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The first half year results of the ongoing Consumer Real-World Protection Test for February-May 2025 are now available.

We have reviewed and tested nine security solutions on the newwst version of Apple's macOS in 2025. Read our Mac Security Test & Review to see which security solutions have been approved.

The latest Mobile Security Report 2025 is now available! Six security products for Android have been thoroughly tested and reviewed!

Every year we publish the results of our phishing protection test. These tests evaluate the protection provided against phishing websites. These deceptive websites can pose a real threat to Internet users, as they attempt to steal sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.

Performance Test April 2025 released, testing the impact of security products on system performance in Windows 11.

AV-Comparatives' Consumer Malware Protection Test for March 2025 is now released!

AV-Comparatives' Consumer Real-World Protection Factsheet Results for February-March 2025 is now released!

Read the Consumer Summary Report 2024 to learn more about the various AV products tested over the year and the high-scoring products in these tests.

AV-Comparatives released a test focused on the detection of fake shops, assessing the efficacy of various solutions in identifying and warning about fraudulent e-commerce websites​.

The second half year results of the ongoing Real-World Protection Test July-October 2024 are now available.

AV-Comparatives' Advanced Threat Protection Test 2024 for Consumer security products released, testing the protection against advanced attacks

AV-Comparatives released the Performance Test report September for consumer security products under Microsoft Windows 10.

The Malware Protection Test September 2024 assesses program’s ability to protect a system against malicious files before, during or after execution.

AV-Comparatives released a test focused on the detection of fake shops, assessing the efficacy of various solutions in identifying and warning about fraudulent e-commerce websites​.

AV-Comparatives published the results of the Anti-Phishing Certification Test 2024 show casing products that met criteria for certification.

AV-Comparatives provides certification for parental control software. In order to be certified, a product must block at least 98% of pornographic websites, have zero false alarms on child-friendly websites, and have no severe unresolved bugs (or design flaws) discovered during the review.

The first half year results of the ongoing Consumer Real-World Protection Test for February-May 2024 are now available.

We have reviewed and tested eight security solutions on Apple's macOS Sonoma. Read our Mac Security Test & Review to see which security solutions have been approved.

The latest Mobile Security Report 2024 is now available! Six security products for Android have been thoroughly tested and reviewed!