flk_killer         	o	O	O	.	O		t
    Biomechanic.IconD             	X	O	X	X	X		t
    Biomechanic.Intro            	o	O	O	.	O		t
    Biomechanic.LZX_BUGF         	o	O	O	.	X		t
    Biomechanic.SetBuf          	O	o	o	.	X		t
    Biomechanic.TRSINS          	o	O	O	.	.		t
    Biomechanic.TRSMEM             	o	O	.	X	O		t
    Biomechanic.VC659              	o	O	O	.	o		t
    Biomechanic.VZ121             	o	O	O	.	o		t
    BlackFlash_2_0.BadBytes3       	X	O	X	O	X		b
    BlackFlash_2_0.Original        	X	X	X	X	-		b
    BLF                           	X	X	X	X	X		b
    BlowJob                       	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Bluebox                        	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Bootjob.1_0                    	O	/	.	.	.		f
    Bootjob.1_3                    	O	/	.	.	.		f
    BootXKiller                   	X	X	X	.	X		b
    BootX_trojan                   	X	X	.	X	.		t
    Bret_Hawnes.Beethoven	        X	X	X	X	X		f
    Bret_Hawnes.Original           	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Bulletin                       	X	X	.	.	.		t
    BURN.1                          X	X	X	.	.		l
    BURN.2                          X	O	X	.	.		l
    Butonic.1_31.4_55.Snoopdos1_9 	X	X	X	o	o		t
    Butonic.1_31.4_55.Virus        	o	O	O	O	O		f
    Butonic.1_31.Original          	X	O	X	X	X		f
    Butonic.3_00                   	X	O	X	X	X		f
    Buzz_Trojan                    	X	X	.	.	.		t
    ByteBandit.1                   	X	X	X	X	X		b
    ByteBandit.2                   	X	O	X	X	X		b
    ByteBandit.3                   	X	o	o	o	o		b
    ByteBandit.4                   	X	o	X	o	X		b
    ByteBandit.Error               	X	o	o	o	o		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Amida        	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.AmigaFreak   	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Digital_Age  	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Electrovi    	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Frity        	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Germany       X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Mad          	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Morbid_Angel 	X	o	X	X	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Original     	X	o	X	X	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Powerbomb    	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Riska        	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Starcom6     	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Forpib.Zaccess2_0    X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Hauke               	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.IngerIQ             	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.NoBanditAnymore    	X	o	X	O	X		b
    ByteBandit.Plus                	X	o	o	O	o		b
    Byteparasite.1                 	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Byteparasite.2                 	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Byteparasite.3.Original        	X	X	X	X	X		f
    ByteVoyager.1                 	X	X	X	X	X		b
    ByteVoyager.2                 	X	X	X	X	X		b
    ByteVoyager.Starcom3           	O	O	O	O	X		b
    ByteWarrior.2                  	O	O	O	O	O		b
    ByteWarrior.Mad3               	X	X	X	X	X		b
    ByteWarrior.Mad3b              	O	O	X	O	O		b
    ByteWarrior.Original           	X	X	X	X	X		b
    ByteWarrior.Paramount          	X	o	X	X	X		b
    Cascade.Dropper                	X	X	.	o	.		t
    Cascade.Virus                  	X	X	X	o	o		b
    CCCP.Irak3                     	X	X	X	O	O		a
    CCCP.Original                  	X	X	X	X	X		a
    CCCP.Starcom1                  	X	O	!	O	.		a
    Challenger_trojan              	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Chaos_Master                   	X	X	X	X	X		f
    ChristmasViolator              	X	X	.	.	.		l
    ClaasAbraham                   	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Clonk.Original                 	X	.	X	o	X		b
    Coder.BadBytes5                	X	X	X	O	O		b
    Coder.JT_Protec                	X	X	X	X	O		b
    Coder.Original                 	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Coder.TwinzSantaClaus          	X	O	X	O	O		b
