AV-Test Finds BitDefender Best Overall Performer in Q1/2011

BitDefender Internet Security 2011 Only Product to Receive Top Protection Score

BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, has performed best overall in the Q1/2011 testing from leading security testing organization AV-Test.

The report looked at twenty-two security software suites in the categories of protection, repair and performance.  BitDefender Internet Security 2011 was found to have the joint-best overall score, alongside another product that uses BitDefender technology. It was also the only product to receive the maximum score for protection.

The results further establish BitDefender’s position as a leader for internet security technology, and come soon after independent testing organization AV Comparatives also gave the company a top rating for its performance.

Andreas Marx, AV-Test CEO, commented:

“BitDefender offered the best protection during our tests, which ran for the full first quarter of 2011. Besides this, it also reached very good scores for cleaning up already infected systems without slowing-down the system too much or producing a lot of false positives. That's a very impressive result."

Viorel Canja, Head of BitDefender Labs, said:

“Technical testing of security software by organizations like AV-Test is very important to us, so it is always great to see us perform so well.

“Crucially, not only has BitDefender technology performed very well in this test, we also had four of the top seven places in the latest AV Comparatives test, too. This really highlights how we are leading the field in providing internet security solutions.”

Further details of the test can be found at www.av-test.org