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AV-TEST: Virus Protection on MacOS Sequoia for Home & Business Users (December 2025)

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Dear media partners, dear friends of the AV-TEST Institute,

please find attached the latest test report. As usual, you are free to use our comprehensive test in your publications. Therefore, we provide you with the detailed test results as an XLS sheet and as graphics.

In December 2025, the AV-TEST Institute reviewed a total of 13 security solutions for home and corporate users under MacOS. The attached detailed results show how well the products performed in the areas of Protection, Performance and Usability.

The following 9 anti-virus products for home users were tested: 
www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-macos/
  • Avast Security
  • AVG AntiVirus
  • Avira Security
  • Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac
  • ESET Security Ultimate
  • F-Secure Total
  • Kaspersky Premium
  • Norton Norton 360
  • Total AV Antivirus
Besides this, we reviewed the following 4 security software for business users: www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/business-macos/
  • Crowdstrike Falcon Sensor
  • Sophos Endpoint
  • Symantec Endpoint Protection
  • Trellix Endpoint Security

AV-TEST - SITS Deutschland GmbH

AV-TEST is an independent supplier of services in the fields of IT Security and Antivirus Research, focusing on the detection and analysis of the latest malicious software and its use in comprehensive comparative testing of security products.

Due to the timeliness of the testing data, malware can instantly be analyzed and categorized, trends within virus development can be detected early, and IT-security solutions can be tested and certified. The AV-TEST Institute’s results provide an exclusive basis of information helping vendors to optimize their products, special interest magazines to publish research data, and end users to make good product choices.

AV-TEST has operated out of Magdeburg (Germany) since 2004 and employs more than 30 team members, professionals with extensive practical experience. The AV-TEST laboratories include 500 client and server systems, where more than 3,500 terabyte of independently-collected test data, containing both malicious and harmless sample information, are stored and processed.

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