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Table 1a: The fastest on-access antivirus scanner Antivirus Slowdown [%] Award Awarding criteria

Avast 15

Avira 30

Norton 34

BitDefender 39

Sophos 42

AVG 45

Kaspersky 47

Panda 49

F-Secure 62

Trend Micro 62

Outpost 63

Eset 101

McAfee 165

Microsoft 168

Dr.Web 176

VBA 386

Antivirus Performance Test Results

(Test #1 - February 2010)http://www.anti-malware-test.com/

Platinum Performance AwardOn-Access Scanning

If the slowdown of the testing collection copy as compared

with the system without antivirus does not exceed 20%.

Gold Performance AwardOn-Access Scanning


with the system without antivirus is from 20% to 50%.

Silver Performance AwardOn-Access Scanning



Bronze Performance AwardOn-Access Scanning



If the copying slowdown as compared with the system without antivirus exceeded

150%.

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Table 1b: The fastest on-demand antivirus scanner

Antivirus Time of the second scanning Award

Avira 0:01:28 0:00:35

Kaspersky 0:02:42 0:00:06

Norton 0:03:10 0:00:18

BitDefender 0:04:03 0:00:01

F-Secure 0:04:10 0:00:01

Outpost 0:04:17 0:00:25

Trend Micro 0:03:10 0:02:28

Avast 0:03:30 0:03:27

Sophos 0:04:53 0:04:47

AVG 0:05:00 0:04:50

Panda 0:05:27 0:05:25

McAfee 0:06:45 0:06:40

VBA 0:28:33 0:03:03

Eset 0:09:49 0:09:46

Microsoft 0:10:24 0:10:27

Dr.Web 0:16:51 0:16:35

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On-Demand Scanning

Gold Performance AwardOn-Demand Scanning

Silver Performance AwardOn-Demand Scanning

Bronze Performance AwardOn-Demand Scanning

Table 1c: The fastest antiviruses for working with office applicationsAntivirus Points sum Points sum (max %)* Award

BitDefender 45 90%

Avira 44 88%

McAfee 44 88%

Microsoft 44 88%

Eset 44 88%

Avast 43 86%

AVG 43 86%

Dr.Web41 82%

VBA39 78%

Sophos38 75%

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Panda

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Kaspersky 24 48%

Norton 22 45%

F-Secure 21 42%

Trend Micro 20 40%

Gold Performance AwardOffice Software

Silver Performance AwardOffice Software

Bronze Performance AwardOffice Software

* -max (50 points) correspond to the system without antivirus, min (0 points) correspond to the system with the slowest antivirus for all office applications.

Please look at the points calculation in details!



Awarding criteria

For the best first scanning

performance and optimization.

If the first scanning time does not exceed 6 minutes and there is

optimization in the following iterations.

If the first scanning time does not exceed 6 minutes but there is no further iterations optimization or it is

insignificant.

If the first scanning time does not exceed

10 minutes and/or there is a significant

further iteration optimization that does not exceed 6 minutes.

If the file collection copying slow down exceeds 10 minutes

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Table 1c: The fastest antiviruses for working with office applicationsAwarding criteria

95-85%

85-75%

75-65%

Менее 65%.

min (0 points) correspond to the system with the slowest antivirus for all office applications.

Table 1d: Versions of the antivirus softwareVendor Product Versions & Builds

Avast Avast Antivirus Professional 4.8.1368AVG AVG Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware 9.0.716Avira Avira Antivir Preminum 9.0.0.75BitDefender BitDefender Anti-Virus 2010 (13.0.18.345)Доктор Веб Dr.Web 5.01.1.11171Eset Eset Nod32 4.0.4680F-Secure F-Secure Anti-Virus 2010 (10.10 build 246)Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 (9.0.0.736 (a,b))McAfee McAfee VirusScan Plus 2010 (13.15.113)Microsoft Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0.1611.0Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 2010 (17.1.0.19)Agnitum Outpost Antivirus Pro 2009 (6.7.1.2983.450.0714)Panda Security Panda Antivirus 2010 (9.01.00)Sophos Sophos Anti-Virus 9.0.0Trend Micro Trend Micro Antivirus plus Antispyware 2010 (17.50.1366)VBA VBA32 WinNT Workstation 3.12.12.0

