TrustPort Antivirus confirms its leadership in two renowned tests

Brno, December the 9th, 2009 – Both customers and retailers need to be able to objectively compare antivirus software available on the market. Such comparisons are the basis of regular tests conducted by independent institutions. In two of the most recent tests, carried out by Virus Bulletin and AV-Comparatives, TrustPort Antivirus has confirmed its position as world leader in the detection of harmful and unwanted codes.

TrustPort Antivirus and TrustPort PC Security products entered the market in new versions last month, including a number of improvements. A fundamental change was a new combination of scanning engines used by both products. This change in particular moved the detection capabilities of the products to the very top of the antivirus world. A new version of the unique TrustPort USB Antivirus product, designed specifically for the protection of portable storage media, was released earlier.

The Virus Bulletin test from December included a series of different measurements. During on-demand testing, TrustPort Antivirus revealed 100% in-the-wild viruses, 100% worms, 100% polymorphic viruses, and 97.04% trojans. During on-access testing, 100% in-the-wild viruses, 100% worms, 100% polymorphic viruses, and 96.46% trojans were detected. In all of these critical areas, TrustPort Antivirus was more successful than all other competing products.

AV-Comparatives, Detection of Potentially Unwanted Applications
Graph of missed samples (lower is better)

Traditionally, Virus Bulletin also measures the quality of antivirus reactive and proactive detection. Based on three sets of malware samples collected in the three weeks prior to the software submission, the quality of scanning, and the speed of the virus database updates were verified. Based on one set collected in the week after the software submission, the generic and heuristic detection methods were also tested.

TrustPort Antivirus detected an average of 93.32% of malware, thanks to its reactive methods of scanning, and 67.43% of malware, thanks to its proactive methods of scanning. Overall detection rate reached 86.84%, and in this respect TrustPort Antivirus defended its position as the best antivirus in the world.

The AV-Comparatives test from November on the other hand focused on the ability to detect potentially unwanted applications, i.e. adware, spyware and other fraudulent software. The test included sixteen antivirus and antispyware solutions, which were tested against more than three-quarters of a million of application samples. Unlike other tests conducted by AV-Comparatives, malware samples were not included.

TrustPort Antivirus detected 99.8% of unwanted software, and in this comparison achieved 1st place thereby obtaining the AV-Comparatives Advanced+ Adware / Spyware Detection award.

When choosing antivirus software, we advise customers to consider other important features such as ease of use, technical support, and price vesus quality of software, however, antivirus comparative tests should always remain a key selection guide.

Medium and larger companies can order TrustPort Antivirus and TrustPort PC Security in the form of multi-licenses (more than 10 computers), and they are also entitled to receive TrustPort Management for free. The program in this case contains four scanning engines, and the basic price includes engines AVG and Norman, with the option to purchase additional licenses for Dr.Web and VirusBlokAda. 

Please note: All Prices are in US dollars   

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