November 28, 2016 | Research
Five new malware programs per second, the return of traditional virus attacks on Windows systems, the Top 10 threats for macOS and Trojan attacks on Android: facts at a glance concerning these and...
October 28, 2016 | Other
Last quarter saw quite a number of reports on the Fitness Tracker security study. With even more media coverage of the highly controversial topic the momentum continued into this quarter as well....
October 26, 2016 | Research
Search engines such as Google and others provide access to roughly more than 1 billion websites and globally handle 4 to 6 billion search queries – daily. But how many malware threats lurk among the...
October 16, 2016 | Antivirus for Windows
The fact remains: Windows 7 is the most widely-used Windows version. It is running on over 40 percent of Windows computers worldwide – above all in companies. AV-TEST examined 12 enterprise solutions...
October 13, 2016 | Antivirus for Windows
Although Microsoft has been giving away its Windows 10 for some time now: Windows 7 is still being run on over 40% of all PCs worldwide. The latest test of 23 Internet security suites from the labs of...
September 22, 2016 | Research
How many private users read long and drawn-out privacy policies when buying or installing software anyway? Especially when it comes to security software. After all, these programs promise not only...
September 01, 2016 | Awards
The constantly increasingly number of networked devices and the variety of platforms used in the process require new measures, also in private households, for the safeguarding of personal data and...
August 22, 2016 | Parental control
With a smartphone, children also have the Internet in their pocket and are usually online 24 hours a day. Is security software for Android with parental control functions sufficient to protect our...
August 05, 2016 | Other
The second quarter saw quite a flurry of articles and publications by AV-TEST. Particular areas of focus, in addition to normal tests of security packages for private and corporate users, included the...











