Real-World Protection Test - November 2017

[jetman]

Kaspersky no longer amongst the very best ?

With all these spying claims, I'm thinking about switching back to Norton/Symantec. I have never seen them do badly in tests from any labs.

 

[SherKaan]

Shocking to see Kaspersky not consistently getting 100% results now. Way to go Microsoft. What a result again! A Poor result for Emsisoft - in my opinion. Another overrated product.

 

[francis de lorraine]

HELLO THE FORUM FOR ME ESET NOD 32 + VOODOOSHIELD COMBO EXTRA EFFICIENT

 

[Syafiq]

HELLO THE FORUM FOR ME ESET NOD 32 + VOODOOSHIELD COMBO EXTRA EFFICIENT

Hmmm.... No doubt, I have tried this combo and they are very light

 

[francis de lorraine]

yes light and especially effective !!!

i highly recommend butmay not be for beginners

 

[bribon77]

We know that the samples that are tested every month are not the same. As it is not always the same, there are variations, but with everything And that, for all Avs you have to prop them up with something that can be voodooshield or with another anti-executable. There is no AV 100%

 

[DeepWeb]

It's better to look at the July-Nov comparison chart rather than this. See who is consistently scoring well. Also note that these tests don't count in using security products in combination with others. It would be best to analyze the shortcomings of whatever product you are using and use another product to complement it.

I for one am a tinfoil hat user. I think AVs are software that can be just as vulnerable as other software. All you need is an admin or system token and you can shut the whole thing down so layered security is key.

 

[RoboMan]

So they are all pretty much 98.9%-100% except eScan and Adaware.

So in the end, this means use whatever you feel comfortable with. Whatever fits your budget. Whatever has the features/interface/extras you like. Because it really is a matter of 1% overall differences provided it's not eScan or Adaware.

Also note, Forticlient scores 98.9% here, but they didn't test 5.6.2, which has the new engine, exploit protection and some other under-the-hood changes. That wasn't out early enough to be included in this test. I'm making an assumption FortiClient would have popped 100% since this was a real-world test. (or close)

Indeed. To pick my software i take into account just a couple of simple items:

• Efficient, quick support
• Fast malware database update
• Built in tools to lock the system (like HIPS, System Watcher, etc)

Then "malware detection" and similar: useless data. Irrelevant unless you're a stupid careless user.