Kaspersky gets the maximum score in the latest tests

Jul 25, 2017 11:20 GMT  ·  By

Kaspersky’s antivirus software has received the maximum points in the most recent Windows 10 antivirus tests performed by German labs AV-TEST, along with security products from Symantec and Trend Micro.

Kaspersky’s security products have recently been banned by the US government over concerns of possible ties with the Russian government, despite comments issued by the company denying any collaboration with state agencies.

And despite being banned by the US authorities, Kaspersky continues to be one of the top security vendors on the market, with both Endpoint Security and Small Office Security being rewarded with the maximum 18 points following their performance in protection, performance, and usability tests.

Symantec’s Endpoint Protection and Endpoint Protection Cloud also got the top score, just like Trend Micro’s Office Scan that received 6 out of 6 points for each of the three tests.

Microsoft gets the lowest score

Bitdefender, which continues to be one of the most powerful security vendors in the world, is also among the best, with its Endpoint Security solution getting 17.5 points, only one 0.5 points behind leader Kaspersky. Bitdefender got 6 points for protection and performance, but lost 0.5 points in usability.

As far as Microsoft’s very own System Center Endpoint Protection solution is concerned, it received just 14.5 points, which is the lowest score a security product got in the latest round of tests. Specifically, Microsoft’s tool received 5 points for protection and performance, and 4.5 points for usability. This means not only that it slows down the system, but it also let some malware samples pass through, which is worrying to say the least.

The only solution that also received the minimum 14.5 points score is F-Secure Client Security, which got 6 points for protection, but 4 and 4.5 points for performance and usability, respectively.

All these security products have been tested on Microsoft’s Windows 10 Creators Update, also known as version 1703, and which was released in April this year.