- Dec 15, 2013
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AV-TEST has conducted a new in-depth research of antivirus products currently on the market to determine the apps with the highest level of protection, performance, and usability for Windows 7 home and corporate users.
The results aren’t surprising at all: Bitdefender, McAfee, and Kaspersky are still leading the charts, while Microsoft and QuickHeal are at the opposite pole of the charts. Despite the fact that Windows 10 is already on the market, and Windows 8 has been available since 2012, Windows 7 continues to be the world’s number one desktop operating system, so AV-TEST’s decision to evaluate security solutions developed for this OS version isn’t at all surprising.
Best antivirus software for home users
Right now, Bitdefender’s antivirus is the number one security solution on the market, having obtained the maximum of 6 points in each protection, performance, and usability tests. McAfee is the runner-up with 6 points for protection, 5.5 points for performance, and 6 points for usability, while Kaspersky comes third with 5.5, 6, and 6 points, respectively.
Avira is the best-rated free antivirus product and the fourth in the charts, with 6 points for protection, 5 for performance, and 6 for usability.
Microsoft and QuickHeal scored the worst and received only 3, 5, and 6 points and 4.5, 3, and 5.5 points, respectively for the very same categories. But in the case of Microsoft, it scored the biggest improvements, increasing from 9.5 points in the last tests to 14 points this time.
As far as corporate products are concerned, Trend Micro is said to provide the best virus protection or Windows 7, with a maximum of 6 points in every test performance by the institute. Bitdefender and McAfee are the runner-ups with 5.5 points in the performance category.
The last apps in the charts are Microsoft’s, with 2.5 points for protection, 5 points for performance, and 6 points for usability, and Seqrite’s with 4 points, 2.5 points, and 5.5 points, respectively. Read more