January 2012
Bitdefender Wins `Top Rated’ of the Year Award in AV Comparatives Testing
Bitdefender Wins Two Gold Medals in Year’s Tests
Bitdefender®, the award-winning provider of innovative antivirus solutions, won the Top-Rated Award for 2011 from respected independent testing organization AV Comparatives after a year of rigorous, repeated tests.
Bitdefender won the “Gold Medal” in Whole-Product Dynamic Protection and Malware Removal, outstripping all other products in those categories. It also won a Bronze in On Demand Malware Detection after tests on antivirus products from 20 companies last year, AV Comparatives said in its Summary Report 2011.
Bitdefender received Advanced+ score – the highest possible – in six categories, including both On-Demand tests in February and August, the Whole Product Dynamic test from March through June, the Retrospective Test in August, and the Removal test in November. Whole Product Dynamic tests from August through November also awarded Bitdefender the Advanced+ score.
AV Comparatives examines leading antivirus products for both rate of detection and false positives, scoring them in four categories depending on performance – “advanced +”, “advanced”, “standard” and “tested”. The Top-Rated Award was given to five providers for scoring Advanced+ grades in at least five categories.
“It’s always an honor to receive such recognition,” said Viorel Canja, Head of Bitdefender Labs. “Bitdefender products have shown a pattern of rapid advancement in recent years that is keeping the company always a step ahead of competitors. We always look forward to these tests to receive independent confirmation of that.”
“Bitdefender consistently meets very high standards and we always look forward to testing it,” said Andreas Clementi of AV-Comparatives. “Our testing standards are extremely rigorous, so any company that achieves the Top Rated award has the right to be very proud indeed.”
Bitdefender technology has been highly rated in a range of top industry and consumer testing. Alongside AV Comparatives and AV-Test.org, Bitdefender has won praise by influential organizations such as Which? in the UK, Stiftung Warentest in Germany and Consumersearch in the US.
About Bitdefender®
Bitdefender is the creator of one of the world's fastest and most effective lines of internationally certified internet security software.Since 2001, the company has been an industry pioneer, introducing and developing award-winning protection. Today, Bitdefender technology secures the digital experience of around 400 million home and corporate users across the globe.
Recently, the company has won a range of key independent recommendations in the US, UK and across Europe, including ConsumerSearch, Which?, Stiftung Warentest and Taenk. Bitdefender antivirus technology has also finished top in leading industry tests from both AV Test and AV-Comparatives. More information about Bitdefender's antivirus products is available from the company's security solutions press room. Additionally, Bitdefender publishes Malware City providing the latest updates on security threats and helping users stay informed in the everyday battle against malware.