It scored 100% on the June zero-days.īut in the next three bimonthly rounds of tests from July through December 2020, McAfee sailed through with 100% in both categories each time, matching the best. In tests conducted by the independent German lab AV-Test in May and June 2020, McAfee's scanner found all known, or 'widespread,' malware samples thrown at it but detected only 98.8% of the new 'zero-day' samples in May. McAfee's malware-detection rates are generally a half-step behind those of rival brands Bitdefender, Kaspersky and Norton, although they have been improving recently.

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