AV-TEST The best Windows antivirus software for home users (February 2022)

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

During January and February 2022 we continuously evaluated 18 home user security products using their default settings. We always used the most current publicly-available version of all products for the testing. They were allowed to update themselves at any time and query their in-the-cloud services. We focused on realistic test scenarios and challenged the products against real-world threats. Products had to demonstrate their capabilities using all components and protection layers.

Results:

Test antivirus software for Windows 10 - August 2024

The current tests of antivirus software for Windows 10 from August 2024 of AV-TEST, the leading international and independent service provider for antivirus software and malware.

www.av-test.org

Excel file with more details:

https://www.av-test.org/fileadmin/Tests/Data/2022/avtest_summary_consumer_windows_2022-02.xlsx

Charts:

 

[cofer123]

ESET is strangely missing. Anyone knows why?

 

[blackice]

ESET is strangely missing. Anyone knows why?

They decided not to participate. Usually due to the cost.

 

[ForgottenSeer 94654]

Oooo look. 14 out of 18 got top marks. Too bad that's not reality when it counts.

 

[simbatippe1234]

Bitdefender did good, I am happy to see, also Kaspersky did outstanding, these two AV-Suites are my favorites, regardless.

 

[Sammo]

Bitdefender did good, I am happy to see, also Kaspersky did outstanding, these two AV-Suites are my favorites, regardless.

Me too.

 

[L0ckJaw]

G-Data is doing good all this time

 

[SeriousHoax]

ESET is strangely missing. Anyone knows why?

ESET participated in the Business test. The home and business test is exactly the same, and ESET provides the same protection in their home and business version in this scenario. So you can check that result instead.

Test antivirus software for Windows 10 - August 2024

The current tests of antivirus software for Windows 10 from August 2024 of AV-TEST, the leading international and independent service provider for antivirus software and malware.

www.av-test.org

 

[Shadowra]

In most cases, Microsoft Defender is more than sufficient, especially considering the developments brought by Microsoft ....

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

ESET participated in the Business test. The home and business test is exactly the same, and ESET provides the same protection in their home and business version in this scenario. So you can check that result instead.

Test antivirus software for Windows 10 - August 2024

The current tests of antivirus software for Windows 10 from August 2024 of AV-TEST, the leading international and independent service provider for antivirus software and malware.

www.av-test.org

The only problem with that is the home products are tested on default settings and the business products on settings provided by the vendor.
We don't know what settings were changed.

 

[SeriousHoax]

The only problem with that is the home products are tested on default settings and the business products on settings provided by the vendor.
We don't know what settings were changed.

Very good point. For ESET, maybe they changed the protection sensitivity to aggressive, like they do in AVC tests. I have tried and used ESET Endpoint trial version for a while last year and basically everything is exactly the same as the home version except it didn't have a Firewall. So it mainly depends on what this aggressive setting does, which doesn't seem to make much or any difference 99% of the time (in my test made no difference).

 

[ForgottenSeer 94654]

The only problem with that is the home products are tested on default settings and the business products on settings provided by the vendor.
We don't know what settings were changed.

Antivirus vendor's really do not want people (home user or business) changing the default settings because they know those people cannot handle the software\security.

 

[Anthony Qian]

ESET is strangely missing. Anyone knows why?

Here is the reply/explanation from AV-Test:

Hello Anthony, thank you for contacting us. We have analyzed the business solution ESET Endpoint Security in our latest Windows 10 test run. Please finde the results here Test antivirus software for Windows 10 - February 2022
The detection rate is comparable with the privat users version.