After all this time I did not reviewed the best antivirus test, today I will discuss about the
best antivirus in the end of the end of 2012. As the main reference or references, today I will see from the results
av-test.org, independent agency pengetest antivirus that is quite popular.
av-test.org is an institution which is engaged in
security and antivirus. In addition to test various antivirus software regularly, they also provide certified antivirus, and other publications. Armed with massive data collected over 15 years (100 million virus-free files / clean and 95 million malicious files / malware), of testnya result could be a consideration.
av-test.org split into 3 sections:
Protection, Repair and Usability (protection from attack capabilities, the ability to fix the system after terinfesi and test the use of such performance, convenience, etc.). Test performed on several different systems, ranging from Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. In this article I use the reference test for Windows 7, because this is the most updated.
Seeing the results of the last test antivirus
av-test.org, can be sorted list of the best antivirus approximately as follows (I just take each top 9 of 24 products tested)
| Proteksi | Repair | Usability |
|---|
Bitdefender : Internet Security 2013
F-Secure: Internet Security 2012 & 2013
Trend Micro: Titanium Maximum Security 2013
G Data: InternetSecurity 2013
Kaspersky: Internet Security 2013
Symantec: Norton Internet Security 2013
Check Point: ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall 10.2
Qihoo: 360 Antivirus 3.0
Avast: Free AntiVirus 7.0 | Bitdefender: Internet Security 2013
F-Secure: Internet Security 2012 & 2013
Kaspersky: Internet Security 2013
AhnLab: V3 Internet Security 8.0
Symantec: Norton Internet Security 2013
GFI: VIPRE Internet Security 2012 & 2013
AVG: Internet Security 2012 & 2013
Avast: Free AntiVirus 7.0
Avira: Internet Security 2012 & 2013 | Fortinet: FortiClient Lite 4.3
Microsoft: Security Essentials 4.0 & 4.1
Kaspersky: Internet Security 2013
Avast: Free AntiVirus 7.0
Check Point: ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall 10.2
Webroot: SecureAnywhere Complete 8.0
ESET: Smart Security 5.2
Symantec: Norton Internet Security 2013
Bitdefender: Internet Security 2013 |
Seeing the results of the latest test, there is no doubt that Bitdefender: Internet Security 2013 both superior protection and repair (although Usability is still relatively low). Excluding results from the product "Internet Security", for free antivirus users (free antivirus), av-test results of Avast Free Antivirus 7.0 can be taken into consideration, as well protection, repair and usability is quite good. Is superior to other free antivirus (which tested) even superior to some other internet security products. Further to the next category of Free choice is ZoneAlarm Antivirus + Firewall Free 2.10
To view the test results in more detail, please go directly to the page Test Home User Product in
http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/windows-7/sepoct-2012/
