International Presence and Publications

AV-TEST security experts are worldwide sought-after contacts and consultants. As speakers at international conferences and symposiums, they provide information on the Institute's latest research findings. In dialog with manufacturers, and as members of advisory committees of government bodies, our experts regularly present the trends in IT security and provide advice on the development of relevant strategies for averting risks.

In this area, you will find a selection of publicly-available conference articles and scientific publications for download.

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Cyber-Incidents in Numbers: Year 2023

AV-TEST-Report (02/2024).

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Evaluation of Netskope Intelligent Security Service Edge

AV-TEST-Report (01/2024). Commissioned by Netskope.

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Kaspersky VPN Test Report 2023

AV-TEST-Report (12/2023). Commissioned by Kaspersky.

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PC Matic VPN Test Report 2023

AV-TEST-Report (12/2023). Commissioned by PC Matic.

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Advanced EDR Test 2023: Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert

AV-TEST report (12/2023). Commissioned by Kaspersky.

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Advanced EDR Test 2023: Bitdefender's Endpoint Security Tools

AV-TEST report (12/2023). Commissioned by Bitdefender.

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Evaluation of Skyhigh Security Service Edge

AV-TEST report (11/2023). Commissioned by Skyhigh.

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Evaluation of iboss Zero Trust Security Service Edge

AV-TEST report (03/2023). Commissioned by iboss.

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Evaluation of HYAS Protect

AV-TEST report (02/2023). Commissioned by HYAS.

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Evaluation of Vercara UltraDDR (UltraDNS Detection and Response)

AV-TEST report (02/2023). Commissioned by Vercara.

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Evaluation of ForeNova NovaCommand

AV-TEST report (01/2023). Commissioned by ForeNova.

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Kaspersky Safe Kids: Parental Control Certification Test 2022

AV-TEST report (12/2022). Commissioned by Kaspersky.

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VPN Comparative Test

AV-TEST report (12/2022). Commissioned by Kaspersky.

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Evaluation of Netskope Intelligent Security Service Edge

AV-TEST report (07/2022). Commissioned by Netskope.

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Malware as weapon

secIT by Heise 2022, Hanover, Germany

Maik Morgenstern

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Kaspersky Safe Kids: Parental Control Certification Test 2021

AV-TEST report (02/2022). Commissioned by Kaspersky.

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Advanced Endpoint Protection: Ransomware Protection test

AV-TEST report (09/2021). Commissioned by Kaspersky.

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Personal Identifiable Information Protection: Sensitive Data Discovery test

AV-TEST report (08/2021). Commissioned by Kaspersky.

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The AV-TEST Security Report 2019/2020

AV-TEST report.

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Test Report of TotalAV for Android

AV-TEST report (10/2020). Commissioned by Protected.net.

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AV-TEST Evaluates Secure Web Gateway and DNS-Layer Security Efficacy

AV-TEST report (10/2020). Commissioned by Cisco.

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Results of the Windows 10 Test for "Sangfor Endpoint Security Protection"

AV-TEST report (09/2020). Commissioned by Sangfor.

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VPN Comparative Test

AV-TEST report (09/2020). Commissioned by NordVPN.

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Kaspersky Safe Kids: Parental Control Certification Test

AV-TEST report (06/2020). Commissioned by Kaspersky.

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Zscaler Internet Security Protection Test

AV-TEST report (06/2020). Commissioned by Zscaler.

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The AV-TEST Security Report 2018/2019

AV-TEST report.

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Test of McAfee Endpoint Security for Linux

AV-TEST report (11/2019). Commissioned by McAfee.

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Advanced Endpoint Protection: Fileless Threats Protection test

AV-TEST report (09/2019). Commissioned by Kaspersky.

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FireEye Detection Test

AV-TEST report (02/2019). Commissioned by FireEye.

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The AV-TEST Security Report 2017/2018

AV-TEST report.

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VPN Trust Report

AV-TEST report (08/2018). Commissioned by AnchorFree.

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Remediation Testing Report

AV-TEST report (08/2018). Commissioned by Enigma Software Group.

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VPN Comparative Test

AV-TEST report (06/2018). Commissioned by AnchorFree.

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The AV-TEST Security Report 2016/2017

AV-TEST report.

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Privacy issues in mobile health applications. Assessment of current Android Health Apps

Electronic Imaging Conference 2017, Burlingham, California, USA

Anett Hoppe

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Ransomware Test of Padvish AntiCrypto

AV-TEST report (12/2017). Commissioned by Padvish.

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Full Product Test of Palo Alto Networks Traps

AV-TEST report (07/2017). Commissioned by Palo Alto Networks.

