Posted by Virus Bulletin on Jul 20, 2011
Q2 test results covering 22 products released.
Independent testing body AV-Test.org has released the results of its latest round of testing, putting 22 of the latest security suites through a barrage of measures covering detection rates, real-world protection measures, performance and false positive testing and much more besides. Sixteen of the products taking part met the test requirements and were awarded certifications, with six not making the grade.
The certification process divides the battery of tests into three areas: "Protection", covering live execution of threats and real-world penetration vectors as well as simple static detection of AV-Test's reference set of samples from the last few months and WildList samples, "Repair", which includes detection and removal of rootkits as well as cleaning various common malware types, and "Usability", which covers speed and performance measures and also false positives recorded in both static and dynamic tests. Up to six points are awarded for each section for a maximum of 18, with 11 required for a certification pass.
Leading the pack were solutions from BitDefender, with an impressive 17 out of 18, Kaspersky with 16, Panda with 15.5 and F-Secure with 15. Also doing well were Avast, G Data, Sophos and Symantec, all on 13.5, AVG, BullGuard and Eset with 13 points, and Trend Micro with 12.5. Avira and Microsoft’s Security Essentials had a small safety cushion with 12 points, while solutions from GFI and Webroot lived right on the edge with 11 - just enough to secure a certification.
Just short of the cut-off were products from K7 and PC Tools, narrowly missing with 10.5 points, while CA, Comodo, McAfee and Norman fell some way short, all scoring below ten. The list of uncertified products is unchanged since the last set of results, apart from the addition of K7 which appears for the first time this round, in place of eScan which was absent from the latest set of results.
Full details of the tests, with reports for each product taking part as well as historical test records, can be found at the AV-Test.org website, here.
Posted on 20 July 2011 by Virus Bulletin
