AV-Comparatives has released the Business Main Test Series fact sheet for March and April. In the security test, 16 business protection solutions were examined and evaluated. A few products are not performing as well as might be expected.
The results of the Real-World Protection Test and the Malware Protection Test provide important insights into the performance of these security products. The Real-World Protection Test measured each product's ability to protect against malicious URLs. For this purpose, 262 test cases were carried out from the beginning of March to the end of April. The Malware Protection Test evaluates each security program's ability to protect a system before, during or after malicious files run, using 1.011 recent malware samples.
are in the test
- Avast Ultimate Business Security 23.1 | 23.2
- Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security Premium 7.8 | 7.8
- Cisco Secure Endpoint Essentials 8.1 | 8.1
- Crowd Strike Falcon Pro 6.52 | 6.53
- Cybereason NGAV 22.1 | 22.1
- Elastic Security 8.6 | 8.6
- ESET PROTECT Entry with ESET PROTECT Cloud 10.0 | 10.0
- G Data Endpoint Protection Business 15.4 | 15.5
- K7 On-Premises Enterprise Security Advanced 14.2 | 14.2
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business – Select, with KSC 12.0 | 12.0
- Microsoft Defender Antivirus with Microsoft Endpoint Manager 4.18 | 4.18
- Sophos Intercept X Advanced 2022.1 | 2022.4
- Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) 10.7 | 10.7 [1]
- VIPRE Endpoint Detection and Response 13.0 | 13.0
- VMware Carbon Black Cloud Endpoint Standard 3.9 | 3.9
- WatchGuard Endpoint Protection Plus on Ether 8.0 | 8.0
The results of the investigation
🔎 The results of the AVC test in April 2023 (Image: AV-Comparatives).
The detection rates in the Malware Protection Test
The Malware Protection Test evaluates the ability of any security program to protect a system before, during or after malicious files are executed, using 1.011 up-to-date malware samples.
🔎 The malware protection rate in the April 2023 test (Image: AV-Comparatives).
About AV-Comparatives AV-Comparatives is an independent AV test laboratory based in Innsbruck, Austria, and has been publicly testing computer security software since 2004. It is certified according to ISO 9001: 2015 for the area of "Independent tests of anti-virus software". It also has EICAR certification as a "Trusted IT Security Testing Lab".