Is there a place to download viruses for testing
I am wanting to do some testing of Anti-Virus (protection in general) solutions against some of the infections I am seeing on computers these days. I hate to wait and see of the solution is effective once an infection occurs. I would rather intentionally infect a test computer and see if the chosen solution for protection is able to keep the infection from happening.
As an example, I had a consumer get infected with ThinkPoint just yesterday. It was not protected with FREE AVG, so I had to perform a manual removal. I would like to download the ThinkPoint infection onto a test computer that is running Norton and one that is running Trend to see if either are effective in preventing the infection. The reason is that I am currently running these two enterprise solutions on some of my networks.
As an example, I had a consumer get infected with ThinkPoint just yesterday. It was not protected with FREE AVG, so I had to perform a manual removal. I would like to download the ThinkPoint infection onto a test computer that is running Norton and one that is running Trend to see if either are effective in preventing the infection. The reason is that I am currently running these two enterprise solutions on some of my networks.
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that would be a great idea t collect the infections yourself but that will be looooooong prorcess.
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Just collect new ones as they infect machines I support.
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..cause do you know how many times I get asked after an infection "why did this happen? we have {insert AV name here} installed. what is the point of having {insert AV name here} if it cannot stop an infection like this from happening?'
The answer to that is that:-
a) {insert AV name here} has to be kept up to date with the latest definitions and engines
b) There is obviously a period of time between a new virus being released, and the AV definitions being updated to catch the new Virus
a) {insert AV name here} has to be kept up to date with the latest definitions and engines
b) There is obviously a period of time between a new virus being released, and the AV definitions being updated to catch the new Virus
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It seems that the community would collect infections for further testing. If I could replicate an infection process then I could collect the infections myself. I might start doing that.
It seems every week there is a new infection that schools the AV community and just shuts down the protection programs - rendering them useless.