Top-Notch Android Protection: Kaspersky Internet Security for Android Wins “AV-Test Certified” Award

Woburn, MA – April 29, 2015 –Kaspersky Lab today announces that Kaspersky Internet Security for Android earned the “AV-Test Certified” award for excellent results in the March 2015 evaluation conducted by AV-Test. According to the results, the Kaspersky Lab solution detected 100 percent of the malware samples and did not produce a single false positive.

In the evaluation, AV-Test analyzed the effectiveness of malware detection and the usability of each solution. All solutions used their default settings on devices running Google Android 5.0.1 with the latest antivirus databases installed. During testing the solutions were provided with Internet access and as a result they could access their own cloud services. First, to evaluate the effectiveness of detection, the solutions were tested using a collection of 3,077 malware samples first detected within the last four weeks. Kaspersky Internet Security for Android successfully blocked 100 percent of the malicious applications.

In terms of usability, the Kaspersky Lab solution also demonstrated excellent results: it correctly detected 1,860 applications from the Google Play Store and 924 legitimate programs from the third-party source as harmless. Performance is also measured in the usability testing and during various loading tests, AV-Test did not register any noticeable negative impact on device performance, increased battery consumption or significant growth of Internet traffic. As a result, Kaspersky Internet Security for Android earned the maximum score in each category and received the “AV-Test Certified” award.

“Every month, thousands of new applications for the Android operating system emerge and not all of them are safe to use. These tests, conducted by independent researchers, continually confirm that Kaspersky Lab’s technology accurately distinguishes between programs that are harmful, and those that can be used without fear,” said Timur Biyachuev, Director of Anti-Malware research, Kaspersky Lab.

Kaspersky Internet Security for Android is part of Kaspersky Internet Security - Multi-Device, a multi-platform solution which protects the users of Microsoft Windows, Google Android and Apple OS X against current online threats and also secures web surfing for the mobile platforms Apple iOS and Windows Phone.

About Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab is the world’s largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users*. Throughout its more than 17-year history Kaspersky Lab has remained an innovator in IT security and provides effective digital security solutions for large enterprises, SMBs and consumers. Kaspersky Lab, with its holding company registered in the United Kingdom, currently operates in almost 200 countries and territories across the globe, providing protection for over 400 million users worldwide. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.

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* The company was rated fourth in the IDC rating Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by Vendor, 2013. The rating was published in the IDC report "Worldwide Endpoint Security 2014–2018 Forecast and 2013 Vendor Shares (IDC #250210, August 2014). The report ranked software vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2013.