Recent Tests
Android Efficacy Assessment Q4 2023
- Seven AV engines tested
- 158 in-the-wild samples
- Five simulators
- One real-life scenario, based on our revised methodology
- Operating System: Android 11.0
360° Assessment & Certification – Q4 2023
- Eight security applications tested
- Avast Business Antivirus 23.12.2783
- Avira Antivirus Pro 1.1.98.1
- Bitdefender Endpoint Security 7.9.9.367
- ESET Endpoint Security 11.0.2032.0
- Microsoft Defender Antivirus Enterprise 4.18.23110.3
- Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.3.10148.8000
- ThreatDown Endpoint Protection 1.2.0.1093
- Trend Micro Security 6.7.3665/14.3.1154
- 300 live In-The-Wild malware samples used
- Real World scenario with no user-initiated threat neutralisation
- PUA/Adware test
- False Positive test
- Exploit/Fileless attacks
- Real Botnet test
- Financial Simulator attack
- Ransomware Simulator attacks
- False Positive Ransomware test
- ITW Phishing test
- Phishing Simulator test
- Performance assessments
- Operating System: Windows 10 x64 21H2
- Browser: Google Chrome v120.0.6099.225
360° Assessment & Certification – Q3 2023
- Eight security applications tested
- Avast Business Antivirus 23.10.2775
- Avira Antivirus Pro 1.1.92.6
- Bitdefender Endpoint Security 7.9.7.336
- ESET Endpoint Security 10.1.2050.0
- Microsoft Defender Antivirus Enterprise 4.18.23100.2009
- Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.3.10148.8000
- ThreatDown Endpoint Protection 1.2.0.1080
- Trend Micro Security 6.7.3569/14.3.1099
- 270 live In-The-Wild malware samples used
- Real World scenario with no user-initiated threat neutralisation
- PUA/Adware test
- False Positive test
- Exploit/Fileless attacks
- Real Botnet test
- Financial Simulator attack
- Ransomware Simulator attacks
- False Positive Ransomware test
- ITW Phishing test
- Phishing Simulator test
- Performance assessments
- Operating System: Windows 10 x64 21H2
- Browser: Google Chrome v118.0.5993.89
Android Efficacy Assessment Q3 2023
- Nine AV engines tested
- 159 in-the-wild samples
- Five simulators
- One real-life scenario, based on our revised methodology
- Operating System: Android 11.0
Case Study: Webroot
Webroot has worked with MRG Effitas over the past several years due to their unique capacity to test efficacy functionality that goes beyond simply blocking a threat. While Effitas does understand that prevention is important, they were the first to introduce testing that looked at detection of specific malicious behaviors by using malware simulation tools to replicate what behaviors were being encountered in the wild.
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