    Color                          	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Commander.Dropper              	O	O	O	O	O		t
    Commander.Virus               	X	X	X	X	-		l
    Compuphagozyte.1_1452          	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.2_1148          	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.3.568           	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.3.592           	X	X	X	.	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.4.916           	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.4.952           	X	X	.	.	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.5.892           	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.5.900           	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.5.936a          	X	X	.	.	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.5.936b         	X	X	.	.	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.6.1008          	X	X	.	.	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.6.1012         	X	X	.	.	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.6.1048          	X	X	X	.	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.7_link          	X	X	.	.	X		l
    Compuphagozyte.8              	X	X	X	.	X		f
    Compuphagozyte.Nano.Original   	X	X	X	.	X		f
    ConClip.A                      	X	X	.	o	.		f
    ConClip.B                      	X	O	.	.	.		f
    Conman.1995                    	O	X	X	O	.		l
    Conman.Artm_23                 	O	X	X	O	X		t
    Conman.b_Bloody                	X	o	X	O	.		f
    Conman.Dir.Dropper             	X	X	X	.	X		t
    Conman.Dir.Virus               	X	X	X	.	X		f
    Conman.Hyper                   	X	O	X	.	.		t
    Conman.Iprefs                  	X	X	O	.	.		t
    Conman.KeyMaker.CONMam_hd_faker	X	X	X	O	.		t
    Conman.KeyMaker.CONMan_format  	X	O	.	.	.		t
    Conman.LoadWB_Dropper          	X	X	X	.	.		t
    Conman.LoadWB_Trojan           	X	X	X	.	.		t
    COP.ANDROMEDA                  	O	O	.	.	X		t
    COP.AX50                       	O	O	O	.	O		t
    COP.CED4                       	O	O	.	.	O		t
    COP.Copy_LX103                 	X	X	X	.	.		t
    COP.DM50                       	/	O	.	.	O		t
    COP.FT                         	O	O	O	.	O		t
    COP.LHA30                      	O	O	.	.	O		t
    COP.LSD_AE42                   	O	O	O	.	.		t
    COP.LZX125                     	O	O	O	X	O		t
    COP.LZX130                     	O	O	O	X	O		t
    COP.MSTCA12                    	O	O	O	O	O		t
    COP.NComm32                    	O	O	O	.	O		t
    COP.OPUS5                      	O	O	O	.	.		t
    COP.PARALLAX                   	O	O	.	.	O		t
    COP.PROTRACKER                 	O	O	O	o	O		t
    COP.QB                         	O	O	.	.	.		t
    COP.Scansystem                 	X	X	O	X	O		t
    COP.SINFO                      	X	O	O	.	.		t
    COP.SPACEBALLS                 	O	O	.	.	O		t
    COP.TRS                        	O	O	.	.	O		t
    COP.TSL                        	O	O	.	.	O		t
    COP.VW50                       	o	O	O	.	O		t
    Copy_LX103.Bomb                	X	X	X	.	.		f
    Creator                        	X	X	.	.	X		t
    Crime.!++_872.Driveinfo_dropper	X	X	X	X	X		t
    Crime.!++_872.Virus            	X	X	X	X	X		l
    Crime.!_1000                   	X	X	X	X	X		l
    Crime.92                       	X	X	X	.	-		l
    CrypticEssence                 	X	X	X	.	.		l
    D-Structure.A                  	X	X	X	X	X		f
    D-Structure.B                  	O	X	X	X	X		f
    D-Structure.C                  	O	X	X	X	X		f
    Damage_Trojan                  	X	X	X	.	.		t
    Darth_Vader_1_1                	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Datalock.1_1                   	X	O	X	.	.		b
    Datalock.1_2                   	X	O	X	.	.		b
    Datalock.Dropper               	X	X	X	.	.		t
    Dat_89.Original                	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Debugger                       	X	X	X	.	X		l
    Decompiler                     	X	X	X	.	X		t
    Degrad                         	X	X	.	.	X		t
    Descriptor                     	X	X	X	.	X		t
    Destructor                     	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Detlef                         	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Digital-Dream.Dropper          	X	X	X	o	X		t
