Austrian antivirus testing lab AV-Comparatives has released its annual Summary Report consumer security products (PDF available here). This includes results of all the individual tests carried out during 2020, a user-interface review for all 17 tested products, and awards given to individual programs in various different categories.
Tag: certification
Anti-Phishing Certification Test 2020
Anti-Phishing test: security products published passing the 2020 test
Every year we publish the results of our phishing protection certification 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.
Mobile Security Review 2020
AV-Comparatives’ latest Mobile Security Report 2020 is now available! 9 security products for Android have been thoroughly tested and reviewed! https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/mobile-security-review-2020/
Parental Control Certification 2020
AV-Comparatives provides certification for parental control software. Parental control solutions are tested against 2,000 URLs with undesirable content in different categories, and 200 child-safe URLs. In order to be certified, a product must block at least 98% of pornographic websites, have no more than a few false alarms on child-friendly websites, and have no severe unresolved bugs (or design flaws) discovered during the review.
The certification reports can be found here: https://www.av-comparatives.org/parental-control/
Mac Security Review/Test 2020
We have reviewed and tested eleven security solutions on Apple’s macOS Catalina. Read our Mac Security Test & Review 2020 to see which security solutions have been approved.
Consumer Summary Report 2019
Austrian antivirus testing lab AV-Comparatives has released its Summary Report consumer security products (PDF available here). This includes results of all the individual tests carried out during the year, a user-interface review for all 16 tested products, and awards given to individual programs in various different categories.
Mobile Security Review 2019
AV-Comparatives’ latest Mobile Security Report 2019 is now available! 11 security products for Android have been thoroughly tested and reviewed! https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/mobile-security-review-2019
Business Security Test March-June 2019
The first half-year report of our 2019 Enterprise main-test series containing a Real-World Protection, Malware Protection and Performance Test has been released. Also product reviews are included. Please read the report for details.
Parental Control Certification Test 2019
AV-Comparatives provides certification for parental control software. In order to be certified, a product must block at least 98% of pornographic websites, have no more than a few false alarms on child-friendly websites, and have no severe unresolved bugs (or design flaws) discovered during the review. A certification is valid for one year and vendors can apply for certification once a year. Six vendors submitted their products for certification in 2019, of which only one reached the requirements.
Anti-Phishing Certification Test 2019
Anti-Phishing test: security products published passing the 2019 test
Every year we publish the results of our phishing protection certification 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.