AV-TEST: Choosing the best security suite for Windows 10 is not an easy task, as you need to consider many different factors.
The price, whether it affects the performance of the system and obviously the efficiency of the suite are the three factors that the German independent testing company AV-TEST.
The company has just completed its latest tests in various security suites for Microsoft's latest operating system.
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The winners are almost the same as ever:
Kaspersky Internet Security, McAfee Internet Security and VIPRE AdvancedSecurity managed to capture the maximum score (18 points), with 6 points for protection, 6 for performance and 6 in usability.
The applications of AhnLab, Avira, the Bitdefender and Trend Micro were also tested by AV-TEST, although their score was slightly lower at 17,5 points.
The ugly surprise now comes from ESET's Internet Security, which has just scored 15 points. The lowest score was obtained from the performance test where it received only 4 points.
AV-TEST reported that to test the detection rates of each product ασφαλείας χρησιμοποίησε εντελώς νέα malware που κυκλοφορούσαν μόνο για μόλις λίγες ώρες, αλλά και δείγματα που ήταν ήδη γνωστά και δημιουργήθηκαν τις τελευταίες two weeks. In the performance tests, they ran a number of functions together with the suites, such as copying files, visiting web pages, λήψη, launch and install programs.
"A significantly higher system load was created by Comodo, K7 Computing, ESET and Panda Security. They received 4,5 to 3,5 points ", the company states.
As for the false reports or false positives, the productthose of Avira, K7, Kaspersky, McAfee, and Trend Micro came out on top with 0 to 3 false positives during testing, while Avira and Kaspersky had only one false positive.
The super duper software that Microsoft, Windows Defender and PC Pitstop want to pose between false and 25 false positives.
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