Table 1e: Description of the test platformProcessor Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GhzMatherboard MSI P35 Neo-FVideo card GeForce 8800 GTS 640MBRAM 2048 MBHDD 80 GB (ST380013AS)Network 100mbit/sec EthernetOperation system Microsoft Windows XP Pro Rus SP3 with all updated

Software installed

DirectX 9cInternet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702Microsoft Office Word 2003 (11.8307.8221) SP3Microsoft Outlook 6 (6.00.29.00.5512) SP3Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.2.0Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended

Table 1f: Structure of the file collection for the testingExtention Size % Files

.dll 2364870.3 КБ 41.2% 2888

.exe 1409433.7 КБ 24.5% 939

.djvu 401891.4 КБ 7.0% 37

.sys 288746.5 КБ 5.0% 458

.pdf 259261.2 КБ 4.5% 13

.mp3 247349.2 КБ 4.3% 31

.jpg 199124.0 КБ 3.5% 59

.avi 156655.8 КБ 2.7% 1

.bak 112555.3 КБ 2.0% 47

.cpl 30567.5 КБ 0.5% 55

.qts 30319.0 КБ 0.5% 3

.bpl 28990.5 КБ 0.5% 80

.pif 26675.5 КБ 0.5% 3

.pptx 20986.0 КБ 0.4% 15

.ocx 20329.8 КБ 0.4% 28

.ax 18127.1 КБ 0.3% 20

.ppt 14794.0 КБ 0.3% 4

.api 14621.0 КБ 0.3% 5

.msi 13133.5 КБ 0.2% 2

.rar 11278.7 КБ 0.2% 2

.qtx 10192.0 КБ 0.2% 15

.doc 9901.7 КБ 0.2% 11

.htm 9490.5 КБ 0.2% 11

.kdl 8382.5 КБ 0.1% 21

.ppl 7985.8 КБ 0.1% 50

.tbp 4047.5 КБ 0.1% 2

.so 2740.8 КБ 0.0% 74

.docx 2702.8 КБ 0.0% 1

.setup 2472.0 КБ 0.0% 1

.apl 2194.5 КБ 0.0% 1

.pyd 2023.5 КБ 0.0% 7

.cav 1879.2 КБ 0.0% 12

.fmt 1047.5 КБ 0.0% 15

.rsc 1009.0 КБ 0.0% 4

.nls 762.6 КБ 0.0% 2

.scr 715.9 КБ 0.0% 3

.js 706.7 КБ 0.0% 37

.plugin 664.0 КБ 0.0% 5

.cab 628.8 КБ 0.0% 1

.fb2 604.6 КБ 0.0% 1

.ngr 604.0 КБ 0.0% 1

.acm 587.8 КБ 0.0% 9

.0 535.1 КБ 0.0% 2

.jar 508.0 КБ 0.0% 1

.rus 396.0 КБ 0.0% 4

.bin 396.0 КБ 0.0% 1

.crl 320.0 КБ 0.0% 1

.tsp 225.0 КБ 0.0% 1

.wcx 189.5 КБ 0.0% 2

.rll 152.0 КБ 0.0% 3

.wfx 136.0 КБ 0.0% 1

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.nlr 104.0 КБ 0.0% 1

.mui 64.0 КБ 0.0% 3

.com 57.0 КБ 0.0% 3

.msc 40.2 КБ 0.0% 1(no extention) 24.0 КБ 0.0% 3.ico 22.0 КБ 0.0% 1.wlx 20.5 КБ 0.0% 1.xml 20.4 КБ 0.0% 1.loc 13.3 КБ 0.0% 1.vbs 3.4 КБ 0.0% 1.bat 1.7 КБ 0.0% 6.atr 0.4 КБ 0.0% 8.lnk 0.3 КБ 0.0% 1.sal 0.2 КБ 0.0% 1.idx 0.2 КБ 0.0% 8.m3u 0.1 КБ 0.0% 1

