Kaspersky and Trusteer Solutions Best Against Online Payment Threats

[rajeesh]

Security software submitted to "online payment threat" tests

Matousec.com has released the results of an interesting study aimed at discovering which security firm’s products are the best in protecting users while making online payments.

Products from Avira, ESET, G Data, McAfee, Microsoft, Symantec, Trend Micro, Panda, AVG, F-Secure, Bitdefender, avast!, Kaspersky and Trusteer have been submitted to a number of 15 attack methods usually leveraged by financial malware.

Unfortunately, half of the products were unable to mitigate any of the attacks, but there were a few that got great scores.

Trusteer Rapport 3.5 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 came in on the first position, passing all 15 tests. Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 and avast! Internet Security managed to block 6, respectively 8, attacks.

So, there you have it. Statistically speaking, Kaspersky and Trusteer products are the best when it comes to protecting your bank account.

However, don’t forget about best security practices. No software can save you if you keep clicking on suspicious links.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kaspersky-and-Trusteer-Solutions-Best-Against-Online-Payment-Threats-278953.shtml

[kunjar]

Tests by Matousec are sub par to say the least