    Digital_Emotions               	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Disaster-Master2               	X	X	X	X	X		f
    DiskDoctors.1_01               	X	X	X	X	X		b
    DiskDoctors.1_02               	O	O	O	O	O		b
    DiskDoctors.GrimReaper         	X	o	X	O	O		b
    DiskDoctors.Haukeexterminator  	X	X	X	O	O		b
    DiskDoctors.Paratax2           	X	X	X	O	O		b
    DiskHerpes.Original            	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Disktroyer.1                   	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Disktroyer.2            	X	O	X	.	X		f
    Disk_Info_bomb                 	X	X	.	.	.		f
    Divina_Exterminator            	X	X	X	X	X		b
    DMS213_Bomb                    	X	X	X	.	X		t
    Dotty.Original          	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Doubledensity                  	X	.	.	.	.		b
    DTL                     	X	o	o	o	o		b
    DumDum.2                       	.	X	.	.	X		b
    DV_RootFormatter               	X	X	X	.	X		s
    Ebola                          	X	X	X	.	.		l
    Eleni.1_6                      	X	X	X	.	X		a
    Eleni.2_2.Dropper              	X	X	X	.	-		f
    Eleni.2_2.Virus                	X	X	X	-	-		b
    Eleni.MessAngel                	X	X	X	X	X		a
    Excrement.Dropper               X	X	X	X	X		t
    Excrement.Sentinel             	X	X	X	O	X		b
    Excreminator_1                 	X	X	X	X	X		t
    ExHacker_Trojan                	X	X	.	X	X		t
    Extreme.Fat2                   	X	o	X	o	O		b
    Extreme.Original               	X	o	X	o	X		b
    Extreme.Primavera              	X	o	X	o	O		b
    Extreme.TFC.Evergreen          	O	o	X	o	.		b
    Extreme.TFC.Loadwb_dropper     	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Fast.Clone(1)                  	O	O	O	O	X		b
    Fast.Original                  	X	X	X	X	X		b
    FICA.Original                  	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Fileghost.1.Dropper            	X	X	.	.	.		t
    Fileghost.1.Virus              	X	X	.	.	.		l
    Fileghost.2.Dropper            	X	o	X	X	X		t
    Fileghost.2.Virus              	X	X	X	X	.		f
    Fileghost.3                    	X	X	X	.	.		l
    Freedom_bomb                   	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Frenchkiss                     	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Future_Disaster                	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Fxxx_device_Virus              	X	X	X	X	X		b
    G-Zus-Packer                   	X	X	X	.	X		f
    Gaddafi.Khomeni                	X	o	X	O	o		b
    Gaddafi.Mad_II.Original        	X	X	X	O	X		b
    Gaddafi.Original               	X	o	X	X	o		b
    Glasnost.Fast_eddie.Infector   	X	O	X	O	O		b
    Glasnost.Fast_eddie.Original    X	X	X	X	X		b
    Glasnost.Flashback             	X	O	O	O	O		b
    Glasnost.Original              	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Glasnost.Tai13                 	X	O	O	O	O		b
    GodAnsi                 	X	X	X	.	X		t
    Golden_Rider                   	X	X	X	X	X		l
    Gremlin                        	X	X	X	X	X		b
    GV_HS15_trojan                 	X	X	X	X	.		t
    GX-Team                        	X	o	X	.	X		b
    Gyros.Original                 	X	X	X	X	X		b
    HappyNewYear96.DeTag           	O	O	X	.	.		t
    HappyNewYear96.DM2_19          	O	O	X	o	.		t
    HappyNewYear96.Virus           	X	X	X	.	.		l
    HCS.1                   	X	X	X	X	X		b
    HCS.2                          	X	X	X	X	X		b
    HD_Speedup_Troj                	X	X	X	.	X		t
    Hochofen                       	X	X	X	X	X		l
    Hoden_33_17.COHEN              	X	X	X	O	X		b
    Hoden_33_17.Original           	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Illegal_Access                 	X	X	X	.	.		l
    Incognito                      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Infiltrator.DarkAvenger.A      	X	X	X	-	X		l
    Infiltrator.DarkAvenger.B      	O	X	X	.	.		l
    Infiltrator.Original           	X	X	X	.	X		l
    Intl_Gag                       	X	X	X	.	X		t
    Invader                        	X	X	X	.	.		l
    IRQ.1                          	X	X	X	X	X		l
    IRQ.2                          	O	O	O	O	O		l
    IRQ.Metamorphosis              	X	X	X	X	X		a
