TM lowest detection rate in AV Comparatives for March 2023

@tm_camile​ 

The March 2023 test , in which TM detected only 97% , had 10,015 malware samples; TM missed more than 300.

The "Real-World test Feb- Mar 2023" had 260 live test cases (malicious URLs) and TM has 27FPs. (so more than 10%)

Microsoft Defender (free) also detected 100% and had only 2FPs.

So nothing to be proud of!

@tm_camile​ Trend Micro have received Best android security award, Best Macos security award by av test and Best Protection for enterprise version. But I think it is not the ideal AV for windows. I check for usb and scan it with different AVs to make sure it does not have any malwares in it after I use it over an unknown PC. Trend Micro clearly needs to improve its performance in malware test of av comparatives. Also I dont feel much safe while checking documents files as I have seen it not detecting malicious documents before. Not comparing but other AVs like Kaspersky, Avast and Eset detects malicious documents most of the time. It needs major changes in its engine and my suggestion as a feedback is try to integrate av engines of other AVs with Trend Micro's own engines. Like F Secure uses its own engines and avira engine as well. This can enhance detection ratio and improve overall user experience.

@claudiubotezatu​ waiting for the day when Trend Micro gets 99% or 95% threats in this test scenario of AV Comparatives consistently. As I recall once it had detected 100% in this test of AV comparatives in the past. But clearly it needs major improvement here. AVs like k7 are outperforming Trend Micro by a huge gap.

@tm_camile​ 

"Samples used in the Malware Protection Test included both recent in the wild malware and also aging malware which has not been seen in last 6 months and older"

Yes, but same samples were used for all AVs tested; it puzless my mind that Microsoft Defender which is free, performs better than TM on both Malware Protection Test and Real-word Protection Test

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