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Table 2: Antivirus influence on the operation system boot time

Antivirus Delay [sec] Delay [%]

No antivirus 38.24 0.00 0.00Avira 39.06 0.82 2.14Trend Micro 39.15 0.91 2.38F-Secure 39.27 1.03 2.69Norton 41.66 3.42 8.94McAfee 43.91 5.67 14.83VBA 43.97 5.73 14.98Outpost 43.99 5.75 15.04BitDefender 44.48 6.24 16.32Kaspersky 44.57 6.33 16.55Eset 48.40 10.16 26.57Avast 51.80 13.56 35.46Dr.Web 56.04 17.80 46.55AVG 59.33 21.09 55.15Microsoft 59.62 21.38 55.91Panda 61.47 23.23 60.75Sophos 63.15 24.91 65.14

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Table 3a: Using the system resources by antivirus software

AntivirusAvailable System Cache

No antivirus 0.76 1779281 173036Avast 0.76 1736267 383461Avira 0.76 1720147 301108Kaspersky 0.76 1744019 317380Outpost 0.76 1729978 252094Eset 0.76 1727726 357771VBA 0.76 1698981 466733AVG 0.76 1679366 339722Sophos 0.76 1693144 327381F-Secure 0.76 1720820 378640Microsoft 0.76 1701790 607497McAfee 0.76 1709696 410646Dr.Web 0.76 1669692 396917Panda 0.76 1738931 496814Norton 0.76 1676727 390906Trend Micro 0.76 1705244 449816BitDefender 0.76 1759441 280168

Table 3b: Using the system resources by antivirus software as compared with initial system (without antivirus)

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Avast 0.00 43014 2.42 210425 121.61Avira 0.00 59134 3.32 128072 74.01Kaspersky 0.00 35262 1.98 144344 83.42Outpost 0.00 49303 2.77 79058 45.69Eset 0.00 51555 2.90 184735 106.76VBA 0.00 80300 4.51 293697 169.73AVG 0.00 99915 5.62 166686 96.33Sophos 0.00 86137 4.84 154345 89.20F-Secure 0.00 58461 3.29 205604 118.82Microsoft 0.00 77491 4.36 434461 251.08McAfee 0.00 69585 3.91 237610 137.32Dr.Web 0.00 109589 6.16 223881 129.38Panda 0.00 40350 2.27 323778 187.12Norton 0.00 102554 5.76 217870 125.91

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Table 4a: Antivirus influence on the file copying performance

AntivirusAverage Copying Time

Available System Cache Time [h:mm:ss] Delay [h:mm:ss] Delay [%]No antivirus 7 1754653 1832859 0:05:27 0 0Avast 26 1710227 1798273 0:06:25 0:00:58 17.74Avira 36 1691355 1782681 0:07:25 0:01:58 36.09Norton 56 1674803 1820602 0:07:38 0:02:11 40.06BitDefender 50 1700851 1791976 0:07:58 0:02:31 46.08Sophos 50 1680926 1764349 0:08:10 0:02:43 49.85AVG 53 1651160 1739165 0:08:21 0:02:54 53.21Kaspersky 45 1724241 1803632 0:08:32 0:03:05 56.57Panda 50 1712848 1802948 0:08:40 0:03:13 59.02Trend Micro 50 1693128 1819315 0:09:30 0:04:03 74.31F-Secure 50 1437116 1745483 0:09:30 0:04:03 74.31Outpost 50 1715410 1798639 0:09:31 0:04:04 74.62Eset 100 1713056 1787441 0:12:00 0:06:33 120.18McAfee 50 1634030 1729216 0:16:10 0:10:43 196.64Microsoft 85 1669535 1782907 0:16:22 0:10:55 200.31Dr.Web 70 1626432 1754953 0:16:52 0:11:25 209.48VBA 100 1684195 1749244 0:30:33 0:25:06 460.55

