AV-Comparatives is excited to share the results of the March 2025 Malware Protection Test for consumer security solutions. This test, part of the Consumer Main-Test Series, evaluates the effectiveness of top anti-malware software in detecting and blocking harmful files.
Consumer Malware Protection Test March 2025
Consumer Malware Protection Test September 2024
AV-Comparatives is excited to announce the release of the results from the September 2024 Malware Protection Test for consumer security solutions. As part of our Consumer Main-Test Series, this evaluation focuses on how effectively leading anti-malware programs detect and block malicious files.
Consumer Malware Protection Test March 2024
AV-Comparatives is thrilled to announce the release of the results of the March 2024 Malware Protection Test for consumer security solutions. This test, conducted as part of the Consumer Main-Test Series, evaluates the performance of leading anti-malware programs in detecting and blocking malicious files.
Consumer Malware Protection Test September 2023
As part of its ongoing Consumer Main-Test Series, AV-Comparatives has released the results of its September 2023 Malware Protection Test for consumer security solutions. 16 popular anti-malware programs were evaluated to assess their ability to detect and block malicious files before, during or after execution.
Consumer Malware Protection Test March 2023
As part of its ongoing Consumer Main-Test Series, AV-Comparatives has released the results of its March 2023 Malware Protection Test for consumer security solutions. 16 popular anti-malware programs were evaluated to assess their ability to detect and block malicious files before, during or after execution.
Consumer Malware Protection Test September 2022
As part of its ongoing Consumer Main-Test Series, AV-Comparatives has released the results of its September 2022 Malware Protection Test for consumer security solutions. 17 popular anti-malware programs were evaluated to assess their ability to detect and block malicious files before, during or after execution.
Consumer Malware Protection Test March 2022
As part of its ongoing Consumer Main-Test Series, AV-Comparatives has released the results of its March 2022 Malware Protection Test for consumer security solutions. 17 popular anti-malware programs were evaluated to assess their ability to detect and block malicious files before, during or after execution.
Consumer Malware Protection Test September 2021
As part of its ongoing Consumer Main-Test Series, AV-Comparatives has released the results of its September 2021 Malware Protection Test for consumer security solutions. 17 popular anti-malware programs were evaluated to assess their ability to detect and block malicious files before, during or after execution.
Consumer Malware Protection Test March 2021
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. While in the Real-World Protection Test the vector is the web, in the Malware Protection Test the vectors can be e.g. network drives, USB or cover scenarios where the malware is already on the disk.
Consumer Malware Protection Test September 2020
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. While in the Real-World Protection Test the vector is the web, in the Malware Protection Test the vectors can be e.g. network drives, USB or cover scenarios where the malware is already on the disk.