Business and consumer products achieve high pass rate.
Independent testing lab
AV-Test.org
has released its latest batch of test results, with 23 consumer products and eight business solutions covered in two separate reports. All but one of the products taking part did well enough to earn certified status.
The testing system covers a wide range of metrics, including static detection, ‘Real World’ protection tests, performance and false positive measures, and cleanup tests. The tests are split into three categories, and each category is scored out of a maximum 6 points; the three scores are added together and a total of 11 (from a possible 18) is required to achieve certification.
In the consumer tests, only
Total Defense
‘s
Internet Security Suite
fell below the cut-off, missing it by some way with just 8.5 points.
ESET
‘s
Smart Security
just made the grade for certification, on a bare minimum 11 thanks to a poor showing in the cleanup part of the test.
Webroot
‘s
SecureAnywhere
also had trouble with cleanup, scoring 11.5, as did
K7 Total Security
with 12 points in total.
Norman
‘s
Security Suite
and
Microsoft Security Essentials
also scored 12, with their biggest issues in the detection and protection section, while
Avast Free AntiVirus
,
McAfee Total Protection
(both scoring low in the cleanup section),
PC Tools Internet Security
(with generally mediocre scores) and
Qihoo 360 Antivirus
(hit hard in the usability section thanks to high levels of false positives) all scored 12.5.
A little more comfortable were
Bullguard
,
GFI VIPRE
and
Panda
‘s
Cloud Antivirus
on 13 points, and
Panda
‘s
Internet Security
and
Trend Micro
‘s
Titanium
on 13.5.
Avira
and
AVG
‘s free edition did a little better with 14 points, while
AVG
‘s full suite scored a fairly respectable 14.5, and
G DATA
‘s
Internet Security
and
Symantec
‘s
Norton
made it to 15 points.
BitDefender
and
F-Secure
‘s
Internet Security
products both did well with 15.5, but way out in the lead came
Kaspersky
‘s suite with a near perfect 17.5 out of 18.
The business test saw
Trend Micro
at the bottom of the class, with a lowly 11 for its
Office Scan
and 11.5 for its
Worry-Free Business
solution, while
McAfee
‘s
VirusScan
also only managed 11.5 points, all three struggling with the cleanup sections of the test.
Microsoft
‘s
Forefront
didn’t fare much better with 12.5, scoring low in the detection and protection section, while Endpoint solutions from
Sophos
and
Symantec
both put in solid showings with 14.
F-Secure
did well again with another 15.5 for its
Client Security
, and once more well ahead of the pack was
Kaspersky
on 17.5.
Full details of the test results can be found on the
AV-Test
website
here
.
More good testing news for
Kaspersky Lab
came last week, when it was awarded ‘Product of the Year’ by
AV-Comparatives
. Also singled out for honours were
Avira
,
BitDefender
,
ESET
and
F-Secure
, all of which were labelled ‘Top Rated’. The full 2011 in review report can be found on the
AV-Comparatives
website
here
.
Posted on 18 January 2012 by
Virus Bulletin
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