Dr. Web

Dr. Web
Dr. Web
Initial release 1992 (1992)
Development status Active
Operating system Linux
Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows
MS DOS
OS/2
Windows Mobile
Available in Russian, English, French, German, Japanese
Type Antivirus
Website www.drweb.com

Dr. Web is a Russian anti-virus suite. It was first released in 1992, and become the first anti-virus service in Russia.[1]

The software offers anti-virus and anti-spam solutions and is used by Yandex, the Russia's biggest search provider, to scan e-mail attachments.[2]. There is also an add-on for Firefox which checks links with the online version of Dr. Web.[3]

Contents

Dr. Web Anti-virus

Doctor Web's anti-virus software includes anti-rootkit, anti-spyware, shield, SpIDer-Mail components, and features a system tray interface.[4]

Dr. Web console scanners are available for MS DOS, OS/2, and Windows.[5]. They all use the same virus database and search module, which are updated hourly. Console scanners can be installed onto an infected PCs or can be run without installation.

Dr. Web console scanners do not use the Windows system registry. Progress bar is displayed in the console scanners by default.[6]

Effectiveness

History of Dr.Web tests by Anti-Malware Test Lab:[7]

Dr. Web version date name of test award results
5.0 02/16/2010 treatment of active infections Gold Malware Treatment Award[8] 81%
5.0 03/16/2009 detection and false alarm Silver Proactive Protection Award 61% - 0.2%
5.0 01/16/2009 self protection test Platinum Self-Protection Award (ahead of Avast! and Kaspersky)[9] 100%
4.44 24/01/2008 treatment of active infections Platinum Malware Treatment Award (ahead of Avast! and Kaspersky) 100%
4.44 11/01/2008 anti-rootkit tests Silver Anti-Rootkit Protection Award 5 of 8
4.44 03/20/2008 detection of polymorphic viruses Silver Anti-Polymorphic Protection Award 21 out of 33
4.33 08/15/2006 packers support test Silver Packers Support 76%

Download.com ranked the CureIt utility 4.5 out of 5 in 2010, the drawback being the slow speed of the scan. [10]

References

  1. ^ ReviewCentre.com about Dr. Web
  2. ^ Yandex e-mail scanned by Doctor Web
  3. ^ Firefox add-on: Dr.Web anti-virus link checker
  4. ^ DrWeb anti-virus components
  5. ^ DrWeb console scanners description
  6. ^ soft14 Dr.Web 4.30 new features || Dr. Web anti-virus brief user manual
  7. ^ http://www.anti-malware-test.com/?q=taxonomy/term/5 Anti-Malware Test Lab recent test results
  8. ^ http://www.anti-malware-test.com/?q=node/180 Testing of antiviruses for the treatment of active infections IV
  9. ^ http://antimalware.ru/taxonomy/term/290 Self protection test
  10. ^ Dr.Web CureIt - Download.com

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