About AV-Test GmbH

The company AV-Test GmbH is a worldwide operating and leading service provider for IT security testing and consultancy services. Our team has more than 15 years of experience in the area of anti-virus research and data security. Every year we perform more than 2,500 product tests of anti-virus, anti-spyware, personal firewalls and related products on behalf of vendors, integrators (OEM), corporate users and magazines.

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PC World: Top Paid Antivirus Software of 2010

2009-11-24

What's the best advanced antivirus? In cooperation with PC World, we've reviewed the 2010 editions of Alwil Avast, Avira AntiVir, BitDefender, Eset Nod32, F-Secure, G Data, Kaspersky Lab, McAfee, Panda, Symantec (Norton Antivirus) and Trend Micro. Click here for the latest test report. A quick comparison can be found here.

Tolly Group: UTM and Web Security Appliance Tests

2009-11-15

In cooperation with the Tolly Group, we have tested the malware detection of Unified Threat Management (UTM) Appliances from Netgear, Fortinet, SonicWall and WatchGuard Technologies. The review can be found here (registration required). Besides this, we have tested the Web Security Appliances from Wedge Networks and Fortinet. For more details click here (registration required).

PC World: Can You Trust Free Antivirus Software?

2009-08-25

For the PC World magazine, we've tested the free (personal) editions of Avira AntiVir, Alwil Avast, AVG, Comodo, Microsoft Security Essentials (Beta) as well as PC Tools Antivirus. You can find the full review here and an at-a-glance summary here.