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AV-Test.org - 21 Internet Security Suites Put to a 6-month Endurance Test under Windo
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Spam and phishing e-mails, Trojans, and ransomware are at the top of the list of cyber threats. Anyone seeking solid and convenient protection ought to rely on a security package for Windows. For a full 6 months, the lab at AV-TEST vetted the quality of protection provided by these products. The findings yielded a few surprises.

In most cases, the threat comes in the form of a dangerous link or spam attachment, or lurks as a download link in an e-mail or on a website. Just one click, one download later, and you suddenly have a Trojan or similar malware in your system. If you are hit by ransomware, you'll notice it right away, because the entire system and all available drives, along with any accessible NAS devices, for instance, will be encrypted. On the other hand, if you catch a crypto Trojan, the system will suddenly begin mining Bitcoins or some other cryptocurrency, and you may not even notice it.

Anyone wanting to stay up-to-date on cyber threats ought to take a look at the AV-ATLAS platform. It allows users to query threats or track malware statistics in real-time. From January to July 2021 alone – the time in which this endurance test took place – AV-TEST registered just under 100 million new malware samples in its database.

Which makes it all the more advisable to use one of the security packages evaluated. The laboratory examined a total of 21 security packages and suites over 6 months in many individual tests in the laboratory.

21 security packages put to the test – 14 in the TOP echelon

The lab tested a total of 21 products in hundreds of individual tests from January to June 2021. Included in the test were solutions from AhnLab, Avast, AVG, Avira, Bitdefender, BullGuard, ESET, F-Secure, G DATA, K7 Computing, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, McAfee, Microsoft, Microworld, Northguard, NortonLifeLock, PC Matic, Protected.net, Trend Micro and VIPRE Security.

Each package was thoroughly examined in this endurance test every month in the categories of protection, performance and usability. For each category, the lab awards up to 6 points – i.e. a maximum of 18 points. 5 products earned this top score in the endurance test. They came from Avast, Kaspersky, Microsoft, Northguard and NortonLifeLock. An additional 9 products received 17.8 to 17.5 points. In a monthly standard test, these 14 products would be able to receive an additional TOP rating for their outstanding performance. Microsoft Defender, the solution embedded in Windows 10, yielded a huge surprise. It exhibited flawless performance in the endurance test, scoring a full 18 points.
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