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March 12, 2000 | Text: Markus Selinger | Awards
AV-TEST Awards 2025 for Avast
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. Avast receives the Best Usability Award for perfectly distinguishing between harmless and dangerous data on Windows PCs for consumer users, without triggering false alarms. In addition, the AV-TEST Institute recognizes the consistently reliable protection of MacOS systems in all tests, presenting Avast with the Best MacOS Security Award for Consumer Users.
AV-TEST Awards 2025
for Avast
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 Awards for Avast – special recognition for strong IT security
Users typically experience a state of shock when a security software sounds an alarm and classifies an application or file as a major threat. That is why the AV-TEST team examines how solid security packages are in terms of avoiding false alarms in the usability category. The protection product Avast Free Antivirus has shown in all 2025 tests how well it can distinguish dangerous data from benign data. The AV-TEST Institute presents Avast with the Best Usability 2025 Award for Consumer Users under Windows, recognizing its perfect performance without false alarms.
In addition to Windows, protecting MacOS is no easy task. More and more malware, found on the Internet, explicitly targets the Apple system. Avast Security has proven itself particularly well in tests of security packages under MacOS and has always delivered top results. For this performance, Avast is the recipient of the Best MacOS Security 2025 Award for Consumer Users.
"Avast has repeatedly proven to the experts at AV-TEST in all tests that it can reliably distinguish between harmless and malicious data under Windows. For this strong performance, Avast Free Antivirus has earned the special Best Usability Award for Consumer Users under Windows. We would also like to congratulate the company on winning the Best MacOS Security Award for Consumer Users for its consistent protection performance in the MacOS tests. Two awards that Avast has truly earned", declares Erik Heyland, Head of Testing Labs at AV-TEST.
