OPSWAT\'s Q2 2011 Market Share Report as mentioned in articles on CNN Money and PC World

1. Security Industry Market Share Analysis
June 2011
Introduction The Research
OPSWAT releases quarterly market share reports for several This report shows usage data for security applications on
sectors of the security industry. This quarter’s report Windows systems. The data was collected using OPSWAT’s
includes both worldwide and North American market share AppRemover and Am I OESIS OK? tools, which utilize the
and usage data for antivirus so ware, Windows Operating detection capabilities of the OESIS Framework to collect
Systems, and for the first time, instant messaging information regarding the applications installed on endpoint
applications. The data used was collected between March 23, computers. These tools are free for download on
2011 and May 15, 2011. Please note that OPSWAT is not a www.appremover.com and www.opswat.com/certified/am-i-
research institution; this report aims to distribute the unique oesis-ok, and are used around the world by home and
data collected to inspire public discussion, not to make any business users, both expert and inexperienced in security
claims as to why changes have occurred. so ware. The sample is assumed to be representative of the
market based on the wide accessibility of these tools to a
large range of users.
About OPSWAT
Founded in 2002, OPSWAT provides so ware engineers and If the user of the tool opts in, a report of the applications
IT professionals with development tools and data services to installed on the computer is created. These opt-in reports
power manageability and security solutions. The company’s are compiled to generate the market share calculations in
primary product, OESIS Framework, is a manageability this report. More than 43,000 data points were compiled for
solution licensed by major technology companies like Cisco this report.
Systems, Juniper Networks, F5 Networks, Microso , HP and
many others. Having been adopted as the industry standard In addition to applications detected by the OESIS
so ware development toolkit (SDK) for creating compliance Framework, other well known applications are also included
and manageability applications, the framework’s application in the instant messaging market share based on registry
libraries have now been deployed on an estimated hundred searches. OPSWAT acknowledges that not every security
million endpoint systems worldwide. To learn more about application is included in this report. Antivirus, instant
OESIS, please visit the product page at messenger and other security application vendors
www.opswat.com/products/oesis-frameworkae. interested in inclusion in these reports and the OESIS
Framework are encouraged to contact
certification@opswat.com to learn how to partner with
OPSWAT.

2. Worldwide Antivirus Vendor Market Share
AVAST So ware and AVG Technologies both top this WORLDWIDE AVAST SOFTWARE
AVG TECHNOLOGIES
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quarter’s worldwide antivirus market with 12.37% each.
JUNE AVIRA GMBH .
AVAST shows a decrease from its leading 16.19% last MICROSOFT CORP. .
quarter, which could be due to a shi in the percentage of ESET SOFTWARE .
data originating from various countries. Avira and Microso SYMANTEC CORP. .
KASPERSKY LABS .
rank third and fourth with 12.29% and 11.24% of the market,
MCAFEE, INC. .
respectively. Microso ’s gain from last quarter could be PANDA SECURITY .
a ributed to the distribution advantage that Microso COMODO GROUP .
Security Essentials holds due to the convenient installation TREND MICRO, INC. .
PC TOOLS SOFTWARE .
through Windows Update and its smooth integration with the
EMSI SOFTWARE GMBH .
popular IE browser. Comodo also shows a noticeable SOFTWIN .
increase in this report, rising from 1.27% last quarter to F-SECURE CORP. .
2.79% this quarter. Several other vendors increased their OTHERS .
market share from OPSWAT’s last report as well, including
AVG, McAfee, Trend Micro, PC Tools, Emsi So ware and
AVAST
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3. N. America Antivirus Vendor Market Share
Microso increased substantially since OPSWAT’s last
NORTH AMERICA MICROSOFT CORP.
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report, rising to the top of the market and surpassing
JUNE SYMANTEC CORP. .
Symantec, who held the lead for the past three consecutive AVAST SOFTWARE .
quarters. As mentioned for global market share, Microso ’s MCAFEE, INC. .
rise could be linked with the visibility and easy installation of ESET SOFTWARE .
AVIRA GMBH .
their antivirus so ware through Windows Update as well as
PANDA SECURITY .
its compatibility with other leading Microso products. AVG KASPERSKY LABS .
also rose this quarter to hold the second leading position for TREND MICRO, INC. .
the second consecutive quarter. Symantec rounds out the PC TOOLS SOFTWARE .
