MRG Effitas Q4 2020 360 Degree Assessment and Certification

Test Lab

MRG Effitas

Test Title

MRG Effitas Q4 2020 360 Degree Assessment and Certification

AMTSO Test ID

AMTSO-LS1-TP031

Platform

Windows

Vendor

AVAST, Avira, Bitdefender, ESET, F-Secure, MalwareBytes, Microsoft, Sophos, Symantec, Trend Micro

Publication date

2021-03-01

Statement from Test Lab

“A first-of-its-kind test that covers all angles, our pioneering 360 Degree Protection Test targets the key threats faced by internet users. In each test case we employ the full spectrum of Early Life Malware. We use a Time-To-Detect metric to measure how long it takes each application to detect and neutralize missed threats.”

Tested products

VendorProductVendor status
AVASTBusiness Antivirusparticipant
AviraAntivirus Proparticipant
BitdefenderEndpoint Securityincluded
ESETEndpoint Securityincluded
F-SecureComputer Protection Premiumparticipant
MalwareBytesEndpoint Protectionincluded
MicrosoftWindows Defenderincluded
SophosIntercept Xincluded
SymantecEndpoint Protectionincluded
Trend MicroSecurityincluded

AMTSO Standard compliance info

Notification issued

2020-10-07

Notification method

Publicly posted test plan, Contact list notification

Test plan

Commencement date

2020-10-13

Participants

3
These Vendors chose to adopt Participant status under the AMTSO Standard, gaining certain guaranteed rights in return for attestations.

“Included” Vendors

7

These Vendors did not chose to adopt Participant status under the AMTSO Standard, but may have engaged with the test lab in other ways.

Commentary dates
CommentaryStart dateEnd date
Phase 1 Commentary2020-10-122020-10-20
Phase 2 Commentary2021-03-012021-03-10

Commentary received

VendorCommentary phaseComment
AVASTPhase 2

We do not agree with some PUA samples classification (our disputes were not accepted), we have our own “PUP guidelines” according to which are some tested samples clean.

Response from test lab: “Yes, we would like to correct our viewpoint regarding the dispute. After a deeper manual analysis and standards checking, we accept Avast’s dispute that these samples are not PUAs and they were removed from the test set. The report has been updated.”

AMTSO Standard compliance status

Confirmed compliant with AMTSO Standard v1.3Compliance Report