Trend Micro in particular would have had a noticeably higher score were it not for these deductions. Some products lost significantly due to false positives. All the rest earned at least 300 points, except Microsoft, which took a paltry 30 points. With 388.5 points Norton Internet Security (2013) came close to the maximum. The best possible score is 400 points the worst, -1000 points. The Dennis Labs accuracy test aims to measure a product's ability to "block all threats and allow all legitimate applications." Products gain points both for correctly blocking threats and for correctly leaving legitimate software alone they also lose points for blocking legitimate software and for failing to identify malware. The commercial products all did well enough, some of them very well indeed. Where AV-Test and AV-Comparatives generally include twenty or more products in a test, Dennis Labs has focused on eight vendors in the consumer area: AVG, BitDefender, ESET, Kaspersky, McAfee, Microsoft, Norton, and Trend Micro. However, a new test just released by London-based Dennis Technology Labs (Opens in a new window) puts Microsoft in last place, way behind all of its competition. The Microsoft product team issued a rebuttal basically stating that the test in question didn't measure their actual real-world protection. In November and again in January Microsoft failed certification. The vast majority of antivirus products manage to pass certification with AV-Test not Microsoft. Microsoft Security Essentials is free, which is great, but its protection has been getting slammed in antivirus tests in the last few months. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.
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