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INNSBRUCK, Austria, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

AV-Comparatives, a provider of independent comparative tests and reviews for

antivirus products, has released the latest security software evaluation

results of its Malware Protection Test for the month of March, and the

factsheet for the Real-World Protection Test, carried out between February and

March.

The Malware Protection Test report can be found here:  

https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-march-2022/  

The Real-World Protection Test report can be found here:  

https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-feb-mar-2022-factsheet/

These tests examined the performance of leading antivirus solutions in order to

assess their capabilities in conditions experienced every day by users around

the world.  

"As we see time and time again, the importance of reliable tests and trust in

the products we use every day, and to keep users safe online, is imperative,"

said Andreas Clementi, Founder and CEO of AV-Comparatives. "As threat tactics

evolve and change, and the sheer number of threats that consumers must protect

against continues to rise dramatically, we find the need for product testing

ever more important. Users need to have full confidence that they have the

right protections in place."

"Our rigorous process is designed to provide consumers with the information

they need to make the most informed decisions on the best protection for their

needs."  

The antivirus products used in the test are installed on individual fully

patched Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit computers, which are connected to the

internet and updated each day as well as before every single test. 

Real-World Protection Test

The interim results of this the Real-World Protection Test are based on a set

of 362 live test cases (malicious URLs found in the field). The full report,

covering four months of testing, will be released in June.

The following products (latest version available at time of testing) were

tested: Avast Free Antivirus, AVG Free Antivirus, Avira Prime, Bitdefender

Internet Security, ESET Internet Security, G Data Total Security, K7 Total

Security, Kaspersky Internet Security, Malwarebytes Premium, McAfee Total

Security, Microsoft Defender, Panda Free Antivirus, NortonLifeLock Norton 360

Deluxe, TotalAV Antivirus Pro, Total Defense Essential Anti-Virus, Trend Micro

Internet Security and VIPRE Advanced Security.

The test results showed that:  

- Avira achieved perfect protection and a low rate of false positives.  

- AVG, Avast, ESET, Kaspersky, Microsoft and VIPRE achieved nearly perfect

protection and a low rate of false positives.  

- NortonLifeLock, Trend Micro and Malwarebytes achieved perfect protection and

a higher rate of false positives.  

While all products in the test are unanimously viewed as successful

participants, AV-Comparatives does issue caution to the products with a higher

rate of false positives as it can lead to a less thorough and more

time-consuming user experience.  

Malware Protection Test

As part of AV-Comparatives ongoing Consumer Main-Test Series, the Malware

Protection Test for consumer security solutions evaluated 17 popular

anti-malware programs to assess their ability to detect and block malicious

files before, during or after execution. This test examines a product's ability

to prevent a malicious program from making any changes to the system. The test

set used for this test consisted of 10,040 malware samples, assembled after

consulting telemetry data with the aim of including recent, prevalent samples

that are endangering users in the field. To ensure that the tested programs do

not protect the system at the expense of high false-alarm rates, a

false-positive test was also run.  

The products tested by AV-Comparatives were: Avast Free Antivirus, AVG

AntiVirus Free, Avira Prime, Bitdefender Internet Security, ESET Internet

Security, G Data Total Security, K7 Total Security, Kaspersky Internet

Security, Malwarebytes premium, McAfee Total Protection, Microsoft Defender

Antivirus, NortonLifeLock Norton 360 Deluxe, Panda Free Antivirus, TotalAV

Antivirus Pro, Total Defense Essential Antivirus, Trend Micro Internet Security

and VIPRE Advanced Security.  

A total of 11 products reached the highest award level, Advanced+. These

products were: NortonLifeLock, Bitdefender, Avast, AVG, Kaspersky, Total

Defense, VIPRE, McAfee, Avira, Microsoft and TotalAV.  

About AV-Comparatives 

AV-Comparatives is an independent organisation offering systematic testing to

examine the efficacy of security software products and mobile security

solutions. Using one of the largest sample collection systems worldwide, it has

created a real-world environment for truly accurate

testing. AV-Comparatives offers freely accessible av-test results to

individuals, news organisations and scientific institutions. Certification by

AV-Comparatives provides a globally recognised official seal of approval for

software performance.  

Media Contact:

Peter Stelzhammer

e-mail: media@av-comparatives.org  

phone: +43 720115542

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