AV-Comparatives Performance Test

AV-Comparatives Performance Test — April 2026

Program: AV-Comparatives Performance Test
Test lab: AV-Comparatives
Run: AV-Comparatives Performance Test — April 2026
Period: 2026-04-01 → 2026-04-30
Published: 2026-04-22
Platform: Windows
Status: published
Report: https://av-comparatives.org/tests/performance-test-april-2026/

Results19 products of 20 tested

Product	Vendor	Award	Impact Score↓	AV-Comparatives Score↑	Evidence
McAfee Total Protection#1	McAfee	Not known	3.3	90	evidence
Kaspersky Premium#2	Kaspersky Lab	Not known	3.5	90	evidence
ESET HOME Security Essential#3	ESET	Advanced+	4.2	90	evidence
Trend Micro Internet Security#4	Trend Micro	Not known	4.7	90	evidence
Norton AntiVirus#5	Gen Digital	Not known	5.3	90	evidence
avast! Free Antivirus#6	AVAST Software a.s.	Not known	5.5	90	evidence
AVG AntiVirus Free#6	AVG Technologies CZ	Not known	5.5	90	evidence
G Data TotalSecurity#7	G Data Software	Not known	8.5	90	evidence
K7 Total Security#8	K7 Computing	Not known	9.5	85	evidence
Bitdefender Total Security#9	Bitdefender	Not known	9.6	85	evidence
Panda Dome#10	Panda Security, S.L.	Advanced	11.1	85	evidence
Windows Defender#11	Microsoft	Advanced	12.9	80	evidence
Malwarebytes#12	Malwarebytes	Advanced	17.6	75	evidence
Fortect Antivirus#13	Fortect	Advanced	17.9	85	evidence
F-Secure Internet Security#15	F-Secure	Not known	18.3	85	evidence
Quick Heal Total Security#16	Quick Heal Technologies (P)	Not known	19.1	75	evidence
VIPRE Advanced Security#17	VIPRE Security Group	Not known	22.4	75	evidence
Total Defense Anti-Virus#18	Total Defense	Not known	31.6	65	evidence
Sophos Home#19	Sophos	Standard	33.4	70	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.