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Remediation Testing Report

AV-TEST report (02/2017). Commissioned by Enigma Software Group.

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Allgemeine Bedrohungslage / Informationen zur IT-Sicherheit (only available in German).

GDD ERFA-Kreis Tagung Sachsen-Anhalt, Krottorf, Germany.

Olaf Pursche

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Anti Virus Industry’s future challenge: PUA.

AVAR 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

David Walkiwicz, Maik Morgenstern

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Security vs. Privacy – "Analysis of Privacy Policies of IT-Security Software".

WorldCIS 2016, London, UK.

Anett Hoppe

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Sicherheitstests und Zertifizierung von IoT- und Smart-Home-Produkten (only available in German).

Versicherungsforen Leipzig – Fachkonferenz “Smart Home”, Leipzig, Germany.

Maik Morgenstern

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The AV-TEST Security Report 2015/2016

AV-TEST report.

Olaf Pursche

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Sicheres Design im Internet of Things (only available in German).

Internet of Things, Munich, Germany.

Eric Clausing

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Sicherheit auf Kosten der Privatsphäre? (only available in German)

Internet Security Days 2016, Brühl, Germany.

Anett Hoppe

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Interactive Graphical Exploration of Malware Behavior

CARO Workshop 2016, Bucharest, Romania.

Maik Morgenstern, Lennart Hoffmann

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PUA - Distribution and Detection

CARO Workshop 2016, Bucharest, Romania.

David Walkiewicz, Maik Morgenstern

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Internet of Things: Security Evaluation of 7 Fitness Trackers on Android and the Apple Watch

AV-TEST report.

Eric Clausing, Michael Schiefer

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Everything is a Target. Your Health Data is Next.

CeBIT 2016, Heise Security Plaza, Hanover, Germany.

Eric Clausing

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Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud Cross-platform Protection Test

AV-TEST report (11/2016). Commissioned by Symantec.

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Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud Comparison Test for Android: Protection

AV-TEST report (11/2016). Commissioned by Symantec.

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Trend Micro Comparison Test: Performance

AV-TEST report (08/2016). Commissioned by Trend Micro.

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Trend Micro Comparison Test: Protection

AV-TEST report (08/2016). Commissioned by Trend Micro.

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Trend Micro Comparison Test: Protection and Performance

AV-TEST report (08/2016). Commissioned by Trend Micro.

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Remediation Testing Report

AV-TEST report (05/2016). Commissioned by Enigma Software Group.

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Invincea Endpoint Protection Test

AV-TEST report (04/2016). Commissioned by Invincea.

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Zscaler Cloud Web Gateway Test

AV-TEST report (04/2016). Commissioned by Zscaler.

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Internet of Things: Security Evaluation of 9 Fitness Trackers.

AV-TEST-Studie.

Eric Clausing, Michael Schiefer, Ulf Lösche, Maik Morgenstern

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You Are The Target In The Internet-of-Things.

AVAR 2015, Danang, Vietnam.

Maik Morgenstern

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Sicherheitslage Android (only available in German).

Sicherheitskooperation Cybercrime, Hanover, Germany.

Olaf Pursche, Hendrik Pilz

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Everything is a Target. Your Health Data is Next.

Internet Security Days 2015, Brühl, Germany.

Maik Morgenstern

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Tracking Me, Tracking You, There is Nothing We Can Do (only available in German).

MetaRheinMainChaosDays 2015, Darmstadt, Germany.

Eric Clausing

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The Internet of Things – Or – Security: The Forgotten Feature.

AVAR 2014, Sydney, Australia.

Andreas Marx

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7 Smart-Home-Starter-Kits im Sicherheits-Test (only available in German).

AV-TEST-Studie.

Michael Schiefer, Ulf Lösche, Maik Morgenstern

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Android Mobile Security im Langzeittest (Only available in German).

CeBIT 2014, Heise Security Plaza, Hanover, Germany.

Hendrik Pilz

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Effizienz im Test (Only available in German).

CeBIT 2014, Heise Security Plaza, Hanover, Germany.

Erik Heyland

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Vom Spam zum Test - Malware-Analyse bei der AV-TEST GmbH (Only available in German).

CeBIT 2014, Heise Security Plaza, Hanover, Germany.

Ulf Lösche

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Exploit Protection on Windows XP

AV-TEST report (11/2014). Commissioned by Tencent.

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Exploit Protection on Windows XP

AV-TEST report (07/2014). Commissioned by Tencent.

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Virtual Desktops Security Test Report

AV-TEST report (05/2014). Commissioned by Kaspersky.

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Exploit Protection on Windows XP

AV-TEST report (04/2014). Commissioned by Qihoo 360.

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Beyond Testing: What Really Matters.