    JINX                           	X	X	X	X	.		b
    Jitr.Original                  	X	o	X	X	X		b
    Joker.A_InstSG                 	X	O	X	.	X		t
    Joker.B_Condom                 	O	O	X	.	.		t
    Joshua.1                       	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Joshua.2.1                     	O	O	X	O	O		b
    Joshua.2.2                     	O	O	O	O	O		b
    Joshua.3                       	X	O	.	.	.		b
    Kauki                          	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Killed                         	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Labtec                         	X	X	X	.	.		t
    Lads.Original                  	X	o	X	o	X		b
    LameBlame.Chaos                	X	X	o	O	X		b
    LameBlame.Original             	X	X	o	X	X		b
    LameBlame.Polish               	X	O	X	O	.		b
    Lamer.1_0                      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Lamer.2_0                      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Lamer.3_0                      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Lamer.4_0.Original             	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Lamer.4_0.Starcom2             	O	O	O	O	O		b
    Lamer.5_0                      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Lamer.6_0.Original             	X	X	X	X	-		b
    Lamer.6_0.Starcom4             	O	O	O	O	O		b
    Lamer.7_0                      	-	X	X	X	X		b
    Lamer.8_0                      	X	-	X	X	X		b
    Lamer.Boot_Aids.Original       	X	X	X	X	o		b
    Lamer.Boot_Aids.Starcom5       	X	O	X	X	o		b
    Lamer.Clist                    	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Lamer.dropper                   X	X	X	X	X		t
    Lamer.Hilly                    	X	X	X	O	X		b
    Lamer.Ingos_return             	X	o	X	X	X		b
    Lamer.Mad4                     	X	o	o	o	o		b
    Lamer.Metamorphosis            	X	X	X	X	X		a
    Lamer.VirusX_L8-dropper        	O	X	!	O	X		f
    Lamer.Warshaw_Avenger          	X	o	X	X	X		b
    LamerLink.Exe                  	X	X	O	o	o		f
    LamerLink.gotcha_lamer         	X	X	X	X	X		f
    LamerLink.Loadwb               	X	X	O	X	o		f
    LamerLink.ReturnOfLamer        	X	o	X	o	X		f
    LamerLink.Revenge       	X	X	X	X	X		f
    LamerLink.Revenge2             	X	O	O	O	X		f
    Laureline                      	X	X	X	.	X		b
    Leviathan               	X	X	X	.	X		z
    Liberator.1_21                 	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Liberator.3_0                  	X	X	X	.	X		f
    Liberator.5_01.Lamerfry        	O	X	X	.	X		f
    Liberator.5_01.Original        	X	X	X	.	X		f
    Little_Sven.XC_Dropper         	X	X	X	X	.		t
    Loop_Combo              	X	X	X	.	X		f
    LZ_Link                        	X	X	X	X	X		l
    Max.Creeping_eel        	X	X	X	o	X		b
    Max.Digital-Dream.Dropper      	X	X	X	o	X		t
    Max.DiskKiller_bomb.XaCa       	O	O	X	X	X		f
    Max.MaxOfStarlight             	X	X	X	.	.		b
    Max.Mutilator                  	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Megalink                	X	X	X	X	X		l
    MegaMaster                     	X	X	X	X	X		b
    MenemsRevenge.Original         	X	X	X	X	X		l
    MenemsRevenge.Pif              	O	O	O	O	O		l
    Modemcheck.666!-Trojan         	X	X	.	.	.		f
    Modemcheck.Original            	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Mosh_Virus                     	X	X	.	.	.		b
    Mount_bomb.SMBX_Dropper        	X	X	X	.	.		f
    Nasty_Nasty                    	X	X	X	X	X		b
    NewAge92                       	X	X	.	.	.		l
    NewLink.Trojan                 	X	X	X	.	.		t
    NewLink.Virus                  	X	X	X	.	.		t
    NorthStar.1                    	X	X	X	X	X		b
    NorthStar.2                    	X	X	X	X	O		b
    NorthStar.EastStar.Virus       	X	O	X	o	.		b
    NorthStar.Ripper               	X	O	X	O	X		b
    Obelisk.1               	X	o	X	X	X		b
    Obelisk.2                      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Opapa                          	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Overkill                        X	X	X	.	X		b
    Paradox.1                      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Paradox.2                      	X	O	X	X	X		b
