Windows Defender, formerly known as Windows Anti-Spyware has failed in a test conducted by a private firm.
After the results it was found out that the utility was barely able to block just half of all the spyware that was thrown at it.
The test was conducted by an Australian company called Enex Testlab. In the full scanning mode the anti-malware utility barely picked up just 53.3% of an unspecified list of malware threats that were thrown at it during 2006.
Critics have pointed out that the test was paid for it could be misleading and unfair.
A similar test was also conducted by another company named Webroot, and it found the application even less effective as it missed out on 84% of the malware that was thrown at them.
PC Tools has also criticized the tests by saying that the malware was known that it will not be prevented by the company and the researching companies could also have got a result where the application could not have prevented even a single malware.
All these tests were conducted on Windows XP and we still have better hopes for Windows Vista.
Via: techworld
