Selecting the Best Antivirus (av-comparatives test)

After a long time yet to review comparison antivirus, now I will review a variety of the latest antivirus test results conducted by the institute pengetest antivirus, av-comparatives. In the test this time included also several free antivirus, so it can be used as a factor in choosing which is best.

A recent test av-comparatives.org by 2011 this is the on-demand test, which is a direct test by performing a virus scan of various samples (malware) that many previously circulated. This test was last updated on 27 September 2011, so it is still up to date.
Antivirus participating in the test as follows:


* Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
* AVG Anti-virus Free Edition 10.0
* AVIRA Antivir Personal 2.10
* BitDefender AntiVirus Plus 2012
* EScan Anti-Virus 11.0
* ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5.0
* F-Secure Anti-Virus 2011
* G DATA AntiVirus 2012
* K7 TotalSecurity 11.1
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012
* Kingsoft AntiVirus 2010.2.10.1
* McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2011
* Microsoft Security Essentials 2.1
* Cloud Panda Antivirus 1.5
* PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 8.0
* Qithoo 360 Antivirus 2.0
* Sophos Anti-Virus 9.7
* Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 2012
* Trend Micro Antivirus Titanium 2012 +
* Trustport Antivirus 2012
* Webroot Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus 7.0

Unlike the previous test, this time some free product (free edition) participated in this test that allows us to compare where the best free antivirus. Free antivirus that participated were: Avast, AVG, Avira, Panda and the MSE (Microsoft). Test av-comparatives this time using a sample of malware (viruses, worms, trojans, and the like) as much as 206,043 a widely circulated within one month earlier.