Anti-malware products and services tested and certified by ICSA Labs are able to prevent end users from becoming infected by in-the-wild and other malware known to exist. To attain or retain certification, ICSA Labs tests products against its Anti-Malware Certification Testing Criteria.  The requirements are geared toward products and services that can detect  malware prior to causing an infection. Though it has had various forms over the years and while there have been a number of iterations, ICSA Labs' industry-vetted anti-malware certification testing criteria documents are testing standards that have been in place for over a quarter of a century!

Endpoint Anti-Malware Detection

The set of testing requirements in the ICSA Labs Endpoint Anti-Malware Certification Testing Criteria is applicable to both business and home user endpoint anti-malware products used in defending desktops, laptops, and servers from malicious code infection.

Network-Based Anti-Malware Detection

The set of testing requirements in the ICSA Labs Network Anti-Malware Certification Testing Criteria is applicable to network-based products and families of related network-based products designed to defend a business or home against malware at a network edge.  Such network-based products are designed to detect in-transit malware typically delivered via threat vectors that often lead to breaches including but are not limited to web drive-by’s and web downloads.