    PentagonCircle.2               	X	X	X	X	X		b
    PentagonCircle.3               	X	O	X	X	X		b
    PentagonCircle.Original        	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Pestilence                     	X	X	X	.	X		b
    Phantom.Dropper                	X	X	X	.	X		t
    Phantom.Virus                  	X	X	X	.	X		l
    Polyzygotronifikator           	X	X	X	/	.		l
    Promoter                       	X	X	.	.	.		s
    Purge.Dropper                  	X	O	.	.	.		t
    Purge.Trojan                   	X	X	.	.	.		t
    Qrdl_1_1                       	X	X	X	X	X		l
    Random_access_bomb             	X	X	.	.	X		b
    Rastenbork_Inst.Virus1         	X	X	X	X	.		b
    Rastenbork_Inst.Virus2          X	X	X	X	.		b
    Red_October_1_7                	X	X	X	X	X		l
    Revenge_1_2G.Original          	X	o	X	X	X		b
    Revenge_1_2G.Sendarian         	X	o	X	O	O		b
    Revenge_Bootloader             	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Revenge_Nano.A                 	X	X	X	.	X		f
    Revenge_Nano.B          	O	O	X	.	X		f
    Ripper                  	X	o	X	o	X		b
    Sachsen.3                      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Saddam.2                       	O	O	O	O	O		s
    Saddam.3                       	O	O	O	O	O		s
    Saddam.4                       	O	O	O	O	O		s
    Saddam.4711.Snoopdos_dropper   	X	X	o	o	O		t
    Saddam.5                       	O	O	O	O	O		s
    Saddam.6                       	O	O	O	O	O		s
    Saddam.7                       	O	O	O	O	.		s
    Saddam.Affe                    	O	O	O	O	X		s
    Saddam.Animal                  	O	O	O	O	O		s
    Saddam.diskval1234             	X	X	O	O	X		s
    Saddam.DiVa.Dropper            	X	X	O	O	X		t
    Saddam.File                    	O	O	O	.	O		f
    Saddam.Gral                    	O	O	O	O	X		s
    Saddam.Hardex                  	O	O	O	O	O		s
    Saddam.Iran                    	O	O	O	O	X		s
    Saddam.Kick                    	O	O	O	O	O		s
    Saddam.Laurin                  	O	O	O	O	X		s
    Saddam.Loom                    	O	O	O	O	X		s
    Saddam.Nato                    	O	O	O	O	O		s
    Saddam.Original                	X	X	X	X	X		s
    Saddam.Parfum             	O	O	O	O	O		s
    Saddam.Risc                    	O	O	O	O	X		s
    Saddam.][                      	O	O	O	O	O		s
    Saddam_boot                    	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Satan                          	X	o	X	o	o		b
    SCA.2001                       	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.666                        	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.AEK                        	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.Aids_HIV                   	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.BadBytes4                  	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.Big_Boss                   	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.Blade_Runners              	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.BS1                        	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.Butonic_1_1                	X	X	X	X	.		b
    SCA.D&A.Dropper                	X	X	X	X	X		f
    SCA.DAG.Dropper                	X	X	X	.	X		t
    SCA.DAG.Virus                  	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.Deniz                      	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.Devils                     	X	.	X	.	X		b
    SCA.Error                      	X	X	O	O	X		b
    SCA.Iceman_and_Irq             	X	X	X	O	O		b
    SCA.KarlMarx                   	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.Kefrens.1                  	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.Kefrens.2                  	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.LSD                        	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.MEXX                       	X	O	X	O	O		b
    SCA.Microsystems.Original      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    SCA.Original                   	X	X	X	X	O		b
    SCA.Paratax.1                  	X	X	X	O	O		b
    SCA.UltraFox                   	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Scarface.1                     	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Scarface.2                     	O	O	O	O	O		b
