AV-Comparatives names Kaspersky Internet Security as Product of the Year

Kaspersky’s flagship home user security solution – Kaspersky Internet Security – was honored with the Product of the Year 2020 award for an impressive sixth time, in an annual report released by independent test lab AV-Comparatives. Kaspersky was acknowledged ahead of 16 peers by achieving Advanced+ awards in seven rigorous tests, to rank the company highest overall across the participating Windows security products.

During the past year, users had relied on technology more than ever to keep in touch with loved ones and to continue working remotely when offices and schools were closed. Kaspersky has protected its customers from evolving cyber threats throughout with the most robust and efficient market products. This commitment has been recognized and reaffirmed by achieving six key annual awards from AV-Comparatives, for excellent product performance over the past 12 months. 

In securing the Product of the Year 2020 award, Kaspersky Internet Security outperformed all 16 competitors during the test year and received Advanced+ Awards for maximum product performance results in all seven tests of the year-round scope. There are two half-a-year Real-World Protection tests, two Malware Protection tests, two Performance Measurement tests, and an Enhanced Real-World test. 

In addition, Kaspersky has received five additional honors for specific test criteria:

• Advanced Threat Protection Gold – for the highest results in the Enhanced Real-World test, where AV-Comparatives experts emulate advanced targeted attacks which aim to penetrate a protected system, to escalate privileges and execute a malicious payload; 
• Real-World Protection Gold – for the highest results in eight Real World Protection tests which run on actual real world attacks and include false positive assessments;
• Lowest False Positives Silver – for lowest number of false positives throughout eight Real-World tests and two Malware Protection tests during 2020;
• Malware Protection Bronze – for high results in detection malware and a minimal amount of false positives within two Malware Protection Tests of 2020;
• Best Overall Speed Bronze – for the minimal impact of the security solution on system performance through synthetic and user-based scenarios on two different hardware sets.

“We are happy to recognize Kaspersky Internet Security for its verified malware protection capabilities, high standards of performance, and easy-to-use tiled interface. The last year’s events have shown that it’s not only large enterprises but every household that requires highly effective protection against cybercrime. Kaspersky has once again proved its ability to safeguard the devices and data of end-users, by achieving first-class results, and reaching the top level in all categories of AV-Comparatives’ tests,” says Andreas Clementi, founder and CEO of AV-Comparatives.