- Aug 25, 2014
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Microsoft announced the end of mainstream support for Windows 7 as of January 13, 2015. Effective immediately, only essential security updates are available, and nothing else. That is why you ought to use one of the 28 security packages tested by AV-TEST to ensure perfect protection of Windows 7. A total of 5 products achieve almost a maximum point score.
Microsoft only just recently cut off all support for Windows XP, only to end mainstream support for Windows 7 shortly thereafter. This means that over the next 5 years, Microsoft will only be offering absolutely essential security patches – nothing else.
The use of good security software for Windows 7 is now becoming more important than ever. Even more reason for the labs at AV-TEST to conduct the latest tests of 27 Internet security solutions for Windows 7 and compare them to the 28th package, the freeware Security Essentials from Microsoft.
The experts at AV-TEST examined 17 purchased software and 11 freeware solutions, and compared them with one another. The best overall performers are the 3 commercial solutions from Bitdefender, Kaspersky and Trend Micro with 17.5 of 18 possible points.
Coming in close behind was the first freeware security package by the Chinese provider Qihoo 360 with 17 points. If one disregards the second version of Qihoo 360, as it is only available in China, the freeware version of Panda with 15.5 points only ranks in fifth place.
While the solution from Microsoft achieves 11 points overall, it receives 0 points in the vital rating of its protection function. Security Essentials was only able to detect slightly more than half the threats in the real-world test.
All the products were put through the ropes twice: once in November and once in December 2014. Afterwards, the results were aggregated. Because the laboratory always tests the latest products available, some of them are already the 2015 versions, while others are still from 2014.
28 Security Packages under Windows 7: At 17.5 points, a total of three products score just under the maximum of 18 points (AV-TEST, last amended in January 2015).
Test under Windows 7: For scanning results, Trend Micro stands out as the only product scoring 100 percent on each test (AV-TEST, last amended in January 2015).
Good job Trend Micro!
Thx! =D
Source: http://www.av-test.org/en/news/news...ty-packages-at-the-end-of-mainstream-support/
Microsoft only just recently cut off all support for Windows XP, only to end mainstream support for Windows 7 shortly thereafter. This means that over the next 5 years, Microsoft will only be offering absolutely essential security patches – nothing else.
The use of good security software for Windows 7 is now becoming more important than ever. Even more reason for the labs at AV-TEST to conduct the latest tests of 27 Internet security solutions for Windows 7 and compare them to the 28th package, the freeware Security Essentials from Microsoft.
The experts at AV-TEST examined 17 purchased software and 11 freeware solutions, and compared them with one another. The best overall performers are the 3 commercial solutions from Bitdefender, Kaspersky and Trend Micro with 17.5 of 18 possible points.
Coming in close behind was the first freeware security package by the Chinese provider Qihoo 360 with 17 points. If one disregards the second version of Qihoo 360, as it is only available in China, the freeware version of Panda with 15.5 points only ranks in fifth place.
While the solution from Microsoft achieves 11 points overall, it receives 0 points in the vital rating of its protection function. Security Essentials was only able to detect slightly more than half the threats in the real-world test.
All the products were put through the ropes twice: once in November and once in December 2014. Afterwards, the results were aggregated. Because the laboratory always tests the latest products available, some of them are already the 2015 versions, while others are still from 2014.
28 Security Packages under Windows 7: At 17.5 points, a total of three products score just under the maximum of 18 points (AV-TEST, last amended in January 2015).
Test under Windows 7: For scanning results, Trend Micro stands out as the only product scoring 100 percent on each test (AV-TEST, last amended in January 2015).
Good job Trend Micro!
Thx! =D
Source: http://www.av-test.org/en/news/news...ty-packages-at-the-end-of-mainstream-support/
