The report also includes a detailed user-interface review of each product, providing an insight into what it is like to use in typical day-to-day management scenarios. These ensure that the endpoint protection software does not cause significant numbers of false alarms, which can be particularly disruptive in business networks. Performance Test checks that tested products do not provide protection at the expense of slowing down the system.įor each of the protection tests, a False Positives Test is run. on the local area network or external drives. The Malware Protection Test requires the tested products to detect malicious programs that could be encountered on the company systems, e.g. It tests how well the endpoint protection software can protect the system against Internet-borne threats.

Real-World Protection Test: The Real-World Protection Test is a long-term test run over a period of four months. To be certified in July 2022 as an 'Approved Business Product' by AV-Comparatives, the tested products must score at least 90% in the Malware Protection Test, with zero false alarms on common business software, a rate below 'Remarkably High' for false positives on non-business files and must score at least 90% in the overall Real-World Protection Test over the course of four months, with less than one hundred false alarms on clean software/websites.Įndpoint security solutions for enterprise and SMB from 18 leading vendors were put through the Business Main-Test Series 2022H1: Acronis, Avast, Bitdefender, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Cybereason, Elastic, ESET, G Data, K7, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, Microsoft, Sophos, Trellix, VIPRE, VMware and WatchGuard. The test report shows how security products have adapted to these and improved protection over the years. The threat landscape continues to evolve rapidly, presenting antivirus vendors with new challenges.

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