Ian writes:

<<I'm beginning to get the impression that some of the so-called 'virus =
testing labs' are not as impartial as the connotations of this label =
implies,>>

You may well be right.

This doesn't answer your question, but University of Hamburg
http://agn-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/vtc/avtests982/execsum.html seems
generally considered impartial.

Their published results are certainly very comprehensive, more than most of
us would need. I don't think they've ever rated any a-v better than about
96% effective, though I haven't looked there for a while.

They certainly slam some of the big names, and don't pull any punches where
necessary.

Don Penlington
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