AV-Comparatives Awards 2025 for ESET

ESET products enjoyed a very successful year in AV-Comparatives’ tests of consumer and enterprise security products, and were rewarded with numerous awards. These covered a variety of protection scenarios, system performance, and false positives, as well as a number of different platforms.

ESET HOME Security Essential is a well-designed and user-friendly security product. For the non-expert, it provides secure default settings and a clean, intuitive interface with easily accessible core features. The settings dialog offers numerous advanced options for power users. The product is further complemented by its comprehensive help features and robust access-control options.

ESET PROTECT provides real-time visibility across all endpoints, ensuring users always in the know. Plus, comprehensive reporting and security management cover every operating system (OS). ESET PROTECT Platform is powered by ESET LiveSense®, ESET’s multi-layered technology that combines machine learning and ESET LiveGrid®, ESET’s global, cloud-based threat intelligence network. It’s security made simple and powerful.

AV-Comparatives’ tests are very carefully designed and executed to thoroughly and realistically simulate scenarios that face users in real life. Consequently, a certification by AV-Comparatives is a guarantee of an effective and reliable product. An “Approved Product” award means that the software has been rigorously checked to ensure that it will perform its intended task competently. It is an industry-recognised standard of quality.

AV-Comparatives’ tests have multiple aspects, to represent the different requirements of IT security solutions. Further awards highlight the effectiveness of individual programs in different protection scenarios, low false positives, and low impact on system performance. Users can thus see which programs score highly in the categories that matter most to them.

AV-Comparatives is an independent testing lab based in Innsbruck, Austria, that tests IT security products to see if they live up to their promises. AV-Comparatives is ISO 9001:2015 certified, having received a certificate from TÜV Austria for the scope “Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software”. AV-Comparatives is also the first av-test organisation to be certified by European Expert Group for IT-Security (EICAR) as an EICAR Trusted IT-Security Testing Lab.

AV-Comparatives Awards for ESET

ESET achieved great success in AV-Comparatives’ tests of consumer and enterprise software. In the Enterprise Tests, it received the Approved Business Security Product Award for both the first and second runs of the Enterprise Main Test Series, and the Certified Enterprise ATP Product Award for the Enterprise Advanced Threat Protection Test. ESET was very successful in the Endpoint Prevention & Response Test and was certified with the Endpoint Prevention & Response Award. Additionally ESET received an Approved Anti-Tampering Award, an Approved EDR Detection Award, and an Approved EPR Award.

For the Consumer Main Test Series, ESET was given a Top-Rated Product Award and Approved Security Product Award. It reached the highest Advanced+ level in all seven tests. It also took a Gold Award for the Advanced Threat Protection Test. Additionally, ESET received an an Approved Mobile Security Product Award, an Approved Anti-Tampering Award, and an Approved Anti-Phishing Product Award.

These awards show the excellent level reached by ESET enterprise and consumer products in 2025.