Are you considering choosing a powerful security software to keep your Windows computer safe? The following article will help you.
Security and anti-virus software are tools that should be on Windows-based computers, helping to protect users from viruses, malicious code, spyware, etc. to avoid harming the computer and losing data.
With previous versions of Windows, users had to manually install security software to protect their computers. From Windows 8 and later, Microsoft has built-in Microsoft Defender Antivirus as the default security software for Windows, which means that users do not need to waste time choosing and installing other security tools. for computer.
However, Windows users can still install a 3rd party security software instead of Microsoft Defender Antivirus to protect their computers. So which is the most suitable security software that users should choose?
Recently, AV-Test - an independent organization based in Magdeburg (Germany), specializing in evaluating and ranking security software for computers (Windows, MacOS) and Android according to many different criteria, has just published a review of security software for Windows.
AV-Test has tested and evaluated 18 well-known and commonly used security software today (including the default Windows Defender Antivirus software on Windows 10/11), based on 3 criteria, including the ability to protection (detects, identifies, and prevents malicious software from entering the computer), performance (how much security software affects computer performance), and usability (simple interface) simple, easy to use). Each evaluation criterion has a maximum score of 6, any software with a total score of 18 means that it fully meets the criteria set by AV-Test and is rated as the best.
During the test, 18 security software packages (all upgraded to the latest version) will have to scan to check 1.5 million different files, including files containing malicious codes, viruses, spyware… dangerous.
In addition, the security software is also tested for its ability to prevent attacks through security holes, attacks via email, testing the ability to identify 12,000 different types of malicious code...
In the end, there were 6/18 security software with the maximum score of 18/18, of which 13/18 software achieved the 100% malware recognition rate. The security software with the lowest recognition rate is MalwareBytes, with a rate of 97.8%.
Notably, Windows Defender Antivirus was rated the lowest by AV-Test in terms of performance (only 5/6 points), which means that the software developed by Microsoft is not optimized to achieve the best performance when operating. motion on Windows.
Security software Application Allowlisting of PC software company Matic ranked last in the evaluation table, with only a score of 13/18. While this software scores maximum for security and performance, it only scores 3/6 for usability.
Products of well-known security firms such as Avast, Avira, Bitdefender, Kaspersky... all got the maximum score in AV-Test's test.
One thing to note, AV-Test's assessment is for objective and reference only, users can choose security software based on actual needs, price and reputation of the product. In addition, if you feel confident in your abilities and knowledge, you may not need to install any additional security software on Windows to help your computer operate more smoothly and smoothly.
According to AV-Test/BCP
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