Should Consumer Reports Do Anti-Spyware Testing?
Consider this sentence from an article in Information Week from Randy Abrams, the person responsible for making sure Microsoft products are malware-free: "I was livid about the testing [Consumer Reports] did. They tested anti-spyware software without ever testing how it detected and removed spyware." Should Consumer Reports be trusted for testing anything?
Consumer Reports have been under fire recently for their blatantly poor job of testing anti-virus and anti-spyware software. If their tests are irresponsibly ineffective, can Consumer Reports be trusted for testing other things, like medications, foods, or life-saving equipment? The article can be found here.
Consumer Reports have been under fire recently for their blatantly poor job of testing anti-virus and anti-spyware software. If their tests are irresponsibly ineffective, can Consumer Reports be trusted for testing other things, like medications, foods, or life-saving equipment? The article can be found here.
posted by Peter at
7:23 AM
2 Comments:
I think it's a bit off if they "test" it but didn't really test it. How can this report carry any weight? What did they test? that it installed? There are pretty crappy anti-spyware packages out there and some malware poses as a full fledged anti-spyware.. come on!!... in other words: YES THEY SHOULD DO THE TESTING if they release a report about it :)
By
Flosse, at 12:27 PM
I've believed for years that consumer reports is a terrible resource. Their reviews are often the exact opposite of my own personal experiences. I have often wondered how they came to their conclusions.
So this report is basically same ole same ole...
By
Spartan Parrothed, at 3:13 PM
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