ProtectStar™ TestLab honours 3 manufacturers of Internet security suites

2008/03/19 14:23

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ProtectStar Incorporated

ProtectStar Inc., an independent and globally operating company for IT and communication security, has given the ProtectStar™ AWARD 2008 to the security solutions of the manufacturers Symantec, Trend Micro and Avira. Products from 13 well-known manufacturers of Internet security suites in total were tested. This time, 3 products all received the ProtectStar™ AWARD. This was simply because the deviations in the excellent test results were only minimal and therefore hardly impacted on the quality criteria.

The current group of testers included both home users as well as

ProtectStar™ TestLab honours 3 manufacturers of Internet security suites

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professionals with in-depth knowledge of daily business (server/PC administrators and IT security personnel). As in the past, the experts at the ProtectStar™ TestLab once again lead-managed the organisation and execution of the testing. The evaluation focused on the following test criteria: security, user-friendliness, performance and the price/equipment ratio

The "security” segment had particular significance in the evaluation scale. The testers paid close attention to the basic protective functions of the Internet security suites following installation and in their factory defaults. Interested parties can download the complete and comprehensive test report on the comparison test – available in German only initially – and a list of all of the products tested and their manufacturers free of charge from: