Antivirus performance comparison

All users of computers should install a third party anti-virus tool. These tools assist in identifying and eliminate malware from a PC and can also block malicious websites that might attempt to steal or corrupt user data. These tools can slow down the speed and performance of a computer when they conduct a scan or update their database with infected files. This article will examine the performance of different antivirus software in tests to measure the extent to which they slow down the speed and performance of computers when compared with other similar programs.

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

This test was an inspiration from a real-world customer scenario. Many customers use complicated PowerShell scripts to dump files from one file system to another, and these processes can take several hours or days to complete. These complicated scripts run on high-performance equipment so we wanted to know how the antivirus scanner affected this. We also wanted to find out how the tools utilized resources on each machine.

Avira Prime performed well in AV Comparatives tests. It offered 99percent protection against mac malware, PUAs and Windows Malware. However it requires a monthly subscription to fully function and its marketing messages are often quite irritating.

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