Secur-alysis

Top Antivirus Tested by AV-Comparatives.org

November 28, 2009 by AntivirusWare.

Top Antivirus testing lab, AV-Comparatives, just released their Retrospective/Proactive Test results - which tests some of the top Antivirus programs’ ability to detect new threats with generic and/or heuristic techniques - before updates are available. This is an important test since it shows how these programs perform against new threats, without the help of updates/definitions.

The 16 Antivirus programs tested include: avast! Professional Edition 4.8.1348 AVG Anti-Virus 8.5.406 AVIRA AntiVir Premium 9.0.0.446 BitDefender Anti-Virus 13.0.13.254 eScan Anti-Virus 10.0.997.491 ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.437.0 F-Secure Anti-Virus 10.00.246 G DATA AntiVirus 20.0.4.9 Kaspersky Anti-Virus 9.0.0.463 Kingsoft AntiVirus 2009.08.05.16 McAfee VirusScan Plus 13.11.102 Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 Norman Antivirus & Anti-Spyware 7.10.02 Sophos Anti-Virus 7.6.10 Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 17.0.0.136 Trustport Antivirus 2009 2.8.0.3017

Below are the On-Demand Detection Rates for the 16 AV programs:

 

False Positives are also an important criteria for testing Antivirus software. Below are the # of False Positives each Antivirus program had:

 

And finally the Overall Certification Levels for each program:

G-Data continues to be one of the best Antivirus programs along with Microsoft’s new security program. While McAfee, Avira, AVG, and Symantec all performed disappointingly in this testing. This is the 2nd consecutive test by AV-Comparatives that Symantec hasn’t reached top marks…

See the complete test at: http://av-comparatives.org/comparativesreviews/main-tests