F-Secure’s antivirus has been given the highest Advanced+ score in the “On Demand Detection of Malicious Software” test conducted by the independent testing organization AV-Comparatives in February 2010. This is the sixth consecutive Advanced+ award for F-Secure Anti-Virus since August 2009 in AV Comparative’s tests on the world’s leading antivirus products.

AV Comparatives is an Austrian non-profit organization providing independent antivirus software tests free to the public. Its latest comparative test measured how accurately the antivirus products detect malware and if they falsely detect viruses from clean files. In addition to effective malware detection, the AV-Comparatives’ test proved that F-Secure’s antivirus is extremely good at avoiding false positives. False alarms can sometimes cause as much trouble as a real infection, according to AV-Comparatives.