Anti-virus research and data security organization AV-Test recently spent three months testing 19 security products in the areas of protection, repair and usability. Monday they released the test results, and we’re excited that Microsoft Security Essentials has received another certification, this time from AV-Test.org.

According to the AV-Test Product Review and Certification Report, the "Protection" category covers static and dynamic malware detection, including testing for real-world 0-Day attacks. "Repair" evaluates the system disinfection and rootkit removal in detail, which is critical for ensuring AV solutions effectively clean malware off of consumers’ computers. The "Usability" testing criteria includes the amount of system slow-down caused by the tools and the number of false positives. You can read the full set of test reports here.

As we mentioned last week, the most important validation of AV quality comes from independent certification organizations like VB100, AV-Test and others. With the current version of Microsoft Security Essentials and the new version now available in beta, our commitment remains constant: to provide security you can trust that is easy to use and provides protection that runs quietly and efficiently in the background, ensuring a great Windows user experience.

You can get the current version of Microsoft Security Essentials at no cost by visiting the Microsoft Security Essentials website here.

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Yesterday there was a program on German TV where they discussed AV programs. Their recommendation was to use free Avast. They claim that it did best in their tests. Well, so be it. But I am going to stay with MSE and NIS2010 (on different systems of course).

NIS2010 Blah.. I wouldn't put Norton on my Dogs PC.. Let alone recommend it to anyone.

Originally Posted by Shadowjk

Thank you for Sharing the Information John



Why would that be?

Maybe because of many bad experiences with Norton products.

NIS2010 is an excellent program. People that are bashing it do not use it and have no experience with it - I bet. That reminds me the Vista bashing of all these people that Microsoft caught in the Mojave Experiment

Originally Posted by linuzo

NIS2010 Blah.. I wouldn't put Norton on my Dogs PC.. Let alone recommend it to anyone.

Yup!

Surprisingly this very nice benchmark on antivirus use of system resources didn't rate Norton half bad though. I would have to say that my low opinion of Norton is from years of repairing computers that can barely move. When I used it myself once, years ago, my system jumped up and licked my face after I uninstalled it. I couldn't believe the difference.

To each his own, if it works for you stay with it MSE works for me and i will stay with it