Put to the test: How well special security tools help after an attack

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Put to the test for 12 months: This is how well security packages and special tools help after an attack

 

First comes the malware attack, then the chaos in recovering the data. But it doesn't have to be that way. In an endurance test, AV-TEST discovered which security packages and special tools really help. Here are the results of the 15 good and mediocre applications.

 

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Ref:  < https://www.av-test.org/en/news/news-single-view/put-to-the-test-for-12-months-this-is-how-well-security-packages-and-special-tools-help-after-an-at/ >

 

 

 

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A related article:  "Microsoft’s Security Tools Disappoint in Latest Antivirus Tests" at:

 

< http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-s-security-tools-disappoint-in-latest-antivirus-tests-513230.shtml >

 

Abstract: The latest round of security tests performed by German institute AV-TEST shows that Microsoft Security Essentials and the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool are well behind competition when it comes to removing an existing infection from a Windows system.