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Top Anti-virus like Avast, McAfee, Norton, Avira, Kaspersky and Bitdefender fail miserably in basic security tests.....



We install antivirus programming on our PCs and other devices taking into account its popularity and reputation.We typically believe the surveys and appraisals given for that specific antivirus programming.

Redditor, man_on_the_train went a little further and devised his own tests to find out how the Antivirus softwares fare. He tested the most popular security software using Matousec’s SSTS, CLT and his own keylogger software.

Man_on_the_train found that almost all top names in antivirus softwares failed in his test save SpyShelter Firewall 10.0 which passed all his tests with a score of 99%. Incidentally, SpyShelter is not a full blown antivirus. Its more of a Firewall which doubles up as AV. Man_on_the_train found that only SpyShelter passed Matousec’s SSTS, CLT and his own keylogger software tests.


“SpyShelter does excellent job in protecting itself from being killed off by malware. It does detect attempts of executing malicious code through Task Scheduler.” Man_on_the_train adds, “BITStest has proven that advanced malware be unable to do anything if user decides to block the action.”













As you can see from the image above almost all of the top Antivirus softwares failed man_on_the_train’s self devised tests. Out of the top AV software, Avira Free Antivirus, McAfee LiveSafe Internet Security and Avast Premier failed to score any grades in Man_on_the_train’s books.

Comodo Internet Security Pro managed to pass the Kill5 Test, get a CLT score of 340/340 and pass Zero-day malware test. Man_on_the_train gave it highest score of 60 % after SpyShelter.

ESET Smart Security, Kaspersky Total Security 16, Zone Alarm Extreme Security managed to eke out 20 % score on man_on_the_train’s benchmarks. While BitDefender Total Security 2015 managed a 4% score and Norton Security managed a paltry 2%. ESET and Kaspersky managed to pass the Kill5 Test and Zone Alarm managed to pass the Zero-Day malware test.

For detailed view of all the above data you can click here.

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