Table 4b: Antivirus influence on the file copying performance

Antivirus

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Avast 19 263 44426 2.53 34586 1.89Avira 29 401 63298 3.61 50178 2.74Norton 49 678 79850 4.55 12257 0.67BitDefender 43 595 53802 3.07 40883 2.23Sophos 43 595 73727 4.20 68510 3.74AVG 46 636 103493 5.90 93694 5.11Kaspersky 38 526 30412 1.73 29227 1.59Panda 43 595 41805 2.38 29911 1.63Trend Micro 43 595 61525 3.51 13544 0.74F-Secure 43 595 317537 18.10 87376 4.77Outpost 43 595 39243 2.24 34220 1.87Eset 93 1286 41597 2.37 45418 2.48


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Diagram 4a: The clean file collection copying time Diagram 4b: The clean files collection copying slow down

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Diagram 4b: The clean files collection copying slow down

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Table 5a: The file collection scanning time and resources utilization by antivirus software

AntivirusAvailable System Cache

Avast 49 1656891 1743163AVG 96 1619657 1727619Avira 46 1684136 1739932Dr.Web 100 1604600 1712607Eset 50 1699849 1782160F-Secure 98 1629504 1710992Kaspersky 100 1634356 311032McAfee 50 1504708 1588169Microsoft 61 1653819 1745292Outpost 50 1654186 1743410Panda 69 1711046 1782252Sophos 50 1676827 1756321Norton 99 1563441 1143483Trend Micro 50 1655030 1780491VBA 50 1663100 1740465BitDefender 50 1689267 557576

Table 5b: Scanning time Diagram 5a: The clean files collection scanning time

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Table 5c: Rescanning time

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Table 7a: Average starting time of the office applications with an installed antivirus software (sec)

Antivirus Word IE8 Outlook

No antivirus 0.0219 0.1122 0.0164 0.0405 0.045Avast 0.0313 0.2278 0.0348 0.0594 0.0640AVG 0.0242 0.3371 0.0213 0.0701 0.0579Avira 0.0254 0.1891 0.0185 0.0808 0.0510Dr.Web 0.1359 0.1209 0.0296 0.0700 0.0500Eset 0.0232 0.1456 0.0190 0.0900 0.0500F-Secure 0.2543 0.2200 0.0757 0.1300 0.6200Kaspersky 0.2645 0.3086 0.0488 0.0600 1.1700McAfee 0.0342 0.2179 0.0288 0.0600 0.0700Microsoft 0.0340 0.1297 0.0252 0.0782 0.0585Outpost 0.0377 0.3147 0.0283 0.1200 0.0600Panda 0.1752 0.1506 0.0834 0.0500 0.0500Sophos 0.0278 0.2595 0.0258 0.1100 0.0500Norton 0.3365 0.4019 0.0376 0.0500 1.2800Trend Micro 0.2886 0.9871 0.0278 0.0800 0.7300VBA 0.0258 0.5057 0.0213 0.0900 0.0500BitDefender 0.0252 0.2223 0.0179 0.0700 0.0500

Table 7b: Average slowdown of the starting office applications with an antivirus software installed (%)

AntivirusWord IE8 Outlook

[sec] [%] [sec] [%] [sec]Avast 0.0094 43 0.1156 103 0.0184AVG 0.0023 11 0.2249 200 0.0049Avira 0.0035 16 0.0769 69 0.0021Dr.Web 0.1140 521 0.0087 8 0.0132Eset 0.0013 6 0.0334 30 0.0026F-Secure 0.2324 1061 0.1078 96 0.0593Kaspersky 0.2426 1108 0.1964 175 0.0324McAfee 0.0123 56 0.1057 94 0.0124Microsoft 0.0121 55 0.0175 16 0.0088Outpost 0.0158 72 0.2025 180 0.0119Panda 0.1533 700 0.0384 34 0.0670Sophos 0.0059 27 0.1473 131 0.0094Norton 0.3146 1437 0.2897 258 0.0212Trend Micro 0.2667 1218 0.8749 780 0.0114VBA 0.0039 18 0.3935 351 0.0049BitDefender 0.0033 15 0.1101 98 0.0015

