Antivirus Performance Comparison

Antivirus performance comparison

Every computer user should think about installing an anti-virus program from a third-party source. These tools can help identify and eliminate malware on the PC, and they can also block malicious sites that may try to hijack or corrupt data. However, these tools can significantly slow down a computer’s performance when running scans or updating their database of affected files. This article will examine the performance of different antivirus software during tests designed to gauge the extent to which they slow down the speed of a computer and its performance when compared with other similar programs.

The independent AV Comparatives lab conducts many separate tests to test security software products. Its tests cover protection in real world scenarios, detection of files infected (classical testing), performance and many other functions. The AV-Comparatives award Gold, Bronze, and Silver awards in accordance with the results of each type of test.

This particular test was prompted by an actual customer scenario. Many customers use complicated PowerShell scripts to dump data from one file system to another, and these processes can take a few hours or days to complete. These complicated scripts run on high-performance hardware. Therefore, we wanted to see how long the antivirus software would have an impact on this – and also how the tools utilized the available resources on each computer.

Avira Prime did well in AV Comparatives tests. It offered 99percent protection against mac malware, PUAs, and Windows Malware. However it requires a subscription to fully function and its marketing messages can be quite annoying.

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