We are happy to announce that AV-Comparatives has been recertified as an ISO 9001:2015 testing lab. TÜV Austria have renewed the certificate for our management system with the scope “Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software”.

The first factsheet results (for February/March) of the ongoing Consumer Real-World Protection Test are now available! The full results will be published in June.

We released our Consumer Malware Protection Test. Any samples that have not been detected e.g. on-access are executed on the test system. A false alarm test is also included.

As in previous summers, we will be running certification tests for the following products:

• Anti-malware programs for macOS
• Anti-malware apps for Android
• Phishing protection for Windows (and other platforms on request)
• Parental control features for Windows (and other platforms on request)

Security vendors interested in any of above tests are invited to contact us by the 15^th of May 2019.

The latest test of Android security apps – believed to be the biggest ever conducted – shows that only one in three provides effective protection. Out of 250 mobile apps tested, the majority were dubious, unsafe or ineffective.