Security's New Star: Avira Is Awarded the Protectstar!

Tettnang, 26 March 2008 – The international ProtectStar test lab has tested thirteen security suites. The “Protect Star Award 2008” went to Avira Premium Security Suite.

ProtectStar Award 2008ProtectStar Inc. in Florida and London is an independent company that analyzes security software. In close cooperation with AV Comparatives, which is responsible for testing virus detection rates, the testers present the “ProtectStar Award”. The objective of the award is to provide end users with factual assistance in the selection of their security products in an increasingly unclear test jungle.

Thirteen well-known security suites were tested, all of them claiming to protect users from every current danger involved when surfing the Internet or banking and shopping online. They were evaluated in the differently weighted categories of security (50%), user friendliness, performance, and value (50% combined).

The test resulted in a photo finish in which none of the first three could claim a clear victory. The experts from ProtectStar Inc. therefore declared the first three places as winners – and Avira Premium Security Suite was among them. The suite was particularly persuasive in the category of “security” with the best malware detection rate in the test.

Further information at www.protectstar-testlab.org