22 products scored on multiple scales in quarterly test report.
Testing organization
AV-Test
has published its latest round of anti-malware certification tests, with 22 products rated on a wide range of factors.
17 of the 22 products were judged worthy of
AV-Test
‘s ‘Certified’ badge, with five not reaching the required standard in a suite of tests that measure products’ real-time protection capabilities, scanning detection rates, cleaning and disinfection, and impact on the protected system. Each of three main categories earns products up to six points, with a total of 11 required to earn a pass mark.
Leading the pack were
BitDefender
and
F-Secure
, with
Symantec
hot on their heels; all scored 15 or higher from a possible 18 points. Other high scorers included
G Data
,
Kaspersky
and
Panda
, with 14 points,
AVG
with 13.5, and
Sophos
with 13.
ESET
,
Trend Micro
and
Webroot
all put in a decent showing with 12.5 points, and
GFI
(formerly
Sunbelt
) was also safely past the cutoff with 12.
Avast
,
Avira
,
eScan
and
Microsoft
flew pretty close to the wind with 11.5 points, while
BullGuard
just scraped a pass with 11.
Products not awarded certification, in either this or the previous round of tests, came from
CA
,
Comodo
,
McAfee
and
Norman
, with
PC Tools
joining them at the low end of the list this month. The lowest scorers were
Norman
and
McAfee
, both with a lowly 8.5 points – less than half the possible tally. Both were let down by large numbers of false positives, particularly in the earlier part of the testing period.
Full details of the results, including individual reports for each product taking part in the test, can be found on the
AV-Test
website:
http://www.av-test.org/
. This latest batch of results rounds off a busy few weeks for testers, with
AV-Comparatives.org
also releasing
figures
this week, and the latest results of our own VB100 comparative, featuring the largest ever set of products, published in the current issue of
VB
. Subscribers can read the full issue
here
, while a summary of the results are available
here
.
Posted on 15 April 2011 by
Virus Bulletin
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