November 2014 – in a test be renowned antivirus test lab – AV-Comparatives – ESET Smart Security 8.0 took top honors for every test, including how performance on the PC was impacted for file copies, installing/uninstalling software, opening and running Office documents and downloading files (to name just a few of the tests applied.
Products tested in this AV-Comparatives test were:
- AhnLab V3 Internet Security 8.0
- avast! Internet Security 2015
- AVG Internet Security 2015
- AVIRA Internet Security 14.0
- Baidu Security Suite 4.0.9
- Bitdefender Internet Security 2015
- BullGuard Internet Security 14.1
- Emsisoft Internet Security 9.0
- eScan Internet Security Suite 14.0
- ESET Smart Security 8.0
- Fortinet FortiClient 5.0.9
- F-Secure Internet Security 14.115
- Kaspersky Internet Security 2015
- Kingsoft Internet Security 2013.SP7.5
- Lavasoft Pro Security 11.4
- McAfee Internet Security 2015
- Panda Internet Security 15.0
- Qihoo 360 Internet Security 5.0
- Sophos Endpoint Protection 10.3
- ThreatTrack Vipre Internet Security 2015
- Tencent QQ PC Manager 8.10
- Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 8.0
Security suites were rated on a number of factors including overall impact results with default settings under Windows 8.1 64-Bit.
For the full report, please view the PDF report here.