AV-TEST announced the 2021 Best Antivirus Software Awards, and Windows Defender unexpectedly did not win.

In recent years, the built-in Windows Defender anti-virus function in Windows has become more and more powerful, so many people think that there is no need to install third-party anti-virus software. However, this is not necessarily the case, because Windows Defender continues to improve, and so does third-party anti-virus software. The 2021 Best Anti-Virus Software Awards recently announced by AV-TEST are a reference. In terms of protection, performance, and ease of use for general users, third-party anti-virus software won the award, and Windows Defender was not on the list.

AV-TEST Announces 2021 Best Antivirus Software Awards

AV-TEST is a world-renowned IT security protection testing company that releases anti-virus software-related reports almost every month. After one year, the 2021 full report was officially announced earlier. It is available for both general users and corporate users. It is divided into three awards, “Protection”, “Performance” and “Ease of Use”.

The following order is all ranking. Enterprise users will not be discussed here, and we will look directly at general users.

Protective:

1. Bitdefender Internet Security
2. Kaspersky Internet Security
3. Norton Norton 360

efficacy:

1. ESET Internet Security
2. G DATA Total Security
3. Kaspersky Internet Security
4. Norton Norton 360
5. PC Matic Home
6. Protected.net Total AV.

Ease of use:

1. Avira Internet Security
2. ESET Internet Security

AV-TEST said that 2021 can be said to be a year full of challenges for computer security. Due to the impact of the epidemic, work patterns have gradually shifted to remote, home, or mobile working. In the past, the company network could be used to protect against external attacks, but after changing to remote, security must be improved through other security solutions, and anti-virus is one of them. In addition, the number of malware in 2021 has also increased rapidly. From 2019 to 2020, the number was 113 million, but from 2020 to 2021, it became 170 million, a surge of nearly 30%. This shows how important it is to choose a good anti-virus software.

Overall, Kaspersky Internet Security and Bitdefender Internet Security are the two most awarded among all anti-virus software. If you don’t know how to choose, you should have no problem choosing from these two sets.

In addition to Windows, AV-TEST has also been released for Android and macOS.

Best Android Security:

1. Bitdefender Mobile Security
2. Trend Micro Mobile Security

Best macOS security:

1. Norton Norton 360
2. Trend Micro Antivirus

Trend Micro is quite special. Although Windows did not win the award, Android and macOS both did.

Source: AV-TEST

Source: KOCPC Chinese