In the labs of AV-TEST, there was a whole raft of security products to be tested and certified in 2025. The test candidates had to prove their merits under Windows, Mac or Android in the categories for consumer users and corporate users. For the best in the field of protection products, the AV-TEST Institute grants its coveted awards, now for the 15th time. In total, the experts conferred the special 25 awards on 12 manufacturers across 11 test categories. The awards are presented in the areas of Protection, Performance, Usability and Advanced Protection under Windows, along with Mac Security and Android Security. With these accolades, the institute recognizes the best solutions from the 2025 test year and, in doing so, honors the manufacturers for their strong research and development work.
Robust cybersecurity against ransomware, stealer malware and spyware
A glance at the latest malware statistics might well cause distress among consumer users and corporate users. For Windows systems alone, the malware samples registered in the AV-ATLAS database in the period of 2024 to 2025 grew from 920 to 995 million – that is an increase of just over 8 percent. Which means that on the day of the awards ceremony at the beginning of March 2026, it probably will already have exceeded one billion.
Although the numbers are alarmingly high, the IT security products demonstrate through their certifications that there are robust security solutions on the market which already have the known and even brand-new malware samples under control. Despite the high number of digital malware samples, the manufacturers have the expertise and the means to fend off the nearly countless attackers mostly without exception. The certification tests conducted in the AV-TEST labs are proof of this. In the cycles of tests throughout the entire year, the experts in the lab evaluate the protection products for Windows, Mac or Android for consumer users and corporate users. By means of the clearly defined test scenarios, all of the values recorded in the annual time period are comparable, showing whether a product protects effectively over the long haul, or whether its good performance was only a snapshot. If a solution withstands the grueling and valid tests, it also receives a certificate for tested security: the coveted AV-TEST seal of approval. [...]
LINK: www.av-test.org/en/news/av-test-awards-2025-celebrating-the-very-best-of-it-security-products/
The laureates:
Robust cybersecurity against ransomware, stealer malware and spyware
A glance at the latest malware statistics might well cause distress among consumer users and corporate users. For Windows systems alone, the malware samples registered in the AV-ATLAS database in the period of 2024 to 2025 grew from 920 to 995 million – that is an increase of just over 8 percent. Which means that on the day of the awards ceremony at the beginning of March 2026, it probably will already have exceeded one billion.
Although the numbers are alarmingly high, the IT security products demonstrate through their certifications that there are robust security solutions on the market which already have the known and even brand-new malware samples under control. Despite the high number of digital malware samples, the manufacturers have the expertise and the means to fend off the nearly countless attackers mostly without exception. The certification tests conducted in the AV-TEST labs are proof of this. In the cycles of tests throughout the entire year, the experts in the lab evaluate the protection products for Windows, Mac or Android for consumer users and corporate users. By means of the clearly defined test scenarios, all of the values recorded in the annual time period are comparable, showing whether a product protects effectively over the long haul, or whether its good performance was only a snapshot. If a solution withstands the grueling and valid tests, it also receives a certificate for tested security: the coveted AV-TEST seal of approval. [...]
LINK: www.av-test.org/en/news/av-test-awards-2025-celebrating-the-very-best-of-it-security-products/
The laureates:
