> Wouldn't the smart thing be for AVP's investigative team to put extra
 > effort into getting the Wild List cert AND keeping up the overall
 > detection ?
That would be _THE_ smart thing to do!
 > I wholeheartedly agree, but I'll go even further.  If you choose your
 > scanner even based on the Wild List Test, you're fucked in the head!
 > For instance, ESafe Protect detects 99.8% of the Wild List, so you would
 > assume from this figure that it's one of the world's best scanners, but
 > it shows up as weak as piss in the real world, detecting only 52% of the
 > Secure Computing full collection.
Yep ... theoretically a scanner which detects NOTHING except 100% of the
Wild List viruses would still get top marks from some "testers" ... but
it wouldn't be worth buying!
 > The Wild List Test started life as a reputable guideline, but it has
 > been massaged with snake oil by "big in hype" and "small in detection"
 > anti-virus companies for so long that it has lost all its credibility.
You're right!  The Wild List wasn't written as the foundation for all
the advertising hype!  Its original purpose has been buried under a
mountain of marketing bullshit!
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