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A new Windows malware hunter was tested by AV-TEST and it was quite terrible

Sayan Sen — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 12:00:10 +0000

Microsoft Defender, among several other popular AV products, can hog your system under certain situations, though they, including Defender, do a good job as a malware hunter, most of the time. Read more...

AV-Comparatives, AV-TEST show how Defender, McAfee, Norton, AVG hog your Windows 11, 10 PCs

Sayan Sen — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 12:00:01 +0000

Microsoft Defender is found to be one of the worst performers in AV-Comparatives test suite which measured performance impact by anti-malware apps. AV-TEST also found similar results. Read more...

AV-TEST: Microsoft Defender, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, Norton, can hog Windows PCs

Sayan Sen — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:22:01 +0000

AV-TEST recently released its report comparing various antivirus solutions for home users on Windows 10. The firm found that Microsoft Defender, among others, can be system hogs sometimes. Read more...

AV-TEST: Microsoft Defender is a serious system hog vs Avast/AVG, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes

Sayan Sen — Tue, 09 May 2023 16:22:01 +0000

In AV-TEST's new anti-malware ranking, the first of 2023, Microsoft has performed the worst among all in one of the three categories. The firm has found that Defender hogs the system pretty badly. Read more...

2022 sees over 5000 times new Windows malware vs macOS, over 60 times vs Linux

Sayan Sen — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 17:06:01 +0000

AV-TEST has shared interesting data regarding malware growth in 2022. The data consists of numbers for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. Overall, Windows sees the biggest malware count by far. Read more...

Move back to Windows 10 from 11 sees Microsoft Defender do well again in AV-TEST's results

Sayan Sen — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:14:01 +0000

After a poor showing in the last AV-TEST results, Microsoft Defender has once again managed to fare much better. Curiously, this coincides with the test bed moving back to Windows 10 from 11. Read more...

After all the Windows 11 security touting, Microsoft Defender comes last in AV-TEST's result

Sayan Sen — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:18:01 +0000

AV-TEST, which tests and ranks antivirus solutions, has conducted its first Windows 11-based security test. However, Defender, despite all of Microsoft's touting, has managed to come in last place. Read more...

Microsoft Defender stomps even harder against ransomware in AV-TEST's latest ranking

Sayan Sen — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:42:01 +0000

AV-TEST recently released its advanced threat protection test against ransomware for the month of April. In this assessment report, Microsoft's Defender has performed even better than last time. Read more...

Microsoft Defender back to its charming best in the latest AV-TEST rankings

Sayan Sen — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:46:02 +0000

Microsoft Defender has been performing exceptionally in the recent past, with a slight hiccup in the previous results. However, AV-TEST has found in the latest rankings that it is back to its best. Read more...

In a major embarrassment, AV-TEST's Twitter remains hacked after more than a week [Update]

Sayan Sen — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 08:22:01 +0000

One of the leading anti-virus assessment companies, AV-TEST couldn't stop the breach of its own Twitter account. The attack happened over a week ago and the account still remains hacked. Read more...

Microsoft Defender seriously impresses in AV-TEST's ransomware protection test

Sayan Sen — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 17:16:01 +0000

Anti-virus assessment firm AV-TEST recently released its advanced threat protection test against ransomware. In this assessment report, Microsoft's Defender has performed exceptionally well. Read more...

Microsoft Defender finally falters as it fails to woo AV-TEST in the latest rankings

Sayan Sen — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 17:30:01 +0000

Unlike in the previous few AV-TEST rankings, Windows Defender for home users has faltered this time as it has failed to score the full marks in the firm's assessment report for April 2022. Read more...

Despite no wins, Microsoft Defender continues to dazzle AV-TEST shows latest report

Sayan Sen — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:20:01 +0000

Just like in the previous two AV-TEST rankings, Windows Defender for home users continues its impressive run where it has scored the full marks in the firm's assessment report for February 2022. Read more...

Windows Defender for home users fails to win any of AV-TEST's best anti-virus 2021 awards

Sayan Sen — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 17:24:01 +0000

Windows Defender, now called Microsoft Defender performed great in AV-TEST's assessment in the second half of 2021. Despite that, the product has failed to win any awards in the home user category. Read more...

Microsoft Defender beats out several heavyweight rivals in the latest AV-TEST ranking

Sayan Sen — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:14:02 +0000

In the latest December 2021 AV-TEST anti-virus ranking for home users, Microsoft Windows Defender has outscored some of its rival anti-malware products, showing relative improvement since last time. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Defender for the win, trouble with Nextcloud, and ARM exclusivity

Usama Jawad — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 18:16:01 +0000

It's been a relatively slow week due to the holidays in the U.S., but there are still notable news items you might want to catch up on including a complaint against Microsoft in the EU. Read more...

AV-TEST confirms Windows Defender is amongst the very finest antiviruses you get in 2021

Sayan Sen — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:36:01 +0000

German security research institute AV-TEST has released its October 2021 Windows 10 report for anti-virus assessment. Among the programs tested here, Microsoft's Windows Defender has done very well. Read more...

Microsoft: AV-TEST study on Bing malware search links was inaccurate

John Callaham — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:20:21 +0000

Microsoft has disputed the test results from the security firm AV-TEST, which claimed earlier this month that Bing generates five times as many malware-based links in its top results than Google. Read more...

AV-Test: Bing search results bring up more malware links than Google

John Callaham — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:45:21 +0000

The security firm AV-Test says the results of a new study of search engines shows Microsoft's Bing generates five times as many malware-based links in its top results than Google. Read more...

AV-Test releases first Windows 8 anti-virus comparisons

John Callaham — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:37:57 +0000

The German IT security firm AV-Test has released its first study of anti-virus solutions that run on Windows 8 for both consumer and business products, with Bitdefender rated at the top. Read more...

Microsoft defends Security Essentials after "failing" AV-Test certification

John Callaham — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:16:33 +0000

Microsoft has issued a statement after its Microsoft Security Essentials program failed again to receive certification from AV-Test, disputing how the firm came up with its results. Read more...

Microsoft Security Essentials fails AV-Test certification (again)

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:11:33 +0000

Microsoft's free antivirus suite for Windows 7, Microsoft Security Essentials, has once again failed AV-Test's rigorous antivirus test for December 2012, scoring well below other free AV products Read more...

Microsoft Security Essentials loses AV-Test certificate

Rob Schorman — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:18:41 +0000

German IT-security institute AV-Test regularly tests popular antivirus software. In their latest test, Microsoft's free antivirus solution was the only program which failed to receive certification Read more...

Microsoft Security Essentials ranked second last in AV-Test's protection rating

Denis Wong — Thu, 05 May 2011 07:38:54 +0000

Microsoft's free antivirus solution for all Windows users may be good in terms of usability - in particular, its impact on system performance - but when it comes to actual malware protection, it came almost... Read more...