2017 Test & Review of Mac antivirus and security software
The closed Apple ecosystem reduces the risk of malware, but does not make Mac’s immune to adware, spyware and other threats. The recent FruitFly malware for example spied on Mac users through their own webcams. In our Mac Security Review/Test 2017 we tested 9 popular Mac antivirus solutions.
Anti-phishing test: security products published passing the 2017 test
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.
Three parental control solutions certified
AV-Comparatives provides certification for parental control software. Parental control solutions are tested against 2,000 URLs with undesirable content in different categories, and 100 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/
The AV-Comparatives Summary Report 2016 is now available! Find out which products scored best in our public main-test series of 2016!
“Next Generation” describes security products that work on a different principle from traditional antivirus software. Some “NextGen” products may only provide logging and analysis of threats (useful for incident response), rather than actually protecting against them. In some cases, protection features are deactivated by default and have to be enabled and configured by the administrator before they can be used.
This report marks the first time AV-Comparatives has tested and included next-generation security products in a public comparative test report. We had reached out several leading vendors in this space, requesting their participation in the test. Unfortunately, a number of vendors refused to participate in this independent evaluation. Since their products could not be included in this public report, we are unable to approve them as valuable next-generation security products. We look forward to their future participation in independent tests.
In parallel to the next-gen test, we also evaluated the security provided by some “traditional” business security products. Please find the reports here:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/corporate-reviews/
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The annual Business Security Review for SMBs is now available! https://www.av-comparatives.org/corporate-reviews/
Take a look how the latest AV products perform on a Mac. http://www.av-comparatives.org/mac-security-reviews/
We have tested the phishing protection of security products for Windows. Read our anti-phishing certification test report to see which products have been approved.
The AV-Comparatives Summary Report 2015 is now available! Find out which products scored best in our public main-test series of 2015! http://www.av-comparatives.org/summary-reports/
The European Expert Group for IT-Security (EICAR) has, as part of its initiative EICAR Minimum Standards, certified the first IT-security testing lab. AV-Comparatives (https://www.av-comparatives.org), based in Austria, satisfies all of EICAR’s standards.
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