Avira wins the Advanced+ award

Mon, 04 December 2006

Tettnang, 4 December 2006 – In the second part of the AV-Comparatives Test, 15 virus scanners of well-known vendors were again tested for their proactive detection performance. One of these was the Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium Version 7.01.01.02. It achieved excellent results in two of the three test runs and as a result won the Advanced+ Award. Avira AntiVir had already achieved a very good result in the first test, the detection rate only.

The central focus of the test this time were further important criteria by which the performance of anti-virus
software must be measured: the detection rate of unknown malware using proactive technologies such as the AHeAD heuristic. The frequency of false positives and the speed of the scanner were also tested. Avira AntiVir took first place for generic and heuristic detection and for scanning speed, beating all other programs tested in each case. The testers were particularly impressed with the scanning speed: Avira AntiVir scans 7.55 Megabytes of data per second! In the third part of the test, the rate of false positives, Avira AntiVir achieved a good mid-table place. To sum up: overall the software from Avira is one of the best available on the anti-virus market at the moment – reason enough for the testers to give it the “Advanced+ Award”.

Proactive detection: 15 Programs tested                                  Scan speed: 15 Programs tested

About AV-Comparatives:
AV-Comparatives is an independent project for regular testing of the detection performance of anti-virus software. In comprehensive tests, AV-Comparatives regularly checks the anti-virus solutions of leading suppliers for their  reliability in the area of virus detection. AV Comparatives has compiled its own malware collection from over 550,000 viruses, worms, backdoors and Trojans as well as over 200,000 dialers.

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