![]() The UK’s SELabs is yet a third source of antimalware testing, and it, too, ranked Defender at the top of its list of antimalware solutions. AV-test ranked Defender 6 out of 6 for the group test, scores that Defender has been at or near for AV-test’s April roundup, the February roundup, and December 2018 and October 2018 tests, too.ĪV-test also ranked Defender above the industry average in terms of performance, such as installing apps and copying files, a significant improvement over AV-comparatives’ own test from April, where Defender performed poorly in those same comparisons. ![]() Defender caught every piece of malware the agency threw at it, including every “zero-day” sample that reproduced real-world testing, with zero false positives. ![]() Think back: Has Windows 10’s Windows Defender blocked an app you knew to be legitimate?)įor its part, AV-test ranked Windows Defender as a Top Product in its June 2019 antivirus group test. ![]() (This is an instance where your own experience can serve as a sounding board. Windows Defender was also unusually heavy-handed with false positives, blocking a massive 74 legitimate apps and services. That’s not ideal-users would probably be inclined to allow the malware onto the system. The tests revealed three “user-dependent” test cases, where Defender didn’t immediately identify the malware, and asked the user for permission to install the file. To be fair, the AV-comparatives test showed a few weaknesses with Windows Defender.
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