AV-Test.org - 29 Protection Solutions in a Defense Test against Ransomware

[harlan4096]

A successful ransomware attack always has disastrous consequences. While only individual PCs may become infected in a private environment, ransomware can quickly spread via a corporate network to all available PCs and drives. In its Advanced Threat Protection test, AV-TEST evaluated how well security solutions can protect consumer PCs and workstations in corporate environments against ransomware. In each of the 10 scenarios, several solutions had their work cut out for them.

"Disastrous" is the best term to describe a successful ransomware attack. Just how disastrous the situation can be, is something many companies have already had to learn. In Germany, leading companies such as Hipp, dpa or the Chamber of Industry and Commerce were affected, and in Europe and around the world, victims included Energias de Portugal, Rockstar Games or Colonial Pipeline. With nearly all the victims, production PCs, servers and drives were encrypted, and ransom was demanded. As a result, production often came to a standstill, and the companies suffered additional daily losses.

Many consumers and corporate users install a security solution for their Windows systems to defend against ransomware. In its Advanced Threat Protection tests, AV-TEST examined just how well 29 of these products offered protection against a ransomware attack. In doing so, each security solution was required to successfully hold up against the attackers in 10 practical scenarios. Most of the products performed very well, but there were a few missteps here and there, dampening the result.
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[dhruv2193]

Kaspersky did not feature in this test.

[harlan4096]

Yeah weird!