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Antivirus Detection Rates

2010-09-15T10:26:00.001-07:00

Antivirus Detection Rates

Independent testing body AV-Test.org has released the results of a major Antivirus Products detection rates. The test covers detection rates over various types of malware(1,164,662 samples) including adware and spyware(94,291 samples).

The following test was done in Sept 2008. There is newer result available but suddenly the popular brands have gone up in new result and I suspect manipulation. Therefore I stick with the original test.


Rank    Product           malware         adware/spyware
                          on demand       on demand
1 AVK 2009 (G Data)       99.80%          99.80%
2 AntiVir (Avira)         99.80%          99.00%
3 WebWasher-GW            99.70%          99.20%
4 Ikarus                  99.50%          98.60%
5 TrustPort               99.50%          98.40%
6 Avast! (Alwil)          99.30%          98.30%
7 F-Secure 2009           99.20%          99.60%
8 AVK 2008 (G Data)       99.20%          99.10%
9 Norton 2009 (Symantec)  98.70%          95.40%
10 Kaspersky              98.40%          98.30%
11 F-Secure 2008          98.20%          98.40%
12 ZoneAlarm              97.80%          97.70%
13 eScan                  97.80%          97.40%
14 Norton 2008 (Symantec) 97.80%          94.60%
15 Microsoft              97.70%          97.10%
16 BitDefender 2008       97.70%          87.80%
17 BitDefender 2009       97.60%          88.00%
18 Sophos                 97.50%          95.00%
19 Norman                 96.30%          95.80%
20 AVG                    95.80%          87.00%
21 F-Prot (Frisk)         94.80%          92.60%
22 Nod32 (Eset)           94.40%          94.70%
23 McAfee                 93.60%          94.50%
24 Fortinet-GW            92.60%          81.90%
25 K7 Computing           92.10%          94.00%
26 Panda 2009             91.80%          95.60%
27 Trend Micro            91.30%          88.50%
28 VBA32                  90.50%          85.20%
29 VirusBuster            89.00%          85.80%
30 ClamAV                 88.50%          92.80%
31 Panda 2008             86.40%          93.40%
32 Dr Web                 84.90%          89.60%
33 Rising                 83.40%          77.50%
34 CA-AV (VET)            65.50%          68.00%

Top 100 Iphone 3G Missing features

2008-09-10T05:45:00.000-07:00

Apple iphone is a device which has taken people by storm all over the world. I have seen pictures of people camping, days before actual launch, outside apple store to grab their iphone. If features mentioned here are included in the iphone, it may cause even world war with countries fighting to grab their phone.

This is the list of features that I would like to see in the iphone, in the near future, to make it, the best phone in the world. But at present, the list of missing features is much more than the offered features.

Out of features mentioned here, more than 80% are those which you will find in other smart/cell phones. Rest are new technology or web apps which are already or may in near future will definitely find way to iphone through App store.

It may not be possible for anybody to prepare such a comprehensive list of desired iphone features. You will find sites listing 10 missing features at the most. If you spend much time you may come up with 15-25 features missing in iphone. So, I sincerely hope you will value effort in this.

This list belongs to all of us so please help to populate this list, so that, it grows and grows and reaches Apple or Steve Jobs one day.

Must have features iPhone

1. Unlocked iphone/ Carrier choice

2. User replaceable battery - You cannot change batteries yourself at present.

3. Adobe Flash support - when users browse through Web pages it will displays empty spaces with missing icons

4. Java compatibility

5. Video recording

6. MMS

7. Bluetooth A2DP support

8. Cut Copy Paste across applications

9. Support a landscape-oriented keyboard system wide

10. One-button dialing - Even though I’ve added my friend to my Favorites list in the iPhone’s phone section, calling him requires 3 or 4 steps:

11. Forwarding of text messages

12. Voice dialing

13. Front facing camera (For video conferencing)

14. Audio recording

15. To Do list - The iPhone 3G does not include a tasks program

16. The capability to send calendar appointments to contacts

17. An easier way to transfer files to the iPhone - Because there's no way to transfer them other than via iTunes

18. Deletion of multiple emails, photo albums simultaneously by multiple selections.

19. Alert Snooze - When an alert sounds it beeps only once and then never goes off again. There is no snooze if you catch the alert, you can just dismiss it.

20. Skype/VOIP application -need to have some form of VOIP on iPhone.

21. The disk-use option - there is no supported way for an iPhone to be mounted as a hard drive.

22. SMS caching messages - So that it can send later, once it's back in a service area.

23. Notes application syncing - Allow syncing of notes with an existing tool such as Outlook in Windows or Mail in OS X.

24. Notes deletion - Unlike other interfaces on the iPhone 3G, you can't delete items from this list, instead you'll have to open a specific note and then choose the delete icon from the bottom of the screen.

25. Unified e-mail inbox - There's no way to get all your messages from Yahoo, Gmail and your business account all on one page.

