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March 12, 2000 | Text: Markus Selinger | Awards
AV-TEST Awards 2025 for McAfee
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. McAfee receives three awards for its continuously strong test scores in the extended ATP protection test, for its consistently high results in the Windows performance tests and for its low rate of false alarms. For its product McAfee Total Protection, AV-TEST presents the awards Best Advanced Protection, Best Performance and Best Usability under Windows – all for consumer users.
AV-TEST Awards 2025
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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 McAfee – special recognition for strong IT security
In the advanced protection tests under Windows, the lab experts evaluate how well protection products also act and protect against ransomware and infostealers using the latest attack techniques. The so-called Advanced Threat Protection tests, each with 10 real scenarios, are important proof of how well a solution can provide overall protection with all modules. Total Protection from McAfee impressed the testers with top scores in all tests in 2025. Which is why the AV-TEST Institute is presenting McAfee with the Best Advanced Protection 2025 Award for Consumer Users.
In addition to good security, users appreciate a protection solution that does not slow down the operating system in all its processes. Thus, the test team notes the extent to which the protection is at the expense of system resources during all Windows tests. The Total Protection solution has always demonstrated in these tests what a good and exemplary job it does in handling available resources. For this special achievement, McAfee has earned the Best Performance 2025 Award for Consumer Users.
In addition, Total Protection proved in all tests how well it can always distinguish harmless from dangerous files and applications in the usability test category. McAfee is also recognized with the Best Usability 2025 Award for Consumer Users for its perfect detection without false alarms.
“The team of the AV-TEST Institute is delighted to be able to present McAfee with three of the highly coveted trophies. The manufacturer received the first two commendations in the form of two awards for the consistently well-controlled use of system resources of the user PCs and for the clear distinction between benign and dangerous files. The year-round test results in the ATP tests also convinced the team that McAfee deserved another award in this area. We at AV-TEST are pleased to present McAfee with the three well-deserved awards Best Performance, Best Advanced Protection and Best Usability for its Total Protection product. Congratulations to the winner!”, says Marcel Wabersky, Lead Mobile & Network Testing at AV-TEST.