We have the best antivirus programs 2017 in the comparison test! The article is divided into background knowledge about current threats and the subsequent test. We are discussing 12 different solutions before the last year and new pest forms, which have not only been mastered for antivirus programs since 2017. In addition, there is a small outlook on the “Internet of Things” (IoT), and the threats there.
Current threats: Ransomware, malicious Advertising & Co.
The test itself provides results from the test lab, afterwards we have a table with the individual evaluations for you!
Harmful advertising
One thing is common to malware infections with real diseases: anyone who is infected is suspected of having done something wrong. Did not you wash your hands properly or do not get warm enough? With malware it sounds like this: You were determined on porn pages, got rid of copyrights or opened the appendix of an obvious spam-mail - how stupid you have to be!
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At least in the computer area, however, these prejudices are completely wrong. On the subject of pornosites: According to the G Data Malware Report for the first half of 2017, most malicious websites belonged to the category health (26.6 percent). Broadly, technology sites followed (11.6 percent). Then only the infamous pornosites (9.6 percent) appear. By the way, malicious blogs and game sites are close to 7.1 and 7.6 percent as malware vendors.
Ransomware more popular
As a user you can easily become victims of hackers without having done anything wrong. This became clear again last year. For example, when an online service is hacked and their own data gets into the hands of criminals. In 2017, there were some spectacular burglaries.
"We have done nothing wrong," according to the American health insurance company Anthem. The servers of the service provider were hacked in February 2017, with the thieves being responsible for capturing personal data from nearly 80 million customers An incident involving a American health insurance company.
The fact that even the best is not immune from viruses and hackers is shown by an incident in June 2017. This time the anti-virus provider Kaspersky Lab was among the victims. The company discovered, according to own data, in its network spy software, the latest safety technologies should scout. Neither Kaspersky customers nor products were affected, it is said from Moscow. Read our news about the hacker attack on Kaspersky
Time and again hackers succeeded in 2017 infected advertisements in the worldwide advertising networks. The advertising appeared on absolutely legitimate websites such as eBay, Yahoo or the daily newspaper Daily Mail. Those who visited them risked infecting their computer with malicious software. For this, only a browser with an installed Flash plug-in was necessary. Because malicious advertising (English malvertisement) used an as yet unknown gap in Adobe Flash.
Lesetipp: Flash, Java & Co. securely under control
When criminals exploit such unknown and therefore unpatched security gaps, security experts speak of a zero-day exploit. This attack technique is particularly dangerous because the user can not protect himself with patches. Obviously, antivirus programs have a hard time recognizing the new threat. The attack method is not yet known.
For cybercriminals the knowledge of such zero-days is worth a lot of money, especially when they are found in widely used computer programs. No wonder there is now a thriving black market for this information. Once the security gap is found, it is relatively easy for hackers to produce an appropriate malware solution. You only have to buy an Exploit Kit on the black market, a kit in which the necessary technology, together with the latest zero-day exploits, is already implemented. The victims are largely defenseless.
In addition to Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash and the various web browsers were among the most frequently attacked computer programs. The most frequent attack target is Oracle's Java programming language, which is widely used by companies. However, the attacks on Java have been less frequent for some time. According to experts, the security functions now introduced contribute to this.
"New" 2017 is also an ancient form of malware: the Microsoft Office macro virus. The phenomenon was observed by Pandalabs (Pandalabs Report Q2 2017) and Trend Micro (TrendLabs 2017 Security Roundup). The technology is astonishing because macro functions are usually deactivated in Office and must be released by the user. The cybercriminals, therefore, use e-mails to use their entire persuasive skills in order to allow the user to allow the macros.
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A trend from the previous year continues this year: Ransomware is becoming more and more a threat to user data. According to Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report 2017, the number of Ransomware attacks in 2017 doubled from 4.1 million to 8.8 million worldwide. This is also confirmed by Trend Micro's TrendLabs 2017 Security Roundup for the first quarter of 2017.
Even more worrying is, according to Symantec and Trend Micro, the increasing share of malicious programs that effectively encrypt the victims' data. This makes accessing the data for the victim virtually impossible. Only after the payment of a ransom, the injured user is sent a password, with which he can decrypt his data.
Internet of dangerous things
Many victims pay the required amount, although experts advise against it. Despite the payment is not sure that one can recover his data. Either the criminals do not react, or there are technical problems that make decrypting unsuccessful. Then only a good backup of the encrypted data will help the victim.
A glimmer of hope: security companies now run key data banks, with which those concerned can restore their data with a little luck. In any case, it is recommended to contact the police or seek help online when you are infected with Ransomware.
In 2017, Sophos, Symantec and Trend Micro point to the dangers posed by computerized home automation systems, video surveillance, automobiles and simple household appliances such as babyphones - the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). The threat is real.
Antivirus test 2017
Overview
Norton Security
Conclusion
Trend Micro's The Fineline - 2017 Security Predictions even assumes that the first fatal accident will occur in the coming year with a "smart" end-user device. There are more and more drones in public airspace and medical devices with computer or internet interfaces. Many house control systems are now dependent on a functioning Internet interface. According to the Trend Micro experts, this opens the way for fatal malfunctions, hacker attacks or misuse of the respective devices.
Weak points of house control systems and other "smart" devices have been discussed for safety conferences for a long time. At the moment the cybercriminals are lacking only in a business model, a profit incentive, in order to actually start targeted attacks, according to Sophos's Security Threat Trends 2017 report. Symantec notes on the Internet Security Threat Report 2017 that attacks on IoT devices usually run through network interfaces such as WLAN routers. Computer security is not just about the computer, but the entire household.
The security tests we have tested mostly offer more than malware scanners, browser extensions and intrusion prevention systems (behavioral detection and blocking of malicious software). Many packages are backed up with backup features, and they even have online storage (cloud) for important data.
One problem with security suites is the performance. Nobody wants his computer to be noticeably slower because of a complex anti-malware solution. Some vendors attack the problem off-line and integrate a tuning program into their product to speed up the user's computer.
Tuning and backup functions are certainly useful, but we do not consider it a security suite. We have listed these features in the following overview of the test results, but they have not been included in the evaluation.
Many programs in the test offer versions for mobile systems like Android or iOS. We will provide the mobile scanner with the best results soon.
This year, Kaspersky Total Security 2017 won just before Avira Ultimate. Kaspersky is very good on the whole, Avira virus detection even a touch better. However, both BitDefender and the third-tiered BitDefender receive the 100 points for pure virus protection.
Here, the right choice is independent of the security question and depends on equipment features. For example, Kaspersky provides tracking protection while Avira scores in the performance.
Lesetipp: Android antivirus test 2017
The Preistipp ESET is particularly convincing with its low number of false alarms. F-Secure Safe, which fell in spite of very good virus detection due to many false alarms and poor performance, fell sharply from previous years.
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