Independent testing lab AV-Comparatives performed two more of their objective product studies recently: one on malware protection and the other on performance. We are pleased to report that Avast Free Antivirus withstood the trials and the scrutiny, and in each case we walked away with the highest accolade possible.
Malware protection test
The malware study pitted twenty leading brand security suites against more than twenty thousand malware samples, collected from real-world attacks as recent as August.
Also under scrutiny was each system’s detection ability, which is just as critical as its protection. According to the report: “Malware authors are constantly searching for new methods to bypass detection and security mechanisms.”
Avast Free Antivirus scored among the top grades, coming in with a 97.5% detection rate offline, a 99.3% detection rate online, and a 99.99% protection rate online, earning it AV-Comparatives’ highest achievement, the “Advanced+ Award.” As one of the few companies to submit the “Free” version rather than a paid version for testing, this means, even our Free version can compete with the “paid for” versions that our competitors submit.