This is a decent score, but the top performers on this test managed to detect over 99 percent of samples. Kaspersky performed a little better in tests against live malware attacks designed to determine how well antivirus products can block brand-new malware.
In this test, Kaspersky completely blocked 88 percent of samples, and partially blocked an additional 4 percent of samples. This is an above-average score, but not quite up to frontrunner status—the top scorer was able to fully block 96 percent of attacks.
When it came to cleaning up malware infections, Kaspersky held its own: It detected all infections on the test PC, and removed active malware components in 80 percent of cases, which ties the high score in this test. In addition, it removed all traces of infections in 50 percent of cases—a solid score.
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In this test, Kaspersky detected 89 percent of threats, the same as Spyware Doctor. However, bits and pieces of threats got past Kaspersky even when it did detect them; a couple even managed to install and launch an executable file. Kaspersky scored just 7. Given Kaspersky's dismal detection rate for keylogger removal, I was rather surprised to find that in the blocking test it detected 79 percent of the keylogger samples, the same as Emsisoft, Panda, and Norton Internet Security , among others.
Norton completely blocked every rootkit it detected, scoring 79 points, while Kaspersky got just 5. A couple of the keyloggers it detected managed to install and launch executable files. In the real world, if a malefactor is sitting at your computer installing a keylogger there's not much you can do about it, so I give much less weight to keylogger blocking. Kaspersky detected 89 percent of the rootkit samples and scored 7.
That's a decent showing, but Webroot, Spyware Doctor, and both Ad-Aware products detected every single rootkit sample. Ad-Aware swept the field with a perfect 10 of 10 points against rootkits. As for scareware, Kaspersky and many other products detected 78 percent of these threats. Malwarebytes, Ad-Aware Pro, and Webroot all detected 89 percent and blocked them completely for a score of 8.
Kaspersky's score of 6. Surprising False Positives To check for false positives good programs identified as dangerous , I tried installing twenty PCMag utilities under Kaspersky's default configuration. Then I rolled the system back to its earlier state and tried again with automatic handling of low-risk files turned off. The results were just a bit surprising. Most of the utilities got a clean bill of health in Kaspersky's default configuration.
When I configured it to ask about suspicious files, it correctly flagged a few due to behaviors that could also be used by malware. However, this test produced a couple shockers. In its default configuration, Kaspersky identified ButtonBoogie as a specific malware threat during installation.
It allowed Startup Cop to install but flagged it as malware during normal operation. This is surprising, as both utilities have been out for years. While not specifically naming them malware, Kaspersky displayed the same red "proactive defense" warning for a well-known rootkit detection tool and for a rootkit-based keylogger.
That would confuse many users. And yet, the independent lab tests that measure such things reported few false positives for Kaspersky. Bonus Features Kaspersky's antivirus includes a number of features more commonly found in full-scale security suites.
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