
Judging by AV-Comparatives test results, Avast isn’t quite as secure as some others, but it’s definitely up there among the best. It also yielded 10 false alarms which isn’t fantastic, but a lot better than the staggering 114 flagged by Panda. Offline, it managed to detect 92% of threats. F-Secure, G DATA, Panda, and Trend Macro managed to block 100% of the malware tested.Īnd in its Malware protection test dated September 2020, AV-Comparatives found that Avast managed to protect against 100% of online threats.

And although this sounds pretty near perfect, there were several antivirus providers that did better. In its latest real-world protection report dated July-August 2020, Avast blocked 99.7% of the widespread malicious samples used in the test.

Possibly the most well-known one is AV-Comparatives. Like a lot of industry-leading antivirus providers, Avast pays to have its products included in tests done by independent labs. What did we find out during our Avast research? We had a look at the security features and independent lab test results – and there are some interesting things worth noting.