26. Ringtone customization - You cannot set SMS alert tones for your boss or your best friend.

27. Auto-complete function - The present auto correct doesn’t usually suggest until you almost finish typing a word.

28. The ability to turn predictive text off - sometimes it is too disturbing.

29. iChat/IM

30. Higher camera resolution

31. VGA Screen resolution - A 640x480 like Htc touch diamond. Iphone Currently has 480-by-320-pixel resolution.

32. Handwriting recognition

33. Optical zoom in camera

34. Flash in camera for low light conditions

35. Face detection in camera like Samsung omnia

36. Option to use as webcam with PC

37. Optical stabilization in camera

38. Voice memos: Out of the box there is no support for voice memos on the iPhone 3G.

39. Note Formatting - There are no formatting options when you create notes on the iPhone 3G. This includes no way to change the font, underline/bold/italicize, or add media.

40. MP3/AAC ringtones

41. Weekly view in calendar application like daily view.

42. FM radio

43. Haptic feedback – This would make the on-screen keyboard better for many people.

44. Lyrics - There’s no way to view them on the iPhone

45. Keychain/password storage – This is a must have feature and a large oversight.

46. Percentage key on the calculator - The addition of a key would be of great help with simple things such as tax.

47. Support for wireless modem

48. Stereo sound over Bluetooth

49. Support for Bluetooth Keyboard

50. Bluetooth printing

51. Bluetooth Dial Up Networking (DUN) - I need to use iPhone as a modem tethered to my laptop.

52. External memory card slot

53. Windows Support - Iphone does not support Windows Media file types such as WMA audio or WMV video, or formats like DIVX, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis

54. Office Support – Allow editing of Office Documents - Word, Excel & PowerPoint.

55. Junk mail filter

56. TV-Out feature to playback content from the phone directly on the television screen like Samsung Omnia

57. RSS client - need a full-featured, dedicated RSS client.

58. Multi-threaded applications - I’d like to be able to surf the Web on Safari and talk on the phone at the same time.

59. Localized applications like Indian and Chinese calendar.

60. Support for typing in local script of different countries like Indian

61. Increase battery capacity to 2400 mAh

62. Increase RAM size from 128mb(effective 116mb) to 256mb or more

63. Increase processor speed from 620Mz(effective 412Mz)

64. Iphone in more colors like red

65. Lanyard clip or hook - to be able to wear iPhone and would love to have a small D-ring like the one found on many digital camera or cell phone.

66. Low cost option

67. More accessories like covers etc.

68. Dual Sim card option

69. Video editing

70. Pictbridge direct printing support like Nokia N95

Other Good to have features

71. Waterproof for underwater photography

72. Thermometer for room temperature

73. Blood pressure monitor like Casio watches

74. Finger print scanner

75. Retina Recognition

76. User identification lock based on retina or fingerprint

77. Anti-theft software which automatically sends message of whereabouts if stolen and also can be remotely disabled.

78. Support for DVB-H mobile digital TV standard

79. Solar Charger

80. Dual phone Cdma & GSM

81. Hdmi interface using Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) technology

82. Scented iphone like asus laptops

83. UPnP over wifi, Bluetooth

84. IR support

85. Speech recognition - email, sms by voice typing and call transcribe function

86. Text to speech conversion - to read out messages

87. Visiting Card Scanner and management

88 Automated Profile selector for office, home and any location based on GSM location data

89. Profile scheduler can be set in terms of time and day of the week

90. Pedometer for walkers and joggers to track their exercise progress

91. Very accurate digital Magnetic compass

92. Burglary, home security

93. FM transmitter

94. OTG interface to directly plug usb devices like camera, mp3, hdd, Flash

95. Answering machine

96. Karaoke

97. Universal remote for TV / vcd etc.

98. Financial and family health records application

99. Telemedicine with medical record saving

100. If Medical emergency situation occurs, can automatically call hospital helpline number with the required information like medical record or voice message and GPS co-ordinates.

101. In Security related emergency situation, should call Police with GPS location

102. Home appliances control from lights to washing machine etc.

103. Remote for Car locking and tracking

104. Altimeter by Barometric pressure or by GPS based trilateration

105. Digital Spirit Level meter, I saw this application few months back in my iphone rss feeds.

106. Foldable screen should able to wear as wrist band or wrap it in pocket.

107. Friend proximity sensor- Should be able to know which friend is near to me based on GPS location.

108. AMOLED display and a LED light effect on the side of the bar, Like the Emporio Armani Samsung “NIGHT EFFECT” Mobile.

15 Top Freeware Registry Cleaners Reviewed

2008-09-05T03:20:00.001-07:00

It is generally believed that cleaning registry speeds up your pc. I have directly experienced, that it does sometimes, after many install and uninstall of programs.

Most of the people generally are always on a lookout for a good computer maintenance utility. And if it is free then it is most loved. In search of free registry cleaners, I ended up trying about 15 or more products. So I just thought of sharing my experiences with you. Your encouraging comments are most welcome.

