Monday, July 15, 2024

Kaspersky Premium takes top spot in anti-phishing tests | Kaspersky official blog

We write a lot about phishing, and always recommend our products as the best line of defense. And for good reason — Kaspersky Premium for Windows outperformed 14 other solutions in AV-Comparatives’ 2024 Anti-Phishing Test — beating global vendors like Bitdefender, McAfee, Avast, and others.

The AV-Comparatives Approved Anti-Phishing certificate — a mark of quality in protecting users from phishing

The AV-Comparatives Approved Anti-Phishing certificate — a mark of quality in protecting users from phishing

Because Kaspersky products utilize a unified stack of security technologies, which was rigorously tested by researchers, this award equally applies to our other products and solutions — both for home users (Kaspersky Standard, Kaspersky Plus, and Kaspersky Premium) and for business (such as Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Kaspersky Small Office Security).

About the test

The independent Austrian organization AV-Comparatives has a 25-year track of record of evaluating the effectiveness of cybersecurity products and solutions. This latest test assessed how well popular cybersecurity solutions protect users from phishing threats while browsing the web and using email.

The test ran from May 17 to 28, 2024, using a selection of 275 fresh and active phishing links. The phishing URLs included sites designed to steal data from bank cards, PayPal and online banking accounts, Dropbox and eBay, social media and email accounts, online games, and other online services. To test for false positives, 250 links to legitimate online banking services worldwide were also included.

To achieve certification, security solutions had to block at least 85% of phishing addresses and avoid any false positives on legitimate websites. Kaspersky Premium for Windows blocked the highest number of phishing links among all the test’s participants — 93% — without a single false positive, securing first place. Only seven of the 15 tested solutions from other vendors met the certification criteria — albeit with lower scores: McAfee (92%), Avast (91%), Trend Micro (89%), Fortinet (89%), Bitdefender (89%), ESET (87%), and NordVPN (85%).

Comparison of AV-Comparatives' anti-phishing test results for eight certified protection solutions

Comparison of AV-Comparatives’ anti-phishing test results for eight certified protection solutions

AV-Comparatives has been conducting its anti-phishing test — whose list of threats and legitimate websites is updated annually — since 2011, and our products have excelled consistently year after year. The test is performed on computers with identical hardware configurations, operating systems, and browsers, simultaneously for all security solutions put to the test. All other phishing protection mechanisms in the operating system or browser are disabled. Each tested product is configured to default settings and has unlimited internet access and the ability to update throughout the test. A visit to a phishing site is only considered as detected if the security solution warns the user that the site is unsafe.

A legacy of success

In 2023 alone, our products participated in 100 independent studies and emerged victorious 93 times. Since 2013, our products have undergone rigorous testing by independent researchers 927 times, achieving 680 first-place finishes, and placing in the top-three 779 times. This is an absolute record among all security solution vendors — both in terms of tests conducted and victories secured.

Here’s a rundown of some of our most notable recent wins:

You can check out our other awards in the TOP-3 section on our website.



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