

Warn if real-time protection is disabled, and allow the user to reactivate it easily.Successfully update malware signatures, either automatically or manually.Activate real-time protection without user intervention.Install successfully, without requiring specialist knowledge or workarounds.To pass the compatibility test for Windows 11, each program had to do the following: If this did not happen immediately after deinstallation, the system was rebooted and checked again. Finally, the antivirus product was uninstalled, to check that it was removed cleanly, and deleted its registration from Windows Security. An on-demand scan of malware samples on a connected USB flash drive was also run. Next, this procedure was repeated, but using malware samples on a connected USB flash drive rather than a network share. If any of the malware samples were not detected by on-access protection during the copy process, they were executed.


The firm then tested the AV by taking the following steps:ĪV-Comparatives attempted to copy malware samples from a network share to the Desktop folder of the Windows 11 system. To check for compatibility, AV-Comparatives installed each antivirus tool on a clean-base system with Windows 11 Preview Build 22454.1000 and then ran a manual database update for each app, where possible.