Table 7c: Microsoft Word starting slowdownAntivirus [%]Eset 5.94AVG 10.50BitDefender 15.07Avira 15.98VBA 17.81Sophos 26.94

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Table 7d: Microsoft IE starting slowdownAntivirus [%]Dr.Web 7.75Microsoft 15.60Eset 29.77Panda 34.23Avira 65.54McAfee 94.21F-Secure 96.08BitDefender 98.128Avast 103.03Sophos 131.28Kaspersky 175.05Outpost 180.48AVG 200.45Norton 258.20VBA 350.71Trend Micro 779.77

Table 7e: Microsoft Outlook starting slowdownAntivirus [%]BitDefender 9.15Avira 12.80Eset 15.85VBA 29.88AVG 29.88Microsoft 53.66Sophos 57.32Trend Micro 69.51Outpost 72.56McAfee 75.61Dr.Web 80.49Avast 112.20Norton 129.27Kaspersky 197.56F-Secure 361.59Panda 408.54

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Panda Norton Avast McAfee Kaspersky Dr.Web BitDefender AVG

Microsoft Trend Micro Avira Eset VBA Sophos Outpost F-Secure

Slow

dow

n [%

]

Antivirus [%]Panda 23.46Norton 23.46Avast 46.67McAfee 48.15Kaspersky 48.15Dr.Web 72.84BitDefender 72.84AVG 73.09Microsoft 93.09Trend Micro 97.53Avira 99.51Eset 122.22VBA 122.22Sophos 171.60Outpost 196.30F-Secure 220.99

Table 7g: Adobe Photoshop starting slowdownAntivirus [%]Eset 11.11VBA 11.11Panda 11.12Sophos 11.13Dr.Web 11.14BitDefender 11.15Avira 13.33AVG 28.67Microsoft 30.00Outpost 33.33Avast 42.22McAfee 55.56F-Secure 1277.78Trend Micro 1522.22Kaspersky 2500.00Norton 2744.44

Table 7h: Total points calculation for the all five office applications

Antivirus

Dr.Web 520.55 7.75 80.49 72.84 11.14Avast 42.92 103.03 112.20 46.67 42.22AVG 10.50 200.45 29.88 73.09 28.67Avira 15.98 65.54 12.80 99.51 13.33Eset 5.94 29.77 15.85 122.22 11.11F-Secure 1061.19 96.08 361.59 220.99 430.87

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Microsoft Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Adobe Photoshop

0

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]

0

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1000

1500

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3000Adobe Photoshop starting slowdown

Eset VBA Panda Sophos Dr.Web BitDefender Avira AVG Microsoft

Outpost Avast McAfee F-Secure Trend Micro Kaspersky Norton

Slow

dow

n [%

]

Kaspersky 1107.70 175.05 197.56 48.15 2500.00McAfee 56.16 94.21 75.61 48.15 55.56Microsoft 55.25 15.60 53.66 93.09 30.00Outpost 72.15 180.48 72.56 196.30 33.33Panda 700.00 34.23 408.54 23.46 11.12Sophos 120.91 150.54 137.21 139.81 11.13Norton 1436.53 258.20 129.27 23.46 2744.44Trend Micro 1217.81 779.77 69.51 97.53 1522.22VBA 17.81 350.71 29.88 122.22 11.11BitDefender 15.07 98.128 9.15 72.84 11.151 point 143.65 77.98 40.85 22.10 274.44

Table 7a: Average starting time of the office applications with an installed antivirus software (sec)

Table 7b: Average slowdown of the starting office applications with an antivirus software installed (%)Outlook Acrobat Reader Adobe Photoshop

