Q2 test results covering 22 products released.
Independent testing body
AV-Test.org
has released the results of its latest round of testing, putting 22 of the latest security suites through a barrage of measures covering detection rates, real-world protection measures, performance and false positive testing and much more besides. Sixteen of the products taking part met the test requirements and were awarded certifications, with six not making the grade.
The certification process divides the battery of tests into three areas: “Protection”, covering live execution of threats and real-world penetration vectors as well as simple static detection of
AV-Test
‘s reference set of samples from the last few months and WildList samples, “Repair”, which includes detection and removal of rootkits as well as cleaning various common malware types, and “Usability”, which covers speed and performance measures and also false positives recorded in both static and dynamic tests. Up to six points are awarded for each section for a maximum of 18, with 11 required for a certification pass.
Leading the pack were solutions from
BitDefender
, with an impressive 17 out of 18,
Kaspersky
with 16,
Panda
with 15.5 and
F-Secure
with 15. Also doing well were
Avast
,
G Data
,
Sophos
and
Symantec
, all on 13.5,
AVG
,
BullGuard
and
Eset
with 13 points, and
Trend Micro
with 12.5.
Avira
and
Microsoft
’s
Security Essentials
had a small safety cushion with 12 points, while solutions from
GFI
and
Webroot
lived right on the edge with 11 – just enough to secure a certification.
Just short of the cut-off were products from
K7
and
PC Tools
, narrowly missing with 10.5 points, while
CA
,
Comodo
,
McAfee
and
Norman
fell some way short, all scoring below ten. The list of uncertified products is unchanged since the last set of results, apart from the addition of
K7
which appears for the first time this round, in place of
eScan
which was absent from the latest set of results.
Full details of the tests, with reports for each product taking part as well as historical test records, can be found at the
AV-Test.org
website,
here
.
Posted on 20 July 2011 by
Virus Bulletin
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