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Awards Guide for Rootkits Detection and Removal Test (December 2007)

Submitted by Ilya Shabanov on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 11:43

"+/+" or 1 point – rootkit was successfully detected on the system (file, process or function hook) and deleted.

"+/-" or 0.5 points – rootkit was successfully detected on the system, but couldn’t be deleted.

"-" or 0 points – rootkit was not detected on the system.

Awards

Once the results of the test are collated, the points are added up. The best antivirus and anti-rootkit programs receive one of the following awards according to points gained:

The Platinum Anti-Rootkit Award is awarded if the product gets more than 95% of the total available points.
The Gold Anti-Rootkit Award is awarded if the product gets more than 80% of the total available points.
The Silver Anti-Rootkit Award is awarded if the product gets more than 60% of the total available points.
The Bronze Anti-Rootkit Award is awarded if the product gets more than 40% of the total available points.

If the antivirus or anti-rootkit program gets less than 40% of the total available points, it is deemed to have failed the test.