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March 12, 2000 | Text: Markus Selinger | Awards
AV-TEST Awards 2025 for AVG
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. The award in the test category of Best Usability under Windows for the continuous error-free detection of benign and malicious data without false alarms and the award in the category of Best MacOS Security, both for consumer users, go to AVG from Gen Digital.
AV-TEST Awards 2025
for AVG
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 AVG – special recognition for strong IT security
Strong protection software under Windows must be able to clearly distinguish friend from foe, otherwise there is a risk of false alarms and harmless files or applications ending up quarantined. This is precisely what the AV-TEST laboratory evaluates in its usability tests. For its exceptional performance in this test category, the AV-TEST Institute chose AVG Internet Security for the Best Usability 2025 Award for Consumer Users under Windows.
AVG earned another award with its MacOS software. In all tests in 2025, the security package showed how superbly it can protect the Apple system. For this impeccable protection, the AV-TEST team is giving the Best MacOS Security 2025 Award for Consumer Users to the software AVG AntiVirus from Gen Digital.
“The AV-TEST team is delighted to present AVG with two of the coveted awards for consumer user products. AVG from Gen Digital absolutely deserves both awards for its outstanding performance in the detection of harmless and dangerous files under Windows and its consistently perfect protection under MacOS. We really have to congratulate AVG on winning the Best Usability Award under Windows and Best MacOS Security Award, both for consumer users", confirms Marcel Wabersky, Lead Mobile & Network Testing at AV-TEST.
