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March 26, 2025 | Text: Markus Selinger | Awards
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AV-TEST Award 2024 for Avast

Every day, cybersecurity products deliver monitoring and protection services reliably in the background, unnoticed by many end users and company employees. The renowned AV-TEST Institute has been testing and recognizing these "hidden champions" for over 20 years. This year, the institute is once again presenting its coveted AV-TEST Awards 2024. In thousands of tests, the experts examined name-brand protection products for consumer users and corporate users on Windows, Mac and Android and certified them for their strong security performance. The AV-TEST Award 2024 honors the products that have consistently stood out with top scores and achieved peak ratings in the long-term test results throughout 2024. For its high level of protection, the Best MacOS Security Award for Consumer Users goes to Avast from the Gen Digital group.

AV-TEST Awards 2024

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AV-TEST Award – recognition for verified IT security

Comprehensible, standards-based tests are a high priority for the experts at the AV-TEST Institute. All products evaluated in the test labs for Windows, Mac and Android always undergo a defined test structure and documentation. Only this professional approach ensures that test results are reproducible, valid and consistent at all times. That is why the institute explains all test procedures openly and transparently on its website. All the products tested and certified in 2024 always received clear ratings in the areas of Protection (protective function), Performance (speed) and Usability (user-friendliness). In addition to the standard tests for the operating systems mentioned, the testers also evaluated products under Windows in the special Advanced Threat Protection test. This ATP test offers insights into how Windows products are able to defend against ransomware and info stealers in real-life scenarios.

In all tests in 2024, the products examined and meeting the demanding test criteria received a certificate for tested security against digital threats. If products achieved results significantly above the industry standard at the end of a test evaluation, the AV-TEST team also awarded the distinction of "TOP PRODUCT". The products honored in an award category participated in all laboratory tests without exception throughout 2024. AV-TEST summarizes the results of these tests and uses them as the basis for determining the award winners. The AV-TEST Award leads to greater trust in the tested products among corporate users, consumer users and the media, as the awards stand for tested security on a long-term basis and according to the highest professional standards.

AV-TEST Award for Avast – award-winning IT security

Although the inflow of new malware for MacOS systems is smaller than for Windows, for example, the existing and new malware samples are every bit as dangerous. In the meantime, every category of attacker exists for MacOS – including the dreaded ransomware or info stealers. The database including MacOS malware found on the web and in e-mails is constantly growing. That is why every MacOS user should also have good antivirus protection on their system. And it is precisely these security products that AV-TEST continuously tests throughout the year.

One of the best products for protecting MacOS is definitely Avast Security. For its stellar test results in terms of protection and system speed, the AV-TEST Institute is presenting Avast Security with the Best MacOS Security Award for Consumer Users.

"Protection under MacOS has become exceedingly important in recent years, as more and more attackers have this lucrative group in their crosshairs. That is why it is vital for users in the market to know for certain which protection product they can rely on. The Best MacOS Security Award for Consumer Users is thus a high accolade for Avast, a Gen Digital brand, which is deservedly presented by the AV-TEST team,” declares Erik Heyland, Head of Testing Labs at AV-TEST.

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