Summary Report 2021

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Introduction

We are an independent test lab, providing rigorous testing of security software products. We were founded in 2004 and are based in Innsbruck, Austria.

At the end of every year, AV-Comparatives releases a Summary Report to comment on the various consumer anti-virus products tested over the course of the year, and to highlight the high-scoring products of the different tests that took place over the twelve months. Please bear in mind that this report considers all the Consumer Main-Series Tests of 2021, i.e. not just the latest ones. Comments and conclusions are based on the results shown in the various comparative test reports, as well as from observations made during the tests (https://www.av-comparatives.org/consumer/test-methods/).

Tested Products

The following vendors’ products were included in AV-Comparatives’ Public Consumer Main Test-Series of 2021 and had the effectiveness of their products independently evaluated. We are happy that this year’s tests helped several vendors to find critical and other bugs in their software, and that this has contributed to improving the products.
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