Selon les tests réalisés le 21 juin 2008, par le site virus.gz, escan pointe au 5ème rang juste derrière Kaspersky.
Mais bien devant certain antivirus très populaires.
Les tests ont été effectué avec un échantillon de 246705 virus.
Rank
1. G DATA 2008 version 18.2.7310.844 - 99.05%
2. F-Secure 2008 version 8.00.103 - 98.75%
3. TrustPort version 2.8.0.1835 - 98.06%
4. Kaspersky version 8.0.0.357 - 97.95%
5. eScan version 9.0.742.1 - 97.44%
6. The Shield 2008 - 97.43%
7. AntiVir version 8.1.00.331 Premium - 97.13%
8. Ashampoo version 1.61 - 97.09%
9. Ikarus version 1.0.82 - 96.05%
10. AntiVir version 8.1.00.295 Classic - 95.54%
11. AVG version 8.0.100 Free - 94.85%
12. BitDefender 2008 version 11.0.16 - 94.70%
13. Avast version 4.8.1201 Professional - 93.78%
14. Nod32 version 3.0.650.0 - 93.36%
15. F-Prot version 6.0.9.1 - 91.87%
16. BitDefender version 10 Free - 91.32%
17. ArcaVir 2008 - 88.65%
18. Norman version 5.92.08 - 87.72%
19. Vba32 version 3.12.6.6 - 87.21%
20. McAfee Enterpise version 8.5.0i - 86.57%
21. McAfee version 12.0.177 - 86.39%
22. Rising AV version 20.46.52 - 85.87%
23. Norton 2008 - 83.34%
24. Dr. Web version 4.44.5 - 82.87%
25. Antiy Ghostbusters version 5.2.3 - 80.23%
26. VirusBuster version 5.002.62 - 77.19%
27. Outpost version 6.0.2294.253.0490 - 75.35%
28. V3 Internet Security version 2008.05.31.00 - 75.23%
29. ViRobot Expert version 5.5 - 74.50%
30. Virus Chaser version 5.0a - 73.65%
31. A-squared Anti-Malware version 3.5 - 71.66%
32. PC Tools version 4.0.0.26 - 69.82%
33. Trend Micro Antivirus+Antispyware 2008 version 16.10.1079 - 67.28%
34. Iolo version 4.325 - 63.98%
34. Panda 2008 version 3.01.00 - 61.41%
36. Sophos Sweep version 7.3.2 - 54.71%
37. ClamWin version 0.93 - 54.68%
38. CA Anti-Virus version 9.00.170 - 51.08%
39. Quick Heal version 9.50 - 47.97%
40. Comodo version 2.0.17.58 - 43.15%
41. Trojan Hunter version 5.0.962 - 31.39%
42. Solo version 7.0 - 21.10%
43. Protector Plus version 8.0.C03 - 20.14%
44. PCClear version 1.0.8.0 - 19.63%
45. AntiTrojan Shield version 2.1.0.14 - 14.74%
46. Trojan Remover version 6.6.9 - 13.49%
47. VirIT version 6.2.94 - 8.63%
48. True Sword version 4.2 - 3.42%