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Independent testing on all the major virus scanners consistently shows that none provides 100% virus detection. The best ones provided as high as 99.9% detection for simulated real-world situations, while the lowest provided 91.1% in tests conducted in August 2013. Many virus scanners produce false positive results as well, identifying benign files as malware.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/avc_prot_2013b_en.pdf|title = Whole Product Dynamic "Real World" Production Test |access-date = January 2, 2014|last = AV Comparatives |date=December 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140102214834/http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/avc_prot_2013b_en.pdf| archive-date= January 2, 2014 | url-status= live}}</ref>
Although methods may differ, some notable independent quality testing agencies include [[AV-Comparatives]], [[ICSA Labs]], [[SE Labs]], West Coast Labs, ''[[Virus Bulletin]]'', [[AV-TEST]] and other members of the [[Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178037/Guidelines_released_for_antivirus_software_tests|title=Guidelines released for antivirus software tests|first=Jeremy|last=Kirk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422121009/http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178037/Guidelines_released_for_antivirus_software_tests|archive-date=April 22, 2011|date=2010-06-14}}</ref><ref name="Harley 2011">{{cite book |last= Harley |first= David |author-link= David Harley |title= AVIEN Malware Defense Guide for the Enterprise |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=LBzXf0A-jQwC |year= 2011 |publisher= [[Elsevier]] |isbn= 9780080558660 |page= 487 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140103121250/http://books.google.com/books?id=LBzXf0A-jQwC |archive-date= January 3, 2014}}</ref>
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