AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test

AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test — September 2026

Program: AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test
Test lab: AV-Comparatives
Run: AV-Comparatives Malware Protection Test — September 2026
Period: 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-30
Published: 2026-10-15
Platform: Windows
Status: published
Report: https://av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-september-2026/

Results19 products

Product	Vendor	Award	Offline Detection Rate(%)↑	Online Detection Rate(%)↑	Online Protection Rate(%)↑	False Positives↓	Evidence
avast! Free Antivirus	AVAST Software a.s.	Advanced	95.4	98.3	99.96	15	evidence
AVG AntiVirus Free	AVG Technologies CZ	Advanced	95.4	98.3	99.96	15	evidence
Bitdefender Total Security	Bitdefender	Advanced+	97.2	97.2	99.98	1	evidence
ESET HOME Security Essential	ESET	Advanced+	95.7	96.4	99.89	3	evidence
Fortect Antivirus	Fortect	Advanced	96	98.4	99.97	14	evidence
F-Secure Internet Security	F-Secure	Advanced	96	98.6	99.97	14	evidence
G Data TotalSecurity	G Data Software	Advanced+	97.3	97.3	99.93	1	evidence
K7 Total Security	K7 Computing	Tested	92.6	92.6	99.3	15	evidence
Kaspersky Premium	Kaspersky Lab	Advanced+	89.8	97.7	99.97	5	evidence
Malwarebytes	Malwarebytes	Tested	84.2	94.6	99.65	32	evidence
McAfee Total Protection	McAfee	Standard	81.3	98.3	99.97	36	evidence
Norton AntiVirus	Gen Digital	Advanced	95.4	98.3	99.96	15	evidence
Panda Dome	Panda Security, S.L.	Tested	40.2	81.1	98.39	91	evidence
Quick Heal Total Security	Quick Heal Technologies (P)	Tested	49.1	82.8	98.58	40	evidence
Sophos Home	Sophos	Tested	74.6	97	99.83	49	evidence
Total Defense Anti-Virus	Total Defense	Advanced+	97.2	97.2	99.95	4	evidence
Trend Micro Internet Security	Trend Micro	Tested	76.3	92.9	98.22	15	evidence
VIPRE Advanced Security	VIPRE Security Group	Advanced+	96.9	96.9	99.8	6	evidence
Windows Defender	Microsoft	Standard	82.2	95.5	99.89	28	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.