In the test, the packages from Avira, Bitdefender, BullGuard, Comodo, F-Secure, Kaspersky Lab, McAfee, Qihoo 360, Symantec and Trend Micro demonstrated strong protection with a minor system load. The good news, however, is that there are just as many products that won't slow down your PC in everyday use, yet still provide strong protection. This group included purchase and freeware solutions alike, such as Avast, AVG, ESET or Ahnlab. For certain products, it certainly is the case.
In addition to security performance, it's important to many users whether the packages slow down their PCs, e.g. When applications put the brakes on the system Trend Micro was the only product that mastered both test categories, scoring 100 percent on each one. While the product detected the latest attackers error-free in the real-world test, it only managed to identify 97% of the known threats. After all, the reference set contains old acquaintances that really ought to be detected. In this category, a total of 20 products completed the test error-free.
The detection of the AV-TEST reference sets is the lower hurdle for the security solutions. 9 other products did manage to reach 99 percent. For instance, only Trend Micro and Comodo were 100 percent capable of detecting all the threats. In the real-world test, the products revealed a somewhat weaker performance than normal. Afterwards, the object was to detect the AV-TEST reference set with 12,000 mostly known malware specimens. First, the real-world test with some 150 of the latest malware programs. In the vital rating of "protection" function, all the products had to master two test phases. Because the laboratory always tests the latest products available, some of them are already the 2015 versions, while others are still from 2014. Security Essentials was only able to detect slightly more than half the threats in the real-world test.Īll the products were put through the ropes twice: once in November and once in December 2014. While the solution from Microsoft achieves 11 points overall, it receives 0 points in the vital rating of its protection function. If one disregards the second version of Qihoo 360, as it is only available in China, the freeware version of Panda with 15.5 points only ranks in fifth place. The best overall performers are the 3 commercial solutions from Bitdefender, Kaspersky and Trend Micro with 17.5 of 18 possible points.Ĭoming in close behind was the first freeware security package by the Chinese provider Qihoo 360 with 17 points. The experts at AV-TEST examined 17 purchased software and 11 freeware solutions, and compared them with one another.
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