AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test

AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test — March 2026

Program: AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test
Test lab: AV-Comparatives
Run: AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test — March 2026
Period: 2026-03-01 → 2026-03-31
Published: 2026-04-15
Platform: Windows
Status: published
Report: https://av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-march-2026/

Results19 products of 20 tested

Product	Vendor	Award	Offline Detection Rate(%)↑	Online Detection Rate(%)↑	Online Protection Rate(%)↑	False Positives↓	Evidence
avast! Free Antivirus	AVAST Software a.s.	Not known	96.3	98.7	99.97	9	evidence
AVG AntiVirus Free	AVG Technologies CZ	Not known	96.3	98.7	99.97	9	evidence
Bitdefender Total Security	Bitdefender	Not known	97.6	97.6	99.94	4	evidence
ESET HOME Security Essential	ESET	Advanced	96.4	96.7	99.93	16	evidence
Fortect Antivirus	Fortect	Advanced+	98.6	99.1	99.95	10	evidence
F-Secure Internet Security	F-Secure	Not known	98.6	99.1	99.98	19	evidence
G Data TotalSecurity	G Data Software	Not known	97.8	97.8	99.94	5	evidence
K7 Total Security	K7 Computing	Not known	95.1	95.1	99.59	24	evidence
Kaspersky Premium	Kaspersky Lab	Not known	92.1	97.8	99.97	2	evidence
Malwarebytes	Malwarebytes	Tested	92.4	98.3	99.59	23	evidence
McAfee Total Protection	McAfee	Not known	86.1	99.2	99.97	14	evidence
Norton AntiVirus	Gen Digital	Not known	96.3	98.7	99.97	9	evidence
Panda Dome	Panda Security, S.L.	Tested	56.1	88.2	99.17	54	evidence
Quick Heal Total Security	Quick Heal Technologies (P)	Not known	70.4	88.3	99.5	16	evidence
Sophos Home	Sophos	Tested	85.5	96.8	99.59	19	evidence
Total Defense Anti-Virus	Total Defense	Not known	97.2	97.2	99.91	4	evidence
Trend Micro Internet Security	Trend Micro	Not known	85.6	93.4	99.09	8	evidence
VIPRE Advanced Security	VIPRE Security Group	Not known	97.2	97.2	99.91	4	evidence
Windows Defender	Microsoft	Advanced+	89.2	98.1	99.93	3	evidence

A product absent from this run has no row here, and its cell elsewhere in CSI reads· not tested — which is not a low score. Independent test results are held as score, deep link and attribution only; CSI does not reproduce lab reports.