AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test

AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test — September 2025

Program: AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test
Test lab: AV-Comparatives
Run: AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test — September 2025
Period: 2025-09-01 → 2025-09-30
Published: 2025-10-15
Platform: Windows
Status: published
Report: https://av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-september-2025/

Results14 products of 15 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	97.4	98.9	99.98	8	evidence
AVG AntiVirus Free	AVG Technologies CZ	Not known	97.4	98.9	99.98	8	evidence
Avira Free Security	Avira	Not known	97.9	98.9	99.99	45	evidence
ESET HOME Security Essential	ESET	Advanced+	98	98.3	100	10	evidence
F-Secure Internet Security	F-Secure	Not known	97.9	98.9	99.99	45	evidence
Kaspersky Premium	Kaspersky Lab	Not known	93.7	98.1	99.99	3	evidence
Malwarebytes	Malwarebytes	Tested	94.7	98.8	99.88	28	evidence
McAfee Total Protection	McAfee	Not known	87.3	99.3	100	46	evidence
Norton AntiVirus	Gen Digital	Not known	97.4	98.9	99.98	8	evidence
Panda Free Antivirus	Panda Security, S.L.	Not known	67.6	95.4	99.85	85	evidence
Quick Heal Total Security	Quick Heal Technologies (P)	Not known	75.6	93.2	99.48	23	evidence
TotalAV Antivirus Plus	TotalAV	Tested	97.9	98.9	99.99	45	evidence
Trend Micro Internet Security	Trend Micro	Not known	85.9	96.1	99.52	6	evidence
Windows Defender	Microsoft	Standard	88.4	97.9	100	27	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.