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Kaspersky Mobile Security wins AV-Test Certified award

Kaspersky Lab announces that its Android smartphone security solution, Kaspersky Mobile Security, has won the AV-Test Certified award following independent testing in May 2013.

During the tests, specialists from AV-Test.org focused on assessing how well security solutions could identify and block malicious programs. The results showed that Kaspersky Mobile Security successfully blocked 99.29 per cent of the 2,545 malicious applications used in the test. The average detection rate among all the solutions tested was 96 per cent. In addition, Kaspersky Lab’s software did not return a single false positive.

“Some products only detected 58 per cent of the Android malware tested, and failed. Kaspersky Lab however, easily passed the AV-TEST Certification with an excellent 99 per cent protection rate,” said Andreas Marx, CEO of AV-Test.

The experts also looked at the impact of security products on smartphone performance. Kaspersky Lab’s solution was recognised as economical in terms of both CPU resource consumption and the use of Internet connections. All in all, Kaspersky Mobile Security was awarded a perfect six points for Usability.

The testing also considered which additional features were on offer in each solution, looking at anti-theft measures, extra browser protection, call and message filtering, etc. Once again, Kaspersky Mobile Security was among the best in a field of 30 security solutions from various manufacturers.

“Cyber criminals are paying more and more attention to Android devices; 99 per cent of all mobile malware is created for this platform,” said Oleg Ishanov, Director of the Anti-Malware Research Unit, Kaspersky Lab. “We put tremendous efforts into ensuring high security standards for the users of Kaspersky Lab’s mobile products. However, we should also keep in mind that an antivirus solution is just one application among many used by smartphone users. It needs to offer the maximum levels of security while keeping a low profile in terms of CPU and network traffic use. The results of this AV-Test.org research amply demonstrate the effectiveness of Kaspersky Lab’s solution.”

The AV-Test.org award is by no means the first time that independent experts have recognised Kaspersky Lab’s advanced security technologies for mobile devices. Last September, two independent testing organisations – AV-Comparatives and PC Security Labs – both showered their acclaim on Kaspersky Mobile Security, giving it top awards in their antivirus tests.

For more information on the testing procedures and results, please visit AV-Test.org.

About Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab is the world’s largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users*. Throughout its 15-year history Kaspersky Lab has remained an innovator in IT security and provides effective digital security solutions for consumers, SMBs and enterprises. The company currently operates in almost 200 countries and territories across the globe, providing protection for over 300 million users worldwide. Learn more at www.kaspersky.co.uk.

* The company was rated fourth in the IDC rating Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by Vendor, 2011. The rating was published in the IDC report “Worldwide Endpoint Security 2012–2016 Forecast and 2011 Vendor Shares (IDC #235930, July 2012). The report ranked software vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2011.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Alice Collins .