Microsoft Ranks First in AV-Comparatives May Edition for Proactive Detection Testing!

We are #1 this time! And it is our first time scoring Advanced+ in AV-comparatives testing. We scored very well on both ends: second best in detection rate and we had the fewest false positives. AV-Comparatives.org published the May edition of the proactive/retrospective testing of the May Edition. This was the continuation of the February test which focused on none-proactive testing. This test turned to proactive and retrospective to measure the vendors’ capability in detecting new threats. Our detection rate was 60%, the second best among the participants, and we had the fewest false positive samples.

This result is consistent with some recent proactive tests conducted by other industry test organizations. In the VB100 April edition, VB introduced a new metric, Reactive and Proactive (RAP), in their test criteria. Vendors scored from 8.0% to 94.7%. Both FCS and OneCare score at 80% in the RAP test cases. In addition, in the WildList response time testing by AV-test.org in 2008, Microsoft was in the clear leading position on proactive detection

For details, please check AV-comparatives May edition published below: https://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_report22.pdf)