March 01, 2016 | Awards
With the cloud in Germany, Microsoft is offering a solution in compliance with strict German data protection regulations. Among other things, this is safeguarded by the company's own data centers set...
February 23, 2016 | Repair tests for Windows
Can a security suite completely clean up and repair a Windows system after an infection? In a sophisticated lab test throughout the year 2015, involving 4 test rounds, 7 products demonstrate their...
January 25, 2016 | Other
Included in the latest Media Coverage are many online media sources that have reported on the tests and articles published by AV-TEST. In this compilation, you'll find reports on: security suites for...
December 27, 2015 | Antivirus for Android
From July to December 2015, 25 protection apps for Android had to show their stuff. The object was to detect over 20,000 infected apps, some of which had only been in circulation for a few hours. Only...
December 16, 2015 | Antivirus for macOS
Those really wanting to be on the safe side with their Mac OS X use protection software. The market offers freeware suites or paid programs that come with a bunch of good extras. AV-TEST tested 13...
December 07, 2015 | Antivirus for Windows
Despite the new protection concept in Windows 10, it needs a security suite for optimal system security. As the first test laboratory, AV-TEST evaluated 19 security packages under Windows 10 in a...
November 20, 2015 | Antivirus for Windows
Well-known Windows software is repeatedly criticized for being an Achilles' heel for exploits. That is why AV-TEST tested the latest Windows software and also browsers, file archiving applications or...
November 02, 2015 | Antivirus for Windows
In many companies, most PCs are still running on Windows 7. If analyst forecasts turn out to be true, then the transition to Windows 10 will only begin picking up momentum at the end of 2017. For the...
October 26, 2015 | Antivirus for Windows
How well do security packages protect themselves against threats? Already in 2014, AV-TEST examined each relevant security software package in terms of whether it used simple protection technologies...











