Test group AV-Comparatives has released their March 2013
File Detection of Malicious Software report.
Ten pages of nice reading. The
three star performers, in order, were Avira, F-Secure, BitDefender, BullGuard,
and Kaspersky. Congratulations to these
five vendors for their performance! G
Data had the top detection rate, 99.9% but suffered in their overall
performance due to false positives. ESET
finished 17th in detection rate, which may have precipitated their drop in the
standings. The only free product in the
test was from Panda.
There was some movement from the av-comparatives 2012
summary report. The companies receiving
Top Rated designation were, in alphabetical order - Avast, Avira, Bitdefender,
BullGuard, ESET, F-Secure, G DATA, and Kaspersky.
The company with products in the yellow box, otherwise known
as Symantec, was included in this report.
This was the first time in a long while. Suffice it to say, Symantec has nowhere to go
but up, finishing in the “tested” (not even one star) category. They had the lowest detection rate of all
products tested. Shout out to CEO Steve
Bennett; that is okay. Next test. Eva, get those engineers out of the cloud and working on the engine and file detection ;)
What this report is showing is that the products with the
most name brand recognition are not always the top performers. Trend Micro only received one star, and
McAfee two stars. Average these scores
with Symantec and you get one star out of three. Ouch. For
the complete report, you will have to go to the www.av-comparatives.org web site.
Tests such as these are much more valuable than looking at “likes” on a company web site. People should
look at the av-test and Virus Bulletin web site. PC Magazine does extensive testing, as
well. Put something on your device. You don’t have to install a toolbar to get a
price break. Look, also, for installing
(in addition) one of the free products that helps protect you while surfing the
web. McAfee, Zone Labs, Blue Coat, are
among the vendors providing these. You
may want to install an internet security product for more comprehensive
protection than that provided by an antivirus product.
About AV-comparatives
www.av-comparatives.org
AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization. They provide independent Antivirus software
tests free to the public. Go to their
website to view all the great comparative reports and surveys they publish. A great number of their reports are free.
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