    Sepultura.1                     X	X	X	X	X		f
    Sepultura.2_26                 	X	O	X	.	X		f
    Shit                           	X	X	X	X	X		b
    SinisterSyndicate              	X	X	.	.	X		b
    SmilyCancer.1.a                	X	X	X	X	X		f
    SmilyCancer.1.b                	O	O	O	O	O		f
    SmilyCancer.1.c                	O	O	O	O	O		f
    SmilyCancer.2                  	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Starlight                      	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Sumpf                          	X	X	X	.	.		t
    Suntronic                      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Supply_Team                    	X	X	X	.	X		b
    Surprise                       	X	X	X	.	X		t
    Susi_Drive_Stepper             	X	X	.	.	X		t
    Swifter_Troj                   	X	X	X	.	.		t
    System_Z.3_0                   	X	X	O	.	X		b
    System_Z.4_0                   	X	X	O	.	o		b
    System_Z.5_0                   	X	X	X	.	X		b
    System_Z.5_1                   	X	X	X	.	O		b
    System_Z.5_3                   	X	o	X	.	o		b
    System_Z.5_4                   	X	o	X	.	o		b
    Target.Original                	X	X	X	X	X		b
    TDTJ_Trojan                    	X	X	.	.	.		t
    TeleCom                        	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Termigator                     	X	o	X	X	X		b
    Timebomb_09.trojan_7840        	X	X	X	X	X		t
    Timebomb_Vir.1_0               	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Timebomb_Vir.BadBytes2         	X	O	X	O	O		b
    Timebomb_Vir.Fat1              	X	O	X	O	O		b
    Timebomb_Vir.LameGame          	X	O	X	O	O		b
    Timebomb_Vir.Omsa              	X	O	X	O	O		b
    Timebomb_Vir.TAI4              	X	O	X	O	O		b
    Timebomb_Vir.Tomates_Gentechnik	X	O	X	O	O		b
    Timer-Virus.Dropper	        X	X	X	X	X		t
    Time_Bomber_troj               	X	X	X	X	X		t
    Trainer_Trojan          	X	X	.	.	X		t
    Traveling_Jack.1               	X	X	X	X	X		l
    Traveling_Jack.2               	O	O	O	X	O		l
    Traveling_Jack.AntiChrist       X	X	X	o	X		l
    Traveller_1_0                  	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Trisector911                   	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Turk.Color_dropper             	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Turk.Original                  	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Uhr-BB                         	X	X	o	X	.		b
    ULVD8                          	X	X	X	X	X		b
    VCCofTNT                       	X	X	X	.	X		b
    Vermin.Original                	X	o	X	X	X		b
    Vermin.Superboy                	X	X	X	X	X		b
    VirConSet2.VirusType1          	X	X	-	.	.		b
    VirConSet2.VirusType2          	O	O	-	.	.		b
    VirusBlaster23_9232             X	X	X	X	X		f
    VirusHunter             	X	X	X	X	.		t
    VirusKillerVirus               	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Vkill.1.Dropper                	o	o	o	.	X		f
    Vkill.1.Virus                  	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Vkill.2                        	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Vkill.VirusPredator.Original   	o	X	X	X	X		b
    VMK3_0                         	X	X	X	X	X		t
    Waft                          	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Wahnfried                      	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Warhawk.BadBytes1              	X	O	X	O	O		b
    Warhawk.Original               	X	X	X	X	X		b
    Warhawk.RAF             	X	O	X	O	O		b
    WireFace.A_MakeKey             	O	O	.	.	X		t
    WireFace.B_ScanLink            	O	O	.	.	X		t
    WireFace.C                     	O	O	-	!	O		t
    WireFace.ComKiller             	O	O	O	.	X		t
    WireFace.D_AECrack             	O	O	O	X	X		t
    WireFace.F_Checkmount          	O	O	X	.	.		t
    WireFace.Rock_n_Roll           	X	X	X	.	.		t
    Wizard_Timebomb                	X	X	X	X	X		f
    Xeno.1                         	-	-	-	X	-		l
    Xeno.2                         	X	X	X	O	X		l
    Xeno.Bestial                   	X	X	X	X	X		l
    ZINE                           	X	X	.	.	.		f
    Zombi_1.Original            	X	X	X	X	X		b
    
