Antivirus performance comparison
All computer users should think about installing a third-party antivirus software. These tools will help you identify and eliminate malware on your PC. They can also block malicious websites that might try to take over or corrupt data. However these tools can dramatically slow down a computer’s speed as well as performance when running a scan or updating their database of affected files. This article examines the performance of various antivirus programs in tests that measure how much they can slow down a computer.
The independent AV Comparisons lab conducts various tests to test the security software products. Its tests look at protection in real-world situations such as detection of infected files (classical testing), and the performance. Each test type is tested several times over the course of a year and based on these results, AV-Comparatives awards Gold, Silver and Bronze awards to security solutions.
This particular test was prompted by a real-life customer scenario. Many customers employ complex PowerShell scripts to dump content from one file system to another, and these processes can take a few hours or even days to complete. These scripts are complex and run on high-performance equipment, so we wanted to know how the antivirus scanner affected this. We also wanted to know how the tools used resources on each machine.
Avira Prime was a top performer in the AV-Comparatives tests, which included 100% Mac malware and PUA protection, as well as 100% Windows Malware detection. However it requires a subscription for full functionality, and its advertisements can be quite annoying.