Testing included twenty-three (23) performance metrics.
These performance metrics are as follows:
• Boot Time
• Scan Time
• User Interface Launch Time
• Memory Usage during System Idle
• Memory Usage during Initial Scan
• Browse Time • Edge Launch Time
• Installation Time
• Installation Size
• File Copy, Move and Delete
• Third-Party Applications Installation Time
• Network Throughput • File Format Conversion
• File Compression and Decompression
• PE Scan Time
• File Copy Disk to Disk
• File Copy Over Network
• File Download
• PCMark 8 Home Score
• Word Document Launch and Open Time
• Run Excel Macro
• Save Word Document as PDF
• USB 3.0 File Copy
That Norton scored #1 -- and it wasn't even close -- does not surprise me at all.
If anybody goes back and does a compilation of all the professional AV tests of 2019, by AVLab, AV-Test, AV-C, SE Labs, MRG.... Norton wins. Out of the box, it is the superior capability. Yes, contrary to the prevailing winds around here -- it is holistically better than Kaspersky.
Disclaimer--
Of course this is at default settings -- and when you hang out here at MT... you add other products and make tweaks which change your security effectiveness profile overall. So having the best AV at default settings is not really a meaningful standard applicable to this crowd.
The problem with Norton is the future... they may be sold and then who knows what will happen to the product..