Avira AntiVirus Pro wins AV-Test with a perfect score
AV-Test Labs results declare Avira AntiVirus Pro, the best protection for Windows in its class.
- (1888PressRelease) January 15, 2015 - Security expert Avira, announced today that its Avira Antivirus Pro for Windows 8.1 earned a perfect score and a "Certified" rating from AV-TEST. Antivirus Pro scored a perfect 18 out of 18 points in AV-TEST's conducted in two stages over a period of two months at the Magdeburg labs of AV-TEST, 23 security packages were compared to the basic protection of Windows 8.1 Because the lab always tests the latest products available, some are already the 2015 versions, while others are still from 2014.
AV-TEST is an independent supplier of services in the fields of IT Security and Antivirus Research, focusing on the detection and analysis of the latest malicious software and its use in comprehensive comparative testing of security products.
In Windows 8 and the subsequent update to 8.1, Microsoft has improved many aspects of security. Security Essentials and Defender, separate under Windows 7, are now bundled under what is termed as Windows Defender.
Avira Antivirus Pro demonstrated that it is capable of distinguishing between friend and foe. The result from the lab exhibited not even a single false positive finding, after they scanned over 330,000 benign programs, visited 500 virus-free websites and monitored a few dozen installations of applications.
Avira's NEW Antivirus Pro is built upon some of the most powerful security technologies in the world. Combining advanced heuristics with the power of cloud computing, the company ensures that the antivirus have the strongest protection possible. Avira's antivirus technology is trusted by millions of users and consistently earns the praise of independent reviewing platforms.
Avira AntiVirus Pro is currently available in the Middle East region via their authorised distributors emt Distribution and channel partners from countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Morocco, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Yemen, among others can avail latest version of Avira antivirus from emt.
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