Antivirus programs tested for Windows 8

Antivirus company AV-TEST Institute conducted a study of anti-virus software for the latest operating system from Microsoft - Windows 8.

During January and February of this year, the researchers analyzed nine antivirus programs for the corporate sector, and 26 programs for home use. The experts evaluated the effectiveness of anti-virus on three criteria - the protection, performance and ease of use.

According to the study, compared with the previous Windows 7 to Windows 8 from 92% to 95% increased the average level of security. During the test, none of the security features in Windows 8 has not been disabled. Besides also remain on the filter Windows SmartScreen.

Kaspersky Internet Security vs Windows 8 Defender

AV-Test: Kaspersky Internet Security vs Windows 8 Defender

In December 2012 an independent research laboratory AV-Test conducted a comparative analysis of the new Kaspersky Internet Security and safety components that are built into the operating system Windows 8, to determine the effectiveness of anti-malware software.

The product "Kaspersky Lab" for home users - Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 was almost perfect, while the results of integrated Microsoft solutions were much more modest.

To test experts AV-Test produced a "clean" image of the operating system Windows 8 Pro, which was used on a number of identical machines. Before the test, each new malware sample test system back to its original (pure) state. On each of the computers were installed or security software "Kaspersky Lab", or solution Windows Defender 4. Both products are used with default settings set by default. Protective Products had Internet access and could use a "cloud" as a part of its defense strategy, but the malware also had the opportunity to connect to a "cloud" / Internet access to other sites and download further files to infect the system. In this case, measures were taken to ensure safe access malware samples in the "cloud" to prevent the risk of contamination of test systems.

Antivirus programs retreating in the fight against malicious attacks

According to the results of the study, only 3 of the 25 products tested antivirus received safety certificates.

The German independent institute of information security of AV-Test conducted research within which during the period for November-December of last year of 25 anti-virus programs of house use and 8 corporate systems of data security underwent harmful attacks.

According to the results, AV-Test representatives stated that the effectiveness of anti-virus programs have decreased in comparison with the previous study.

As the researchers noted in the test 92% of zero-day attacks were blocked, respectively, only one of the 10 malicious attack is successful. Antivirus programs were able to clear only 91% of infected systems, however, work only 60% of them had been restored to the same level as before the infection.

The company said that the results of the study, three of the 25 anti-virus programs are not able to score the necessary points for the security certificate, among which was Microsoft Security Essentials, as well as software from PC Tools and AhnLabs.