by | Sep 17, 2024 | Threat Lab

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Webroot® once again outperformed competitors in its latest round of testing by the performance benchmarking firm PassMark for February, 2023. In taking the highest score in the category, Webroot beat out competitors including BitDefender™, McAfee®, Norton, and ESET® security products.

PassMark® Software Party, Ltd. specializes in “the development of high quality performance benchmarking solutions as well as providing expert independent IT consultancy services to clients ranging from government organizations to major IT heavyweights.”

For this report, the company conducted objective testing of nine endpoint security products, including Webroot® SecureAnywhere Internet Security with Antivirus. Tests measured efficacy and performance in 15 categories including:

1. Scan Time
2. Scheduled scan time
3. Installation size
4. Installation time
5. Registry Key added
6. Boot time
7. Use interface launch time
8. Chrome Launch Time
9. Memory Usage during System Idle
10. Memory Usage during Initial Scan
11. Browse time
12. File Copy, Move and Delete
13. File Format Conversion
14. File Compression and Decompression
15. File Write, Open and Close

The table below shows overall scores achieved by the tested products, with a score of 100 being an ideal product achieving the highest possible score in each of the selected test metrics. Antivirus products have been ranked by their overall scores:

The overall scores above are only part of the story. Here’s some additional findings:

• Security scans 6x faster than average competitor
• 21x faster to install than average competitor
• Taking up 50x less space than average competitor (on hard drive)
• Uses 4 times less memory than average competitor (RAM, during system idle and initial scan)
• Fastest PC boot time compared with competitors

Not only did Webroot ranked first overall, but it also did in 7 specific benchmarks:

• Scheduled scan time
• Installation size
• Installation time
• Registry Key added
• Boot time
• Memory Usage during Initial Scan
• File Write, Open and Close

Why is this important?

Enjoying your digital life to the fullest means you can stay safe online and leverage the full power of your devices and your connections without security getting in the way. Choosing a comprehensive Internet Security solution that has little to no impact on your device’s performance helps you ensures you can work, shop, bank, play, connect, stream online without worry!

For more, check out the PassMark report.