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AV-Comparatives has published (PDF) the results of its August study which evaluates antivirus performance with on-demand scanning.
Published in March and September, the group’s so-called “on-demand scanning” test pits antivirus suites against the world’s most comprehensive body of 1.6 million (and growing) known viral strains. Applications are ranked in separate metrics which include detection rate, false positive rate and scanning speed. The firm also provides an award system which categorizes the apps in one of three levels according to their accuracy less false positives.
Ideally, antivirus packages should be able to detect known viruses to a high degree of accuracy, but AV-Comparatives’ studies prove that this is never the case.
G DATA and AVIRA continue to lead overall detection rates.
The percentage of known strains missed by each tested app.
AVIRA and GDATA trade detection accuracy for a higher number of false alarms.
Avast and Symantec lead the pack when it comes to scanning speed.
Overall, G DATA, Symantec, Avast, F-Secure, BitDefender, eScan and NOD32 get the nod for the group’s highest ADVANCED+ security rating. Meanwhile, we continue to prefer AVIRA amongst both paid and unpaid applications. A small degree of false positives is a small trade for high accuracy and the low price of $0.
AV-Comparatives publishes four yearly reports which analyze the industry’s leading antivirus applications. Their March and September publications evaluate a suite’s performance against a body of known viral strains, while the June and December reports test a suite’s proactive detection rates against unknown infections. AVIRA also holds the top spot for AV-Comparatives’ last proactive tests published in June.
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