Antivirus Performance Comparison

Antivirus performance comparison

Every computer user must install a third-party antivirus tool. These tools will help you identify and remove malware from a PC, and they can also block malicious websites that might try to take over or corrupt data. However these tools can dramatically slow down a computer’s speed and performance when they run scans or updating their database to remove infected files. This article compares the performance of different antivirus software through tests that assess how much they slow down a computer.

The independent AV Comparisons lab runs various tests to assess the security software products. Its tests examine security in real-world situations such as detection of infected files (classical testing) as well as the performance. The AV-Comparatives award Gold, Bronze, and Silver awards based on the outcomes of each test type.

This particular test was prompted by a real-life scenario for a customer. Many customers utilize PowerShell scripts that can take hours or even days to complete. These complicated scripts are run on high-performance equipment, therefore we wanted to determine how the antivirus scanner affected this. We also wanted to know how the tools utilized resources on each machine.

Avira Prime scored highly in the AV-Comparatives tests, which included 99percent Mac malware and PUA protection as well as 100% Windows Malware detection. It requires a paid subscription to use all features, and its advertising messages are annoying.

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