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March 12, 2000 | Text: Markus Selinger | Awards
AV-TEST Award 2025 for TotalAV
For quite some time, robust cybersecurity has not only been a guarantor of data protection. In times of ransomware, infostealers and other dangerous malware, it is all the more important to provide all-round protection, e.g. for identities, financial, system and network information. AV-TEST experts in the test labs ascertain in thousands of tests which protection products on the market keep their protection promise for Windows, Mac and Android, and based on the findings, the lab issues certificates for tested security. The AV-TEST Awards 2025 mark the 15th time that the institute has recognized the best security products for consumer users and companies that have consistently proven themselves with top scores in all tests. For its robust detection of harmless and malicious files and applications under Windows and no false alarms, TotalAV Premium receives the Best Usability 2025 Award for Consumer Users.
AV-TEST Award 2025
for TotalAV
AV-TEST Award – for tested and reliable IT security
There are many product reviews on the Internet. But truly professional tests always adhere to standards and are therefore fully comprehensible and reproducible at all times – as has been the case with all tests in the labs of the AV-TEST Institute for over 20 years.
All tested products for Windows, Mac and Android platforms for consumer users or corporate users are subject to these test standards, which can also be viewed on the AV-TEST website. The testers document the test findings with great reliability and extreme precision. They only award a certificate for tested security if a product fulfills the set test criteria in the evaluated areas of Protection, Performance and Usability. If the results are outstanding, products also earn further recognition as a TOP PRODUCT.
Along with testing Windows solutions at set intervals, the laboratory also carries out Advanced Threat Protection tests, or ATP tests for short. In these special tests, the security products have to prove themselves repeatedly in real-life scenarios in which, depending on the threat situation, the latest attack techniques from ransomware and infostealers are deployed.
All products continuously proving themselves in the ongoing tests by achieving top scores are found in the latest AV-TEST Awards 2025 evaluation matrix. This year, the test experts at the AV-TEST Institute are presenting 25 awards to 12 different manufacturers. The awards are available in 11 categories, divided into Protection, Performance, Usability and Advanced Protection under Windows. Added to this are Mac Security and Android Security. Every manufacturer can rightfully take pride in their award – some of them even with several awards – as the pathway to one of the coveted trophies is long. Consumer users and corporate users can quickly identify reliable and continuously tested protection products on the basis of the award. In doing so, they acquire an important element of security or may even already be making use of it.
AV-TEST Award for TotalAV – special recognition for strong IT security
A malware alert under Windows throws users into a state of shock. After all, it makes it appear that all important files and images are at risk. Should it turn out later that it was a false alarm, users will quickly lose confidence in their system and the protection solution. A glance at the TotalAV test results reveals a better way.
In all lab tests in 2025, the Premium protection package from TotalAV proved in all usability tests under Windows that it can perfectly distinguish the dangerous files and applications from harmless ones. The package did not trigger any false alarms. For this great job, the AV-TEST Institute confers the Best Usability 2025 Award for Consumer Users on TotalAV Premium.
"An error and a resulting false alarm can have vast consequences. TotalAV knows this as well, always proceeding very professionally when distinguishing between dangerous and harmless files and applications. For this solid work in all our usability tests under Windows, we are delighted to present the Best Usability 2025 Award for Consumer Users to TotalAV Premium and extend our congratulations to the winner", says Erik Heyland, Head of Testing Labs at AV-TEST.
