AV-TEST Award 2022: Tested and Award-Winning Security

For outstanding performance in protection against malware under Windows for consumer user products in the test period of 2022, the AV-TEST Institute confers the AV-TEST Best Protection 2022 Award for consumer users to Avast Free AntiVirus, AVG Internet Security, Avira Internet Security for Windows, McAfee Total Protection and Norton with Norton 360.

In view of perfect protection against malware, far above the industry average, the independent test institute AV-TEST is giving the Best Protection 2022 Award for security solutions for corporate users under Windows to the security products Symantec (Broadcom) Endpoint Security Complete and Trend Micro Apex One.

Good security products work quickly, silently and unobtrusively in the background. That is why they are also not supposed to show a conspicuously high system load under Windows. In the test period of 2022, a product for consumer users showed consistently that it not only provides strong protection, but also conserves system resources. For this, the institute is giving the AV-TEST Best Performance 2022 Award to the consumer user product PC Matic Application Whitelisting.

The protection of office PCs and notebooks with Windows needs to be good, and above all, it needs to occur with a low system load. Because especially in offices, the workstation PCs are not always new and fast. For its especially economical use of Windows system resources, the lab from AV-TEST is recognizing the corporate solution Kaspersky Endpoint Security with the AV-TEST Best Performance Award 2022.

Every false malware warning on a Windows PC is terribly unsettling for users and actually should not happen to a security program. That is why the lab evaluates in each test as to whether the security helpers are also able to distinguish between harmless and malware applications. For the best performance in this category, the institute is conferring the AV-TEST Best Usability 2022 Award to the security software for consumer users Kaspersky Internet Security.

In times of heavy ransomware and phishing attacks, security teams in corporate environments react quite nervously to any alarm sounded by an endpoint security solution for Windows. For less workload in the SOC team and IT support, solutions should not cause so-called false positives. For their outstanding performance in the detection of harmless or dangerous applications under Windows systems, the team from AV-TEST is conferring the Best Usability 2022 Award to the corporate solutions G DATA Endpoint Protection Business, Kaspersky Endpoint Security and Kaspersky Small Office Security.

For the first time in its 12-year award history, the AV-TEST Institute is conferring some awards in the category of ADVANCED PROTECTION. For live tests in the lab, consumer user products under Windows are required to fend off ransomware, for example. The lab evaluates the attack and its prevention step by step and awards its protection score. For outstanding enhanced protection against malware for consumer user products, AV-TEST is conferring the Best Advanced Protection 2022 Award to Microsoft Defender Antivirus and PC Matic Application Whitelisting.

In its new award category ADVANCED PROTECTION, the lab from AV-TEST recognizes superior protection solutions for corporate users, which are evaluated step by step in a live test. In doing so, it analyzes whether ransomware is detected, for example, or in which stage it is stopped fully or partially, or not at all. In terms of corporate user products with a consistently high protection score, AV-TEST is recognizing Microsoft Defender Antivirus and Xcitium Client Security with the AV-TEST Best Advanced Protection 2022 Award.

Some claim that the smartphone has now replaced the dog as man's most faithful companion. Today's mobile devices running Android are not only popular among consumer users, but also among cybercriminals, specifically as a target. For the best protection against apps infected with malware from all possible sources, the lab evaluates security apps for Android devices throughout the year. For peak performance and extraordinary overall protection of consumer users, the AV-TEST Institute is conferring the Best Android Security 2022 Award to the security apps Avast Mobile Security, AVG AntiVirus Free, Bitdefender Mobile Security, Norton with Norton 360 and Trend Micro Mobile Security.

It took some time before so-called experts also acknowledged the growing cyber risk for private users of MacOS devices. While Apple is already doing a good job with MacOS, users seeking more security should opt for security software. The lab at AV-TEST discovered the best system watchdogs for MacOS in continuous tests in 2022. For its special performance in protecting MacOS PCs for consumer users, the institute is conferring the AV-TEST Best MacOS Security 2022 Award to Avast Security, AVG AntiVirus, Norton 360 and Trend Micro Antivirus.

Although Windows PCs predominate in corporate environments, a large number of office PCs with MacOS systems do in fact exist. Corporate user PCs running on MacOS are not immune to security threats such as ransomware, which makes it necessary to protect these systems especially well. The best endpoint security solution tested in the AV-TEST lab is receiving the AV-TEST Best MacOS Security 2022 Award for its exceptional performance: CrowdStrike Falcon