Antivirus performance comparison

Every computer user M&A deals software should think about installing a third-party antivirus tool. These tools assist in identifying and eliminate malware from a computer and can also block malicious websites that may attempt to take over or corrupt user data. These tools can slow down the speed and performance of a computer when they run a scan or update their database with infected documents. This article examines the performance of various antivirus software through tests that assess the extent to which they slow a computer down.

The independent AV Comparisons lab performs various tests to evaluate the security software products. Its tests cover protection in real-world situations, detection of infected files (classical testing) and performance, among other functions. Each test type is run repeatedly over the period of a year. according to the results, AV-Comparatives awards Gold, Bronze and Silver awards to security products.

This test was in response to a real-life customer scenario. Many customers use complicated PowerShell scripts to transfer content from one file system to another and these processes can take a few hours or even days to complete. These complex scripts run on high-performance equipment so we wanted to know how the antivirus scanner impacted this. We also wanted to know how the software used resources on every machine.

Avira Prime did well in AV Comparatives tests. It offered the 99% of protection against Mac malware, PUAs, and Windows Malware. It requires a subscription to access all features and its marketing messages are irritating.