Malware Protection Test March 2017

We released our newly introduced Malware Protection Test. It assesses a security program’s ability to protect a system against infection by malicious files; what is unique about this test is that in addition to checking detection in scans, it additionally assesses each program’s last line of defence. Any samples that have not been detected e.g. on-access are executed on the test system, with Internet/cloud access available, to allow features such as behavioural protection to come into play. A false alarm test is also included.

You can find additional information in the following two blog posts:

Introducing AV-Comparatives’ Malware Protection Test
Sample quality for the Malware Protection Test

Award Ceremony 2016

This year AV-Comparatives hosted the first Awards Ceremony for all participating vendors, at which all the 2016 Awards were presented. It was an amazing day up at 2,269 m (7,444 ft) on the Nordkette in the Tyrolean Alps.

Thanks to everyone who made it to Innsbruck to be a part of it!

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Security Survey 2017

We conducted our annual survey to improve our service to the end-user community. Respondents were asked for their opinions on various topics related to anti-virus software testing and anti-virus software in general.

The report of our latest annual security survey is now available here!

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