    

    History:

    Malware / Virus-type:


    IV. Detection rates

    Summary (positive results):
    ---------------------------
    X	a	b	f	l	t	s	z	Detentions by name
    VT	7	206	81	34	106	4	1	439
    VW	6	120	75	35	106	4	1	347
    VZ	6	192	74	32	 86	2	1	321
    SF	4	106	50	15	 32	1	0	208
    XT	5	138	74	19	 65	9	1	311
    
    O+o	a	b	f	l	t	s	z	Strain detections
    VT	0	13	19	5	49	18	0	104
    VW	1	97	23	4	50	18	0	193
    VZ	0	21	12	3	36	19	0	 91
    SF	2	87	16	5	17	19	0	146
    XT	1	64	 8	3	28	11	0	115
    
    /	a	b	f	l	t	s	z	Structure/Heuristic
    VT	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
    VW	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
    VZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
    SF	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3
    XT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
    
    
    Overall - Detection: (X,O,o,/)
    ------------------------------
    VT: 544 
    VW: 542 
    VZ: 412
    SF: 357
    XT: 426
    
    Summary (negative results):
    ---------------------------
    -	a	b	f	l	t	s	z	Unreliable detection
    VT	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	 2
    VW	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	 2
    VZ	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	 4
    SF	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	 2
    XT	0	3	1	3	3	0	0	10
    
    !	a	b	f	l	t	s	z	Crashes
    VT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
    VW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
    VZ	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2 (see below)
    SF	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
    XT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
    
    .	a	 b	 f	 l	  t	s	z	Not detected samples
    VT	0	 1	 0	 0	  0	0	0	  1
    VW	0	 3	 0	 0	  0	0	0	  3
    VZ	0	 6	13	 4	 33	1	0	 57 (+2 Crashes)
    SF	1	27	33	18	105	2	1	187 (+1 Crash)
    XT	1	16	17	15	 60	2	0	111
    
    
    
    Total number of detected viruses:
    ---------------------------------
    
                       Detected    by name   by family   by other
                       viruses               or member   condition
                       -------------------------------------------
                                 !          !          !
    VT 2.81              544     !   439    !   104    !      1
                                 !          !          !
    VW 5.9               542     !   347    !   193    !      2
                                 !          !          !
    VZ II 1.29           412     !   321    !    91    !      0
                                 !          !          !
    SFAP 1.4             357     !   208    !   146    !      3
                                 !          !          !
    Xtruder 2.3          426     !   311    !   115    !      0
                                 !          !          !
    Best Possible        547     !   547    !     0    !      0 
                                 !          !          !
    
    
    
    Total percentage of detected viruses:
    -------------------------------------
    
                       Detected    by name   by family   
                       viruses               or member 
                       --------------------------------
                                 !          !          
    VT 2.81             99 %     !   80 %   !   19 % 
                                 !          !        
    VW 5.9              99 %     !   63 %   !   35 %
                                 !          !
    VZ II 1.29          75 %     !   59 %   !   16 %
                                 !          !
    SFAP 1.4            65 %     !   38 %   !   27 %
                                 !          !
    Xtruder 2.3         78 %     !   57 %   !   21 %
                                 !          !
    Best Possible      100 %     !  100 %   !    0 %
                                 !          !
    
    
    
    Ranking (detection rate, absolute):
    -----------------------------------
    
       1. Virus Test V 2.81
    
       2. Virus Workshop 5.9
    
       3. Xtruder 2.3
    
       4. Virus Z II 1.29
    
       5. Siegfried Antivirus Professional 1.4
    
    
    
    
    

    V. Comments

    The following are some peculiarities about the tested virus scanners. Those comments might be useful to have in mind when selecting one of those products.

    Other remarks:

    VT has some problems with PP-Packed Archives (Some BBS-Trojans) and misses some Bootblock-Viruses which it detected in our last test (3/95).
    VW sometimes displays letters (instead of numbers) in the heuristic. The heuristic does not check bootblock-files.
    VZ reports on the screen that it is performing repair even if it is started without the repair option, regardless that in this case repair doesn't actually occur. Also VZ crashes totally on some of the Virus samples (CCCP.Starcom with defective hunk, Lamer.VirusX_l8.dropper -file LamerVirusX-500).
    Virus Checker (8.04) was not tested because it crashed on various samples making testing within a normal amount of time impossible. As the author additionally has stopped further development of his product and sold the source-code there will be major changes not yet testable anyway.
    SFAP reports several viruses as "Hunklab" which is only a program to add code to executable files. The decrunch operation of SFAP seems now to be able to avoid starting viruses but still executes the original decrunch header (instead of using external decrunch methods). Still the decrunch-routine crashed on one of the sample-files.
    XTRUDER is (like VZ) not able to check BB-Data files which makes testing for Bootblock-Viruses very hard.

    You can also look at the graphical results of this test.

    Author of this document:

    S. Freitag
    Virus Test Center
    University of Hamburg
    Vogt Koelln Str. 30
    22527 Hamburg - Germany