1. Software Title: MV RegClean 5
Size: 1.36mb
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3.5 star
Author's Rating: 4.5 star
Publisher: Marcos Velasco Security
Download Link:http://www.velasco.com.br/mvregclean_en_informations.php
Verdict: The most thorough registry checker. It may find 800 or more errors first time and later also generally may find more errors than others. It is most aggressive.

2. Software Title: Argente - Registry Cleaner 1.4.3.3
Size: 1.98 mb
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 4.5 star
Publisher: Argente Software
Download Link:http://argentesoftware.blogspot.com/
Verdict: Almost same as above. It found more than 800 errors in registry after all other software had already cleaned the registry. Very thorough!

3. Software Title: Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 1.8 build 20080301
Size: 908.03k
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3.5 star
Author's Rating: 4 star
Publisher: Eusing Software
Download Link:http://www.eusing.com/
Verdict: A very thorough registry scanner finds good number of registry problems and also cleans the shortcuts others miss.

4. Software Title: Pointstone Registry Cleaner™ 2.00
Size: 1.51mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 4 star
Publisher: Pointstone
Download Link: http://www.pointstone.com/download/
Verdict: Finds many unwanted registry entries, even more than Registry Mechanic and are generally safe to remove.

5. Software Title: Registry Distiller 1.03
Size: 609.84k
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3.5 star
Author's Rating: 4 star
Publisher: Codeode
Download Link: http://www.codeode.com/registrydistiller/index.html
Verdict: A very good and very lite registry cleaner finds a very good number of registry entries to clean and reduces the registry errors as reflected in other programs such as Registry Mechanic. It Leaves you, with a feeling of very cool software.

6. Software Title: Abexo Free Registry Cleaner 1.1
Size: 717.3k
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3.5 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: Abexo
Download Link:http://www.abexo.com/
Verdict: A good thorough registry scanner and cleaner

7. Software Title: AML Free Registry Cleaner 4.9
Size: 2.43mb
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: AMLTools
Download Link:http://www.amltools.com/
Verdict: A Very basic GUI, but finds a large number of unwanted registry entries. It has other features also like cleaning of temporary files, uninstall startup and process manager but only cleaner that too only tmp files is good one.

8. Software Title: Advanced WindowsCare Personal 2.8.6
Size: 6.24mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: IObit
Download Link:http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html?Str=download
Verdict: Very good utility, Removes spyware, adware, tracking cookies, junk files and cleans registry detects good nearly same number as registry mechanic. But as compared to above registry cleaners finds less entries.

9. Software Title: Glary Utilities 2.6.1
Size: 6.32mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4.5 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: GlaryUtilities
Download Link:http://www.glaryutilities.com/
Verdict: A Very good free overall utility to posses. Find duplicate files, encrypt your files, split large files, optimize memory, file deletion, and Empty Folder finder. But as a registry cleaner it is between average to above average.

10. Software Title: CCleaner 2.11
Size: 2.79mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 3 star
Publisher: CCleaner
Download Link:http://www.ccleaner.com/
Verdict: A good overall utility very lite and good for file cleanup. As a Registry cleaner it is only average.

11. Software Title: Tweaknow RegCleaner Standard 3.0.1
Size: 1.02 mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4 star
Author's Rating: 2 star
Publisher: Tweak Now
Download Link:http://www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html
Verdict: Listed as the best registry clean utility in PC World fantastic 101 Freebies . It does not find most of the entries. Only GUI is good. Just average performance!

12. Software Title: ToniArts EasyCleaner 2.0.6.380
Size: 2.82mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 4star
Author's Rating: ?star
Publisher: ToniArts
Download Link:http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
Verdict: Tried everything but did not run on my system. The program did not run after install.

13. Software Title: RegToy 0.7.2.0
Size: 1.58mb
Cnet.Downlod.com editor rating: 4 star
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: Ky Nam
Download Link:http://k-n.co.cc/
Verdict: Not a registry cleaner, at least I couldn't find any option, GUI is cluttered, may miss many things. Basically a tweaking utility, window manager, shell context menu, memory cleaner, disk cleaner, services manager, shutdown scheduler, and wallpaper changer.

Now let us look at some paid ones also. Because these are more famous than the free ones. These can also be downloaded for free but with limitations as mentioned below.

14. Software Title: Registry Booster 2.0.1107
Size: 4.02mb
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: Uniblue Systems
Download Link: http://www.liutilities.com/products/registrybooster/
Limitation: only 15-error repair in free download version
Verdict: It is very safe to repair entries with this one. But it finds only average no. of registry entries.

15. Software Title: Registry Mechanic 8.0
Size: 7.16mb
Cnet.Downlod.com user rating: 3 star
Author's Rating: 3.5 star
Publisher: PC Tools
Download Link:http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/download/
Limitation: Repairs first 6 sections of registry only, in free download version
Verdict: Above average. But more comprehensive free registry cleaners (mv or argente) are available.

So here we come to the end of our journey of reviews. Top 10 utilities mentioned above are good free registry cleaners to use and can serve the purpose. I would suggest any two of the top 5, if you are not already using any. All encouraging comments are most welcome.