MOSTLY GOOD LAB RESULTS
Three of the four independent testing labs I follow include NOD32 in their
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are especially grueling. Out of a dozen products tested, only ESET, Bitdefender,
and Norton pass both this lab’s tests in the latest round.
Experts at AV-Test Institute examine antivirus products for three important
criteria. Protection is important, naturally, but so is a low impact on
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program’s usability. Antivirus tools can earn up to six points each for
Protection, Performance, and Usability, for a maximum score of 18. Any
antivirus that earns at least 17.5 points is named a Top Product. More than half
the products in this lab’s latest test earn a perfect 18 points. Another quarter of
the products, ESET
among them, take 17.5
points.
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testers don’t assign
numeric scores. A
product that passes any
test receives Standard
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that go beyond the
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In the three tests from
this lab that I follow,
NOD32 takes one
Standard, one Advanced,
and one Advanced+
rating. Bitdefender is the
only product with
Advanced+ in all three.