Even if Windows 8.1 is considered the most secure Windows version yet, a good Internet security application is still considered absolutely essential. AV-TEST compared 23 security packages with the basic protection of Windows 8.1. The result: Many watchdogs are first-rate, the freeware applications only rank in midfield, and Windows needs more protection.
In Windows 8 and the subsequent update to 8.1, Microsoft improved many aspects of security. Security Essentials and Defender, separate under Windows 7, are now bundled under what is only called Windows Defender. But is this basic protection sufficient against the latest threats from the Internet and social networks? The lab experts from AV-TEST resolved this question, along with many others.
In the current test, conducted in two stages during the months of September and October 2014 at the Magdeburg labs of AV-TEST, 23 security packages were compared to the basic protection of Windows 8.1 Because the lab always tests the latest products available, some are already the 2015 versions, while others are still from 2014.
