Awards Guide for Antivirus Self-Protection Tests

The following points were awarded for each test parameter:

+ (1 point) – the self-protection system successfully blocked the attack.
+/– (0.5 points) – the product does not include complete self-protection from the specific type of attack, but retains (or automatically restores) the main functionality.
– (0 points) – the product lacks self-protection from a specific type of attack; its main functionality has been disabled.

Awards

Each product’s test score was calculated as a percentage of the maximum points possible for all tests. Following the testing, the best-performing antivirus solutions received awards based on the following criteria:

Download GIF image (500Ñ…500px)	The Platinum Self-Protection Award was awarded if an antivirus product's self-protection successfully blocked over 98% of attacks.
Download GIF image (500Ñ…500px)	The Gold Self-Protection Award was awarded if an antivirus product's self-protection successfully blocked over 80% of attacks.
Download GIF image (500Ñ…500px)	The Silver Self-Protection Award was awarded if an antivirus product's self-protection successfully blocked 60 to 80% of attacks.
Download GIF image (500Ñ…500px)	The Bronze Self-Protection Award was awarded if an antivirus product's self-protection successfully blocked 40 to 60% of attacks.

 If an antivirus product’s self-protection blocked less than 40% of all attacks, the product failed the test.