AV-Comparatives Awards 2025 for Norton

Norton products enjoyed a very successful year in AV-Comparatives’ tests of consumer 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.

Norton AntiVirus Plus offers a straightforward setup process and a modern user interface that provides easy access to its core functions. The software is configured with secure default settings for immediate protection, and its on-access scanner automatically inspects files as they are copied to your PC.

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 Norton

Norton achieved great success in AV-Comparatives’ tests of consumer enterprise software. For the Consumer Main Test Series, Norton 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 Real-World Protection Test additionally Norton took Silver in the Advanced Threat Protection Test and for Best Overall Speed. Additionally, Norton received an Approved Mobile Security Product Award, an Approved Mac Security Product Award, an Approved Fake Shops Detection Award, and an Approved Anti-Phishing Product Award.

These awards show the excellent level reached by Norton consumer products in 2025.