Microsoft Defender protection capabilities suffer offline

Microsoft Defender, the default security solution in modern versions of the Windows operating system, has done well in recent antivirus tests by independent organizations like AV-Comparatives. In 2019, it was revealed that Windows Defender already had a market share of more than 50% in Windows.

The latest AV-Comparatives test confirms Microsoft Defender’s high detection and protection rate, but also highlights that the program’s offline detection rate is weaker than the detection rate of most antivirus solutions on the market. competition.

Based on the test results, Microsoft Defender had one of the worst results in online detection rate; managed to detect 60.3% of all threats on offline devices. Only Panda Free Antivirus, with a detection rate of 40.6%, and Trend Micro Internet Security, with a detection rate of 36.1%, scored worse in the offline detection test.

The remaining 14 antivirus solutions offer better offline detection rates based on the test. Bitdefender and Total Defense Essential Antivirus, the latter uses the Bitdefender engine, detected 97.8% of all threats in tests. Many antivirus solutions detected more than 90% on offline devices.

Microsoft Defender fared better on Internet-connected devices. The default Windows security solution detected 98.8% of all threats and had a protection rate of 99.96%, good test results, but not the best result of all tested products.

AV Comparatives went from reporting detection ratings to reporting detection and protection ratings for all tested products. Antivirus programs may not always detect inactive malware samples, but they can recognize them when they are active; this explains the higher percentage of protection rates in the table.

Avast and AVG, the latter owned by Avast, scored 99.5% and 99.98% respectively, McAfee scored 99.3% and 99.97% detection and protection rates, and G Data scored 98. 6% and 99.99%.

Microsoft Defender had 4 false alarms in the test. Five products had fewer false positives, one with the same result as Microsoft. ESET’s Internet Security program was the only product without false positive alarms.

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Many devices have permanent connections to the Internet. The offline detection test result highlights the importance of cloud connectivity and testing for Microsoft’s security product.

Now you: What security solutions do you use to protect your devices?

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