Virus Bulletin Conference, Berlin, Germany.

Andreas Marx

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Beyond Testing: What Really Matters.

Microsoft Security Response Alliance Summit (MSRA) 2013, Redmond, WA, USA.

Andreas Marx

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Spam – More Dangerous than Ever Before

A New AV-TEST Study: Dangerous Spam E-Mails

Markus Selinger

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Google vs. Bing: Search Engines Deliver Infected Websites as Their Top Results.

A New AV-TEST Study: Search Engines as Malware Providers.

Markus Selinger

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Android Security Product Testing

AVAR 2012, Hangzhou, China.

Maik Morgenstern, Andreas Marx

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Building a test environment for Android anti-malware tests.

Virus Bulletin Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Hendrik Pilz

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Mobile Security Apps.

Droidcon, Berlin, Germany.

Hendrik Pilz

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Useful and useless statistics about viruses and anti-virus programs.

CARO Workshop, Helsinki, Finland.

Maik Morgenstern, Hendrik Pilz

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Testing Exploit-Prevention Mechanisms in Anti-Malware Products.

CARO Workshop, Budapest, Hungary.

Andreas Marx, Maik Morgenstern

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Why “in-the-cloud” scanning is not a solution.

Virus Bulletin Conference, Geneva, Switzerland.

Maik Morgenstern, Andreas Marx

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Runtime Packer Testing Experiences.

CARO Workshop, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.

Maik Morgenstern, Andreas Marx

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Malware vs. Anti-Malware: (How) Can We Still Survive?

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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Anti-Stealth Fighters: Testing for Rootkit Detection and Removal.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx, Maik Morgenstern

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System Cleaning: Getting rid of malware from infected PCs.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Maik Morgenstern, Andreas Marx

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Testing of "Dynamic Detection".

AVAR Conference, Seoul, South Korea.

Maik Morgenstern, Andreas Marx

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The WildList is Dead, Long Live the WildList!

Virus Bulletin Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Andreas Marx, Frank Dessmann

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Test Strategies & Common Mistakes.

CARO Workshop, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Andreas Marx

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Runtime Packers: The Hidden Problem?

Black Hat Conference, Las Vegas, USA.

Tom Brosch, Maik Morgenstern

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Test von Anti-Virus-Software (only available in German).

CAST Forum, Darmstadt, Germany.

Andreas Marx

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Viren, Würmer und Trojaner (only available in German).

Heise Security Conference, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Munich, Germany.

Andreas Marx

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Insecurity in security software.

Virus Bulletin Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

Maik Morgenstern, Andreas Marx, Mary Landesman

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The false positive disaster: Anti-Virus vs Winrar & Co.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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Scripting AntiVirus Signature File Updates and Testing.

AVAR Conference, Tokyo, Japan.

Randy Abrams, Andreas Marx, Mary Landesman

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Antivirus outbreak response testing and impact.

Virus Bulletin Conference, Chicago, USA.

Andreas Marx

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Outbreak Response Times: Putting AV To The Test.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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Rescue Me 2: Disinfection With Bootable Rescue Media.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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Anti-Viren-Software als integraler Bestandteil einer IT-Security-Strategie (only available in German).

SeSAM Workshop, Magdeburg, Germany.

Marc Schneider

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Antivirus vs Antivirus: False Positives in AV Software.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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Malformed Email Project - Part 2.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx, Mark Ackermans

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The Sober Effect: Disinfection Disasters.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx, Mark Ackermans

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Systematisches Testen von Anti-Viren-Software (only available in German).

Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg. Fakultät für Technische und Betriebliche Informationssysteme, Germany.

Andreas Marx, Claus Rautenstrauch

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Trouble Makers.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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Test Lab Installation.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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eXPect the uneXPected.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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Rescue Me: Updating Anti-Virus Rescue Systems.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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Malformed Email Project.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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(Porn) Dialers - Another Class of Malware?

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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Retrospective testing - how good heuristics really work.

Virus Bulletin Conference, New Orleans, USA.

Andreas Marx

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Automatic QA and distribution of AV updates.

Virus Bulletin Conference, Prag, Czech Republic.

Andreas Marx

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The Usual Suspects - Part 3.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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The Usual Suspects - Part 2.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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A Guideline to Anti-Malware-Software testing.

EICAR Conference, Brussels, Belgium.

Andreas Marx

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The Usual Suspects - Part 1.

Virus Bulletin Magazine.

Andreas Marx

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Wie testet man Anti-Viren-Software? (only available in German).

VG Conference, Wiesbaden, Germany.

Andreas Marx

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Die Geschichte der Computerviren (only available in German).

VG Conference, Wiesbaden, Germany.

Andreas Marx

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