AV-TEST Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) AV.TEST test January - June 2025

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The series of Advanced Threat Protection tests provides an impactful demonstration of how effectively security solutions – for both consumer users and corporate users – can withstand real attacks by ransomware or info stealers. The individual results of these ATP tests are already highly revealing. Yet, even greater insights can be gained when studying the results over a longer time period: the endurance test clearly shows which security solution stands out through consistently strong threat prevention. The endurance test conducted over six months under Windows 10, still the most widely used operating system, had a few surprises in store – and confirmed some things that experts already suspected.
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Divergent said:
The report's format requires careful interpretation. It forces the reader to differentiate between proven endurance (the 3-test products) and potential performance (the 1-test products).
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This can quickly be worked out by looking at the last column, max protection score. Naturally, 3 successful tests have more weight than 2 though. Every test consists of 10 attacks.
 
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The group involving 3 tests was the most interesting. It showed that the products for consumer users from McAfee, Kaspersky and Bitdefender also do a really good job in an endurance test. McAfee deserves special mention with its 105 out of 105 possible points. 👍
 
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Parkinsond said:
Seems like McAfee and ESET have switched places.
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Advanced Threat Protection Test 2024 - Consumer

AV-Comparatives' Advanced Threat Protection Test 2024 for Consumer security products released, testing the protection against advanced attacks
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The AV-Comparatives test is a highly technical, deep-dive evaluation of a product's advanced defense mechanisms. It's less about endurance and more about the quality and intelligence of its protection against the kind of attacks that a sophisticated hacker might use.

The AV-TEST report is better for understanding a product's day-to-day reliability and consistency against the massive volume of threats circulating in the wild over a long period. Both tests are valuable, but they measure very different aspects of a security product's capabilities.
 
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Divergent said:
The AV-Comparatives test is a highly technical, deep-dive evaluation of a product's advanced defense mechanisms. It's less about endurance and more about the quality and intelligence of its protection against the kind of attacks that a sophisticated hacker might use.

The AV-TEST report is better for understanding a product's day-to-day reliability and consistency against the massive volume of threats circulating in the wild over a long period. Both tests are valuable, but they measure very different aspects of a security product's capabilities.
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Not only AVC advanced threat protection, also the last two AV Test endurance tests before the last one of the thread, especially the later of Sep 2024.
Definitely McAfee much improved than not long time ago.

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13 security products in an endurance test: here are the best packages for Windows

Many consumer users don't see themselves as being in the crosshairs of cybergangsters. A major fallacy: because attackers are constantly foraging for interesting data, passwords or e-mail log-in details. This also includes entire Windows systems, as attacking botnets are always on the lookout...
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ATP endurance test: 31 security products for 6 months in the advanced Windows 10 test

Security products for consumer users and corporate users are faced with a formidable task. They have to protect systems around the clock and deal with the latest threats. Sometimes the products detect the attackers immediately – but sometimes only in a further defensive step. This is precisely...
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The series of Advanced Threat Protection tests provides an impactful demonstration of how effectively security solutions – for both consumer users and corporate users – can withstand real attacks by ransomware or info stealers.
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Only 4 AVs scored 100% on the tested samples ---> AhnLab, K7 Computing, McAfee, and Microsoft.
Of course, the results for AhnLab, K7 Computing, and Microsoft are not as convincing as those for McAfee, because of fewer tests (as noted by @oldschool).
 
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