[%] [sec] [%] [sec] [%]112 0.0189 47 0.0190 4230 0.0296 73 0.0129 2913 0.0403 100 0.0060 1380 0.0295 73 0.0050 1116 0.0495 122 0.0050 11362 0.0895 221 0.5750 1278198 0.0195 48 1.1250 250076 0.0195 48 0.0250 5654 0.0377 93 0.0135 3073 0.0795 196 0.0150 33409 0.0095 23 0.0050 1157 0.0695 172 0.0050 11129 0.0095 23 1.2350 274470 0.0395 98 0.6850 152230 0.0495 122 0.0050 119 0.0295 73 0.0050 11

No antivirus

Avast

AVG

Avira

Dr.Web

Eset

F-Secure

Kaspersky

McAfee

Microsoft

Outpost

Panda

Sophos

Norton

Trend Micro

VBA

BitDefender

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140%

Average slowdown of the starting office application

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Reader

Outlook

IE8

Word

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dow

n [%

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No antivirus

Avast

AVG

Avira

Dr.Web

Eset

F-Secure

Kaspersky

McAfee

Microsoft

Outpost

Panda

Sophos

Norton

Trend Micro

VBA

BitDefender

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140%


Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Reader

Outlook

IE8

Word

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400

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dow

n [%

]

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100

200

300

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900Microsoft Internet Explorer starting slowdown

Dr.Web Microsoft Eset Panda Avira McAfee F-Secure BitDefender

Avast Sophos Kaspersky Outpost AVG Norton VBA Trend Micro

Slow

dow

n [%

]

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50

100

150

200

250

300

350

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450Microsoft Outlook starting slowdown

BitDefender Avira Eset VBA AVG Microsoft Sophos Trend Micro

Outpost McAfee Dr.Web Avast Norton Kaspersky F-Secure Panda

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Table 7h: Total points calculation for the all five office applications

Points Total Points

6.38 9.90 8.03 6.70 9.96 40.979.70 8.68 7.25 7.89 9.85 43.379.93 7.43 9.27 6.69 9.90 43.219.89 9.16 9.69 5.50 9.95 44.189.96 9.62 9.61 4.47 9.96 43.622.61 8.77 1.15 0.00 8.43 20.96

No antivirus

Avast

AVG

Avira

Dr.Web

Eset

F-Secure

Kaspersky

McAfee

Microsoft

Outpost

Panda

Sophos

Norton

Trend Micro

VBA

BitDefender

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140%


Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Reader

Outlook

IE8

Word

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50

100

150

200




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dow

n [%

]

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500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000Adobe Photoshop starting slowdown

Eset VBA Panda Sophos Dr.Web BitDefender Avira AVG Microsoft

Outpost Avast McAfee F-Secure Trend Micro Kaspersky Norton

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n [%

]



2.29 7.76 5.16 7.82 0.89 23.929.61 8.79 8.15 7.82 9.80 44.179.62 9.80 8.69 5.79 9.89 43.789.50 7.69 8.22 1.12 9.88 36.405.13 9.56 0.00 8.94 9.96 33.599.16 8.07 6.64 3.67 9.96 37.500.00 6.69 6.84 8.94 0.00 22.461.52 0.00 8.30 5.59 4.45 19.869.88 5.50 9.27 4.47 9.96 39.089.90 8.74 9.78 6.70 9.96 45.08

No antivirus

Avast

AVG

Avira

Dr.Web

Eset

F-Secure

Kaspersky

McAfee

Microsoft

Outpost

Panda

Sophos

Norton

Trend Micro

VBA

BitDefender

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140%


Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Reader

Outlook

IE8

Word

No antivirus

Avast

AVG

Avira

Dr.Web

Eset

F-Secure

Kaspersky

McAfee

Microsoft

Outpost

Panda

Sophos

Norton

Trend Micro

VBA

BitDefender

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140%


Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Reader

Outlook

IE8

Word


No antivirus

Avast

AVG

Avira

Dr.Web

Eset

F-Secure

Kaspersky

McAfee

Microsoft

Outpost

Panda

Sophos

Norton

Trend Micro

VBA

BitDefender

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140%


Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Reader

Outlook

IE8

Word

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