We found out the strongest antivirus software as of November 2012

ByAlberto + Cerriteño

AV-TESTThe test results of 24 types of antivirus software conducted in September and October 2012 were announced. If a certain standard is satisfied, a certification mark "AV-TEST CERTIFIED" will be issued, but this time, only one of the 24 types is not accepting this issue.

AV-TEST - The Independent IT-Security Institute: Sep / Oct 2012
http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/windows-7/sepoct-2012/


The following 24 software was tested. It is included regardless of whether it is free or charged. As a test environment, Windows 7 SP1 (32 bit version) machine is used.

AhnLab: V3 Internet Security 8.0
Avast: Free AntiVirus 7.0
AVG: Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012 & 2013
AVG: Internet Security 2012 & 2013
Avira: Internet Security 2012 & 2013
Bitdefender: Internet Security 2013
BullGuard: Internet Security 12.0 & amp; 13.0
Check Point: ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall 10.2
ESET: Smart Security 5.2
F-Secure: Internet Security 2012 & 2013
Fortinet: FortiClient Lite 4.3
G Data: InternetSecurity 2013
GFI: VIPRE Internet Security 2012 & 2013
Kaspersky: Internet Security 2013(Kaspersky)
Lavasoft: Ad-Aware Pro Security 10.2 & 10.3
McAfee: Internet Security 2013(McAfee)
Microsoft: Security Essentials 4.0 & 4.1
Norman: Security Suite Pro 9.0
Panda Security: Cloud Antivirus FREE 2.0
PC Tools: Internet Security 2012
Qihoo: 360 Antivirus 3.0
Symantec: Norton Internet Security 2013(Symantec)
Trend Micro: Titanium Maximum Security 2013(Trend Micro)
Webroot: SecureAnywhere Complete 8.0

Check items are divided into three genres roughly, has overall index is calculated by the results of small items, each with three to four.

First, check the protection capability of malware such as viruses, worms, Trojan horses in general "PROTECTIONThe results of arranging the numerical values ​​in the order of good was like this. The test was 6.0 full marks.

6.0 points:Bitdefender, F-Secure, Trend Micro, G Data
5.5 points:Kaspersky, Symantec (Norton), Check Point (Zone Alarm), Qihoo
5.0 points:Avast, BullGuard, Webroot, PC Tools
4.5 points:AVG Internet Security, AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
4.0 points:Lavasoft (Ad-Aware), Avira, Panda Security, McAfee
3.5 points:GFI (VIPRE), Norman, Fortinet, ESET
3.0 points:Ahn Lab
1.5 points:Microsoft

The test contents are "Protection capability from zero day attack including web and e-mail (102 samples)" "Detection capability for malware assimilation discovered in the last 2 to 3 months (sample 277,799)" " Three of the detection capabilities (5000 samples) for malware that we are doing are carried out twice in September and October respectively.

Among them, Trend Micro is a test of two times, and each of the three small items is 100% full score. "Detection capability against widespread malware" was 100% for all software, but with an average of 89% on protection from zero day attack, Microsoft is 69% in September and 69% in September It ended at a low score of 64%, and received a low rating of 1.5 points in total.

Next, check out the malware removal and PC repair ability "REPAIR"The results arranged in the result. The small items are "Detecting ability of malware in active state such as rootkit and stealth malware (sample 40)" "ability to delete all active components of malware (40 samples]" "Malicious malware Deletion ability, and repair capacity of important parts of the system (40 samples) ".

6.0 points:Bitdefender
5.0 points:F-Secure
4.5 points:Kaspersky, AhnLab, Symantec (Norton), GFI (VIPRE), AVG Internet Security
4.0 points:Avast, Avira, Check Point (ZoneAlarm), Trend Micro, Lavasoft (Ad-Aware), G Data
3.5 points:Norman, AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition, Qihoo, BullGuard, Microsoft
3.0 points:Fortinet, ESET
2.5 points:PC Tools, Webroot, Panda Security
2.0 points:McAfee

Only Bitdefender was out of 6.0 points. The difference appeared in the part of "malicious ability to delete malware and ability to repair important parts of the system", product average is 60%. McAfee exceeded the average by 63% in this part, but the average was lower than the average by 10 points or more in the other two items.

Check the effects on the computer during software installation etc "USABILITYHere is the result of. The small items are "computer performance degradation when using antivirus software on a daily basis (sample 5)", "false positives malware misdetection of software without problems" (samples 65 thousand 7250 cases), " False warning (27 samples) at the time of downloading, installing, "When downloading problem-free software, erroneous block at installation (27 samples)".


5.5 points:Fortinet, Microsoft
5.0 points:Kaspersky, Avast, Check Point (ZoneAlarm), Webroot, ESET, Symantec (Norton), Bitdefender, McAfee
4.5 points:F-Secure, Trend Micro, AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition, BullGuard, G Data, AVG Internet Security,
4.0 points:Avira, PC Tools, Norman, Qihoo, GFI (VIPRE)
3.5 points:Ahn Lab

Microsoft's Security Essentials which was overall delicate performance, but this item is excellent, especially 0 false alarms and misblocks. The lowest point of AhnLab V3 Internet Security was 3 false alarms and 4 erroneous blocks.

As a result of these tests, 23 kinds of software except Microsoft Security Essentials became "AV-TEST CERTIFIED". Especially, Bitdefender which got full marks in Protection and Repair and has high usability seems to be the most useful antivirus software at the moment. Since Microsoft Security Essentials is provided free of charge by Microsoft, it may be that some people think that it is okay if there is no other antivirus software if you use it, but think about about the talisman level to the last Put it down please.