AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report – Q4 2011, PC Magazine Best 2012 Internet Security Suites, Top Products from AV-comparatives.org

During November and December 2011, AV-Test (www.AV-Test.org) tested twenty-three consumer and eight internet security products in the areas of protection, repair and usability. The highest score possible in each category was 6.0. The test was on Windows 7. The top 10 products and the total score of these areas is contained in the table below. You’ll have to go to their web site for the individual scores and to download free one page reports on each of the companies. Some consistency between the av-test.org and av-comparatives.org organization results. You won't find the total of the three categories on the av-test.org site. Their summary report is sorted alphabetically.

Those internet security products in the top ten were: Kaspersky Internet Security 2012, BitDefender Internet Security 2012 , F-Secure Internet Security 2012 , G Data: Internet Security 2012, Norton Internet Security 2012 , AVG Internet Security 2012 , AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012 , Avira Internet Security 2012 , Panda Internet Security 2012 , and Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2012.

www.av-test.org/en/tests/test-reports/novdec-2011/

Where the product was reviewed, the 4th column contains the score from PC Magazine for Best Internet Security Suites 2012. Webroot, while receiving 4.5 out of 5.0 from PC Magazine, only scored a total of 11.5 from AV-test, finishing 21st.The only consumer product failing to be certified, meaning it scored below 11.0 total, was Total Defense Internet Security 2011 with a score of 8.5.

kensek.blogspot.com/2011/08/best-internet-security-suites-2012-pc.html

www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373529,00.asp

The fifth column contains ratings from AV-Comparatives.org AV-Comparatives Summary Report – 2011. This is a must view report, running 129 pages http://kensek.blogspot.com/2012/01/av-comparatives-summary-report-2011.html ESET also received a Top Rated from this organization, but only ranked 22nd in the AV-test ratings.










About AV-Test.org http://www.av-test.org

The AV-TEST Institute is a leading international and independent service provider in the fields of IT security and anti-virus research.
The aim of the research work carried out by AV-TEST is to directly detect the latest malware, to analyze it using state-of-the-art methods and to inform their customers of the top-quality results obtained.

About AV-Comparatives.ort http://www.av-comparatives.org

AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization, which provides independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public.

Go to the AV-comparatives website for complete details about the organization, the many tests they perform, and to download copies of their reports.

AV-Comparatives Anti-Virus Comparative Retrospective Test - November 2011

AV-Comparatives has released their Anti-Virus Comparative Retrospective Test (static detection of new/unknown malicious software) – November 2011. Twelve vendors were included in the test. In general, the company’s antivirus 2012 products were used, not the internet security suite 2012 products.

Seven vendors received advanced (3 star) ratings In Av-comparatives November test. In order, these were G Data, Avira, Eset, Kaspersky, F-Secure, and BitDefender. These all received 3 star ratings in the previous test, as well. http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_retro_nov2011.pdf .

Advanced Plus (3 star ratings) were received by 10 vendors in August, G data, Avira, Panda, F-Secure, BitDefender, Kaspersky, ESET, Avast, McAfee, and Trend Micro. http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_od_aug2011.pdf .

The table below combines a couple of results. The November test results for proactive detection of new malware (first two columns) and the Q3 AV Comparative test rankings. Note that the order in the table below doesn't match the order for the three star rankings, which take other factors into account.



















The November test evaluated only the offline heuristic/generic detection of the products against unknown/new malware, without the need to execute it or to submit it against anything else.

According to AV-Comparatives, a number of vendors declined to participate in the test. “In their opinion (the vendor), their product’s real-life capabilities are not adequately represented in the retrospective test to the absence of a live Internet connection or because URL blocking is not considered.” See page 4 of the report for additional details.

AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization, which provides independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public.
www.av-comparatives.org

Go to the AV-comparatives website for complete details about the organization, the many tests they perform, and to download copies of tests.

McAfee Total Protection 5.0 Beta –McAfee Beta

McAfee has McAfee Protection 5.0 still in beta. You can learn more about the product and register to download at http://beta.mcafee.com/betamcafee

What's New With McAfee Total Protection?

• Improved Threat Detection:
• CleanBoot Tool:
• McAfee Anti Theft
• Improved Performance:
• MTP installation time has been reduced
• Improved On Demand Scan (ODS) performance.
• Home Network offer a larger list of Devices to identify on its drop-down list. Devices such as; Network Switches, PDA's, Smart Phones are now available to choose from.
• Parental Controls accumulate statistics in a Security Report
• Parental Controls now offers Improved Time Restriction capabilities
• Online Demand Scans now prompt the user to scan external drives
• Quickclean/Shredder now includes additional options when cleaning up files
• Improved key-logger protection

With respect to last year's McAfee Total Protection

McAfee didn't participate in AV-Comparative.org's May Retrospective test.

They did receive a VB100 award in the Virus Bulletin August Test http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/summary

Their solution came in next to last in av-comparative.org's "Whole Product Real World Dynamic Test" May-June http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/dyn/wpdt2011_1_en.pdf

They failed certification on av-test.org's q2 test http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/test-reports/quarter-22011/

Not a McStellar performance.