Bitdefender wins gold and bronze medals in year\u2019s tests<\/p>\n
SYDNEY & AUCKLAND \u2013 January 17, 2012 \u2013 Bitdefender\u00ae, the award-winning provider of innovative antivirus solutions, has won the Top-Rated Award for 2011 from respected independent testing organisation, AV Comparatives, after a year of rigorous, repeated tests.<\/p>\n
Bitdefender won the \u2018Gold Medal\u2019 in Whole-Product Dynamic Protection and Malware Removal, outperforming all other products in those categories. It also won a Bronze in On Demand Malware Detection after tests on antivirus products from 20 companies last year, AV Comparatives said in its Summary Report 2011. <\/p>\n
Bitdefender received Advanced+ score \u2013 the highest possible \u2013 in six categories, including both On-Demand tests in February and August, the Whole Product Dynamic test from March through June, the Retrospective Test in August, and the Removal test in November. Whole Product Dynamic tests from August through November also awarded Bitdefender the Advanced+ score.<\/p>\n
AV Comparatives examines leading antivirus products for rate of detection and false positives, scoring them in four categories depending on performance \u2013 \u201cadvanced +\u201d, \u201cadvanced\u201d, \u201cstandard\u201d and \u201ctested\u201d. The Top-Rated Award was given to five providers for scoring Advanced+ grades in at least five categories.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always an honour to receive such recognition,\u201d said Viorel Canja, Head of Bitdefender Labs. \u201cBitdefender products have shown a pattern of rapid advancement in recent years that is keeping the company always a step ahead of competitors. We always look forward to these tests to receive independent confirmation of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBitdefender consistently meets very high standards and we always look forward to testing it,\u201d said Andreas Clementi of AV-Comparatives. \u201cOur testing standards are extremely rigorous, so any company that achieves the Top Rated award has the right to be very proud indeed.\u201d <\/p>\n
Bitdefender technology has been highly rated in a range of top industry and consumer testing. Alongside AV Comparatives and AV-Test.org, Bitdefender has won praise by influential organisations such as Which? in the UK, Stiftung Warentest in Germany and Consumersearch in the US<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bitdefender wins gold and bronze medals in year\u2019s tests SYDNEY & AUCKLAND \u2013 January 17, 2012 \u2013 Bitdefender\u00ae, the award-winning provider of innovative antivirus solutions, has won the Top-Rated Award for 2011 from respected independent testing organisation, AV Comparatives, after a year of rigorous, repeated tests. Bitdefender won the \u2018Gold Medal\u2019 in Whole-Product Dynamic Protection<\/p>\n