AV-Comparatives Performance Test

AV-Comparatives Performance Test — September 2025

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

Results19 products of 20 tested

Product	Vendor	Award	Impact Score↓	AV-Comparatives Score↑	Evidence
Kaspersky Premium#1	Kaspersky Lab	Not known	3	90	evidence
Norton AntiVirus#2	Gen Digital	Not known	3.8	90	evidence
avast! Free Antivirus#3	AVAST Software a.s.	Not known	3.9	90	evidence
AVG AntiVirus Free#3	AVG Technologies CZ	Not known	3.9	90	evidence
ESET HOME Security Essential#4	ESET	Advanced+	5.8	90	evidence
McAfee Total Protection#5	McAfee	Not known	7.6	85	evidence
Trend Micro Internet Security#6	Trend Micro	Not known	7.8	85	evidence
K7 Total Security#7	K7 Computing	Not known	9.9	85	evidence
Panda Free Antivirus#8	Panda Security, S.L.	Not known	11.6	85	evidence
Windows Defender#9	Microsoft	Advanced	13.5	80	evidence
Bitdefender Total Security#10	Bitdefender	Not known	14.6	80	evidence
Malwarebytes#11	Malwarebytes	Advanced	17.5	75	evidence
G Data TotalSecurity#12	G Data Software	Not known	19	85	evidence
TotalAV Antivirus Plus#13	TotalAV	Standard	22.8	80	evidence
Avira Free Security#14	Avira	Not known	23	80	evidence
Quick Heal Total Security#15	Quick Heal Technologies (P)	Not known	23.4	70	evidence
VIPRE Advanced Security#16	VIPRE Security Group	Not known	25.7	68	evidence
F-Secure Internet Security#17	F-Secure	Not known	28.2	75	evidence
Total Defense Anti-Virus#18	Total Defense	Not known	31.2	65	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.