During the CheckVir anti-virus testing project the anti-virus certification program has been started in January 2004. On-demand and on-access scanning methods of anti-virus products are tested monthly on various platforms against in-the-wild viruses.

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The main purpose of CheckVir project is testing anti-virus products and solutions independently from developers, helping users and anti-virus companies as well. Starting of this project was supported by the Hungarian Ministry of Education, Research and Development Division (IKTA-00033/2000) and by the Hungarian Ministry of Informatics and Communications (SZT-IS-5/2001/10/321, SZT-IS-14/27).

Besides the quantitative and qualitative development of the parasites the protection systems have undergone changes in the last 5 years. New methods have been elaborated, with the help of which the protections are capable of a more effective activity. Obviously, this requires a better adaptation to the necessities of the time in the testing and qualification procedures. Following the innovations of the past few years we have introduced the system of a continual, real time testing of virus protections. After closing the testing procedures of the last 5 years we are going to publish testing and qualification summaries based on real time observations. The main difference lies in the fact that rather than observing particular versions, we will test all the versions—minimum two times a day—within one month. During the testing and qualification procedures the main principle is to comply with the requirements of AMTSO (Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization - www.amtso.org).

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