{"id":1918,"date":"2013-05-24T11:30:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2020-02-26T18:57:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T14:57:07","slug":"kaspersky-anti-virus-leads-the-independent-performance-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/kaspersky-anti-virus-leads-the-independent-performance-test\/1918\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaspersky Anti-Virus Leads the Independent Performance Test!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever heard complaints about computer slowdown caused by running antiviral protection? It\u2019s not relevant anymore, that is, if you use a modern antivirus that has been thoroughly optimized for the best performance possible. Independent tests show that such products exist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/products\/home\/anti-virus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2013<\/a> is among the fastest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/05\/05113610\/speedtest_title.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1917\" alt=\"speedtest_title\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/05\/05113610\/speedtest_title.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.av-comparatives.org\/performance-test-av-may-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">performance test<\/a>s conducted by the independent laboratory AV-Comparatives covered more than twenty popular antiviruses. Researchers measured computer slowdown when copying and archiving files, installing and running software and so on. They also used an industry standard benchmark, PC Mark 7, and compared a PC\u2019s index with and without protection.\u00a0 All these tests proved minimal impact on the system performance (impact index 0,4 \u2013 minimal among all competitors) caused by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/products\/home\/anti-virus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2013<\/a>. That\u2019s why our solution has rightfully received the <a href=\"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/antivirus-comparisons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highest mark from AV-Comparatives<\/a> \u2013 Advanced+.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/05\/05113607\/avcomparatives-advanced-plus-perf.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1922\" alt=\"avcomparatives-advanced-plus-perf\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2013\/05\/05113607\/avcomparatives-advanced-plus-perf.png\" width=\"254\" height=\"160\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever heard complaints about computer slowdown caused by running antiviral protection? 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