New Research: These Anti-malware Products Failed To Stop Online Threats
There are many options for anti-virus software available these days. It is difficult to know where to begin. Evaluating and picking an anti-virus software is a must these days with prevalence of malware and viruses on the rise.
A recent test performed by security experts determined that half of most popular antiviruses did not perform as well as expected. To help analyze which antivirus performed better than others UK based security firm SE Labs revealed their test results. It was reported that some antivirus software could not prevent the computers from being infected and others could not recognize and overlook popular viruses and malwares altogether.
These tests were conducted with known threats and viruses that are currently prevalent and are infecting computers world wide. The tests uncovered that only seven blocked and secured all the viruses from infecting test computers. Others failed to detect malware from coming in, failed to block and secure the infected test computers. To make matters worse the infected computers could not be cleaned after the malware took root in the computer. It is important that independent security experts are constantly conducting these types of tests to stay ahead of the hackers in order to help consumers.
The top performers that recognized and protected the computers from the malwares and viruses are: - Trend Micro - Microsoft Defender - Symantec Norton - McAfee Internet - Sophos - Kaspersky The following programs could not recognize or allowed viruses to compromised computers are: - Webroot - Avira - G-Data - Avast - AVG antivirus - Comodo security
It only takes a single virus or malware to compromise your computer and data. If you are using antivirus software that is not fully protecting your computers, maybe it is time to switch to a safer security software version. Ideally you need to balance features, speed and cost in order to protect your computers. Keep in mind professional hackers are in the business to bypass and compromise security software. Make sure you are constantly protecting yourself and keeping up with security updates.