The virusscanner of the Romanian antivirus company Bitdefender has been awarded "best antivirus product of 2014" by test organisation AV-Comparatives. During the entire year the organisation conducted all kinds of tests in which Bitdefender's results where overall the best.
Besides an overall score, the tested antivirus software could also score on specific tests. When it comes to "real-world" protection, Bitdefender scores the best results. However for file detection, Kaspersky Lab is the best choice and ESET reported the least false positives in the tests.
Also on performance Bitdefender scored the first position although it has to share it with Kaspersky Lab. When it comes to proactive protection and removal of malware, Bitdefender and AVG share the first position.
