{"id":16256,"date":"2011-10-08T09:19:24","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T23:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=16256"},"modified":"2011-10-08T09:19:24","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T23:19:24","slug":"bitdefender-solidifies-av-industry-lead-in-latest-round-of-independent-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=16256","title":{"rendered":"Bitdefender solidifies AV industry lead in latest round of independent tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bitdefender, reigning champion, scores perfect mark in AV-Test trials for protection<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>SYDNEY &amp; AUCKLAND<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>\u2013<strong> October 6, 2011<\/strong> \u2013 Bitdefender, the award-winning provider of internet security solutions, beat all challengers in the latest round of independent testing by AV-Test, maintaining its No. 1 rank and solidifying its industry lead.<\/p>\n<p>Bitdefender passed 100 percent of tests in reaction to zero-day malware attacks, including web and email threats, according to results of AV-Test trials in July and August. Bitdefender handily beat the average of 92 percent scored by the 25 products tested in the category of \u2018protection against malware threats.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Bitdefender also scored the top mark in the two other categories tested: \u2018cleaning and repair of a malware infected computer\u2019 and \u2018impact of the security software on the usability of the whole computer,\u2019 according to AV-Test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Bitdefender for its admirable performance again,\u201d said AV-Test CEO Andreas Marx. \u201cThe testing was rigorous and subjected the products to the challenges they face in the real world. Bitdefender could not possibly have tested better in protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the previous round of tests \u2013 for the second quarter of 2011 &#8211; Bitdefender set an industry record with a combined score of 17 out of 18 possible points across the three categories. In all AV-Test rounds so far this year, Bitdefender has scored a perfect 6 for protection offered, becoming the only company to do so three times in a row.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBitdefender has now become the player to beat in the industry,\u201d said Viorel Canja, head of Bitdefender Labs. \u201cOur products continue to raise the bar for antivirus performance \u2013 not only in terms of protection offered but also in terms of usability and repair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>All product and company names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and are the property of, and may be trademarks of, their respective owners.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitdefender, reigning champion, scores perfect mark in AV-Test trials for protection SYDNEY &amp; AUCKLAND \u2013 October 6, 2011 \u2013 Bitdefender, the award-winning provider of internet security solutions, beat all challengers in the latest round of independent testing by AV-Test, maintaining its No. 1 rank and solidifying its industry lead. Bitdefender passed 100 percent of tests<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=16256\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16257,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16256\/revisions\/16257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}