MRG Effitas tests (Q4 2019-Q3 2020)
Cumulative results of all 4 tests from 2 last years:
Microsoft Word - MRG_Effitas_2019Q4_360.docx (mrg-effitas.com) (mrg-effitas.com)
Microsoft Word - MRG_Effitas_2020Q1_360.docx (mrg-effitas.com) (mrg-effitas.com)
Microsoft Word - MRG_Effitas_2020Q2_360.docx (mrg-effitas.com) (mrg-effitas.com)
Microsoft Word - MRG_Effitas_2020Q3_360.docx (mrg-effitas.com) (mrg-effitas.com)
Exploit/Fileless
-----AV vendor-------------Missed samples----------------------------------------------
Bitdefender Endpoint Security.....................0+0+0+0.
Eset Endpoint Security.................................0+0+0+0
Microsoft Defender......................................1+1+0+0 ASR rules enabled
*Kaspersky Small Office Security................0+1+*0+*1
F-Secure Computer Protection Premium......2+2+0+0.
Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud...........0+3+1+1
Avast Business Antivirus...............................1+1(2)+2+1(1)
Trend Micro Security......................................0+4+3+2
Avira Antivirus Pro..........................................2+4+3+3
*McAfee Endpoint Security............................4+3+3+*3
The AVs are sorted by the total number of missed samples. The numbers in brackets for Avast are related to detected samples that were not blocked/quarantined. Kaspersky did not participate in the last two tests, so I included the average of the two first tests (labeled by asterisks). McAfee did not participate in the last test, so the average from the first 3 tests was added.
MRG Effitas tests (Q4 2019-Q3 2020)
In the Wild + PUA + Ransomware + Financial
--------AV vendor-------------------------------------- Missed samples
Eset Endpoint Security.................................=2(3)
*Kaspersky Small Office Security................=*2(4)
Bitdefender Endpoint Security.....................=3(5)
Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud.........=7(2) <--------- corrected missed PUA
Microsoft Defender......................................=8(5) ASR rules enabled
Avast Business Antivirus...............................=10(17)
F-Secure Computer Protection Premium.....=27(14)
*McAfee Endpoint Security............................=*25(30)
Avira Antivirus Pro....................... ..................=51(24)
Trend Micro Security..................... ................=113(9)
The numbers in the brackets are the samples missed but blocked in 24 hours. Kaspersky did not participate in the last two tests test, but I added the average from the two first tests. McAfee did not participate in the last test, so the average from the first three tests was added. The AVs are sorted by the sum of missed samples: not blocked in 24 hours + blocked in 24 hours.
Warning!
The results from the particular quarter do not reflect the real protection in the wild related to this quarter. This follows from a too-small number of tested samples. The AVs in green cannot be probably distinguished from each other for the same reason. For example in the first 3 tests (
Q4 2019-Q2 2020), Bitdefender was after Microsoft Defender (In The Wild + PUA + Ransomware + Financial).
Edit.
Calculating the total number of missed samples from different categories is not a proper statistical method. I tried to use it to see any difference between top AVs. But, this difference is too small anyway.