While Live OneCare did manage to spot 100% of the macroviruses it was tested against, it missed some wild viruses, polymorphic programs and file infectors.
The Virus Bulletin tests try to catch out anti-virus software with a variety of malicious programs including bots and worms known to be spreading online, file infectors, polymorphic and macroviruses.
Developed in response to Melissa, smart detection quarantines all macro-enabled documents and detects variants of the Melissa, Papa, and Madcow or Syndicate viruses.