AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test February-May 2026

[Parkinsond]

Real-World Protection Test February-May 2026

The first half year results of the ongoing Consumer Real-World Protection Test for February-May 2026 are now available.

av-comparatives.org

 

[Moonhorse]

Defender with zero fps, quite impressive. Glad i ditched sophos/f-secure and went for defender

Do g-data has still beast in their products, otherwise it only uses bitdefender signatures? Just bit of difference in results both these two

 

[Mndgs]

Dang Eset and F Secure pretty missed this test :/

 

[LinuxFan58]

Defender with zero fps, quite impressive

End of 2025 when I completely moved to Linux on my new laptop, I removed my second TB HD which I kept for data on my old Windows desktop and ran real malware test on Windows 10 with WHHL light (WDAC ISG excluding UAC protected folders, SRP deny scripts in user folders, allowing executables and Defender on HIGH using configure defender with firewall wall hardening) and threw every malware I could lay my hands on it (for free) and NPE and HMP only found inactive remnants of intrusion attempts. The router firewall logs showed nothing funny, so I dare say it was not infected.

After two months of throwing rocks at Windows it was still functional and I had to wipe the system before bringing it to recycle collection point. So with safe hex practice Defender is a solid choice when you up his defenses with Configure Defender.