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Category Archives: AMTSO
Virus Bulletin Article, January 2010
An article for Virus Bulletin, considering the achievements and significance of AMTSO, the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization. David Harley, AMTSOlutely Fabulous, January 2010, Virus Bulletin. Copyright is held by Virus Bulletin Ltd, but is made available on this site for … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-malware product testing
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Virus Bulletin article, June 2010
An article from Virus Bulletin, June 2010, that looks at the controversy around anti-malware products and product testing at the 2010 iAWACS/ESIEA/EICAR events. David Harley, Pwn2kill, EICAR, and AV: Scientific and Pragmatic Research, June 2010, Virus Bulletin. Copyright is held by … Continue reading
Posted in AMTSO, David Harley, EICAR, Virus Bulletin, Virus Bulletin articles
Tagged anti-malware testing, EICAR, ESIEA, iAWACS, pwn2kill
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Virus Bulletin article – June 2009
An article commissioned by Virus Bulletin and published in its June 2009 issue, summarizing the 2009 CARO and AMTSO workshops in Budapest. David Harley, CARO Mio – AMTSO Mon Amour, June 2009, Virus Bulletin. Copyright is held by Virus Bulletin Ltd, … Continue reading
CFET Paper (4)
Man, Myth, Malware and Multi-Scanning is the 4th of my CFET papers, co-written with Julio Canto of VirusTotal. Almost uniquely (for me), the paper was written some time after the presentation at the conference. [My other presentation at that conference – … Continue reading
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Tagged Julio Canto, multi-scanning, pseudo-testing, pseudo-validation, VirusTotal
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CFET Paper (2)
This was my second CFET paper. Antivirus Testing and AMTSO: Has Anything Changed? A summary of how the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization has developed in the past few years and the way in which the AV and testing industries have … Continue reading
EICAR Paper (10): After AMTSO: a funny thing happened on the way to the forum
This is one of two papers I presented at the 2012 EICAR conference in Lisbon. After AMTSO: a funny thing happened on the way to the forum Here’s the abstract: Imagine a world where security product testing is really, really useful. Testers … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-malware product testing, detection testing
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EICAR paper (8): Real Performance
This is a paper called “Real Performance?” written by Ján Vrabec and myself and presented at the 2010 EICAR Conference in Paris, available by kind permission of EICAR. Abstract: The methodology and categories used in performance testing of anti-malware products and their … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-malware, benchmarking, detection testing, performance testing, product testing
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EICAR Paper (6)Execution Context in Anti-Malware Testing
This is my 2009 EICAR paper, presented by Randy Abrams and myself on behalf of ESET in Berlin. Abstract Anti-malware testing methodology remains a contentious area because many testers are insufficiently aware of the complexities of malware and anti-malware technology. … Continue reading
Virus Bulletin Conference Papers (12)
Virus Bulletin Conference 2011 David Harley and Larry Bridwell: Daze of Whine and Neuroses (but Testing is FINE); Virus Bulletin Conference Proceedings, 2011. Copyright is held by Virus Bulletin Ltd, but is made available on this site for personal use free of … Continue reading
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Tagged Larry Bridwell, testing
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Virus Bulletin Conference Papers (10-11)
Virus Bulletin 2010 Yet another year with two Virus Bulletin conference papers. (1) David Harley and Andrew Lee: Call of the WildList: Last Orders for WildCore-Based Testing?; Virus Bulletin Conference Proceedings, 2010. Copyright is held by Virus Bulletin Ltd, but is made available … Continue reading
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