AV-TEST released the latest version of its report at the end of June. Advanced Threat Protection Test against Ransomware February 2022 and revealed that Microsoft Defender Antivirus, formerly known as Windows Defender and included by default in recent system versions such as Windows 10 and Windows 11, handled ransomware protection better than other antivirus programs.

This type of testing is important as ransomware attacks are becoming more common, especially those that target large companies. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that essentially “hijacks” user files from an infected computer and demands a ransom to restore them. Files are locked with encryption and in some cases they are encrypted more than oncewhich makes recovery even more difficult.

Many security experts advise victims of attacks not to pay the ransom, as there is no guarantee that the perpetrators of the attack will recover files after payment.

According to AV-TEST, antivirus solutions for home and commercial use were tested on Windows 10. The tests aimed to replicate situations that users might encounter in the real world, such as malicious files hidden inside others, PowerPoint presentations containing scripts, malicious files. or HTML files containing malicious content, e.g.

Per home userssecurity solutions from the following brands were tested: Avast, AVG, Bitdefender, F-Secure, G DATA, K7 Computing, Kaspersky, Microsoft, Microworld, NortonLifeLock, PC Matic and VIPRE Security. now for corporate users Security solutions from the following brands were tested: Acronis, Avast, Bitdefender (two versions), Comodo, F-Secure, G DATA, Kaspersky (two versions), Microsoft, Seqrite, Symantec, Trellix (McAfee) and VMware.

As you can see in the two images below, Microsoft Defender for home users was highly rated in 10 scenarios, in 9 of which it was able to detect an attack at an early stage. In one of the scenarios, the attack was discovered while ransomware was running:

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Microsoft antivirus performance for corporate use this is even better, since the attack was detected at an early stage in all 10 scenarios prepared by AV-TEST. Check out the results in the images below:

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Solutions from competing companies such as McAfee and Trellix did not perform well in corporate security tests because they unable to block attacks in different scenarios:

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The final evaluation of the home and business security solutions tested by AV-TEST can be seen below. Microsoft Defender received the maximum score, 40, in both categories and can be considered a good solution to protect your PC from ransomware:

Final assessment of security solutions for home use
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Final Assessment of Enterprise Security Solutions
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Via: Neowin.net Source: AV-TEST