AV-Comparatives regularly holds testing of anti-virus products by two various ways - the test of proactive protection (reveals ability of antiviruses to find out attack of harmful programs) and the test of signature protection (checks as antiviruses use the dictionary of known viruses for detection of new threats).
In the proactive test of the highest rating (ADVANCED +) have received Avira and Kaspersky.
Rating "ADVANCED" have received - G Data, ESET, Panda, TrustPort, Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, F-Secure, BitDefender, and eScan.
The rating - "STANDART", has earned antivirus Sophos.
Despite decrease in indicators, ability of anti-virus products to detection of harmful programs has hardly decreased.
The full report and comparative analysis of results for 2011 will be published in July.
The test of proactive protection
In comparison with the previous tests executed in November of last year, results of many tested programs have decreased.In the proactive test of the highest rating (ADVANCED +) have received Avira and Kaspersky.
Rating "ADVANCED" have received - G Data, ESET, Panda, TrustPort, Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, F-Secure, BitDefender, and eScan.
The rating - "STANDART", has earned antivirus Sophos.
Despite decrease in indicators, ability of anti-virus products to detection of harmful programs has hardly decreased.
Testing of complex remedies
Full dynamic test was conducted jointly antivirus AV-Comparatives and the Institute of Innsbruck was supported by the Austrian government. Testing was conducted every day for several months. System under the protection of seventeen antivirus exposed to thousands of malicious URL-addresses. Using the automated procedure that determines whether the antivirus blocking malicious attacks, missed it or have requested user's discretion.The full report and comparative analysis of results for 2011 will be published in July.
