AV-TEST the best antivirus for Windows home users (with surprises)

The well-known company AV TEST published the των δοκιμών Φεβρουαρίου 2019. Έτσι αν τρέχετε 10 and you don't just trust Windows Defender for it of your device, read below.

This time, the new research came with surprises, and as you will see, high-profile security vendors such as Bitdefender and Kaspersky have failed to reach the top of the test scores.

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AV-TEST test results February 2019

But let's start with the the security ones that had the highest rating. The security suites F-Secure SAFE, McAfee Internet Security and Symantec Norton Security received the top score of 18 points with 6 points in each test for protection, performance and usability.

Kaspersky Internet Security, which until recently was the ultimate leader of antivirus, received 17,5 units after it lost 0,5 points in its performance test.

On the other hand, Bitdefender Internet Security fell to 16,5 units. The same result was achieved by AhnLab V3 Internet Security and Microworld eScan Internet Security Suite. The Bitdefender application took 5,5 units for protection, 5,5 units for performance and 5,5 units for usability.

The Trend Micro Security Security application also dropped 16,5 units. This product was rated with 5,5, 5,0 and 6,0 units for protection, performance and usability respectively.

Malwarebytes Premium received the lowest test result (14 units) after being rated with 4,5 units for protection, 5 units for performance and 4,5 units for usability.

Microsoft's Windows Defender is still a truly advanced security product, having managed to once again have a total score of 17 points (6 points for protection and 5,5 points for performance and usability).

See the AV TEST charts (click to enlarge)

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