COMODO GROUP .
top three with 14.47% of the North American market. For the
WEBROOT SOFTWARE, INC. .
first time in OPSWAT’s past three reports, AVAST is not one SOPHOS .
of the top three vendors in North America, possibly related LAVASOFT, INC. .
to the altering breakdown of the data’s countries of origin. OTHERS .
Several countries where AVAST has led in past reports
accounted for smaller percentages of this report’s data.
MICROSOFT
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4. Antivirus Product Market Share
The top ten individual antivirus products in North America Conclusions
have continued to increase their combined share of the In North America, fi y-one different antivirus vendors were
market. A-J below together control 60.38% of the North detected in this report. The top five of those vendors
American AV market. Microso ’s Security Essentials combined to control 62.80% of the antivirus market. The
Antivirus continues to lead with 15.68% of the market, and worldwide market is slightly more distributed, with sixty-two
free antivirus solutions remain dominant, with each of the vendors and 58.25% of the antivirus market controlled by
top 3 products in North America available free for download. the top five vendors.
Free solutions maintain their high levels of installations
NORTH AMERICA
noted in our previous reports, both in North America and
MARCH worldwide. They can be seen at the top of the individual
product markets for both regions. The top three products in
A MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS (ANTIVIRUS) .
North America and worldwide correlate with high ranking
B AVG ANTIVIRUS FREE .
C AVAST ! FREE ANTIVIRUS . vendors as well.
D NORTON ANTIVIRUS .
E MCAFEE VIRUSSCAN . Several companies who fare very well in the worldwide
F ESET NOD ANTIVIRUS .
market still have yet to achieve a large share of the North
G AVIRA ANTIVIR PERSONAL - FREE ANTIVIRUS .
H AVG [ANTIVIRUS] . American market. Both Avira and Kaspersky have more than
I SYMANTEC ENDPOINT PROTECTION . twice as much market share worldwide than in North
J NORTON . America. Similarly, McAfee is one of the top five antivirus
K MCAFEE VIRUSSCAN ENTERPRISE .
vendors in North America, but is only eighth worldwide.
L PANDA CLOUD ANTIVIRUS .
M KASPERSKY INTERNET SECURITY .
N KASPERSKY ANTIVIRUS .
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5. Antivirus Product Market Share
WORLDWIDE
JUNE
A MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS (ANTIVIRUS) .
B AVIRA ANTIVIR PERSONAL - FREE ANTIVIRUS .
C AVAST ! FREE ANTIVIRUS .
D AVG ANTIVIRUS FREE .
E ESET NOD ANTIVIRUS .
F KASPERSKY INTERNET SECURITY .
G NORTON ANTIVIRUS .
H AVG [ANTIVIRUS] .
I MCAFEE VIRUSSCAN .
J ESET SMART SECURITY .
K COMODO ANTIVIRUS .
L KASPERSKY ANTIVIRUS .
M PANDA CLOUD ANTIVIRUS .
N MCAFEE VIRUSSCAN ENTERPRISE .
O SYMANTEC ENDPOINT PROTECTION .
P AVAST! INTERNET SECURITY .
Q NORTON .
R AVAST! ANTIVIRUS PROFESSIONAL .
S EMSISOFT ANTIMALWARE .
T AVIRA PREMIUM SECURITY SUITE .
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6. Windows Operating System Deployments
NORTH AMERICA WINDOWS XP
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WORLDWIDE WINDOWS XP
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JUNE WINDOWS VISTA . JUNE WINDOWS VISTA .
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VISTA VISTA
XP XP
Windows 7 usage continues to gain in North America, with a Worldwide usage of Windows XP grew this quarter as well,
7% increase from OPSWAT’s last report. Windows Vista showing that it is still the dominant Windows Operating
showed a sharp decline from 20.31% to 6.62%, System. However, the upward trend of Windows 7 continues
continuing the move away from Windows Vista towards worldwide, as does the downward trend of Windows Vista.
Windows 7. Windows XP usage increased from our last Only 4.72% of the computers that contributed data to this
report, regaining more than 6% to rise above 50%. report had Windows Vista as their operating system.
MARCH MARCH
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7. Instant Messenger Market Share
OPSWAT used both the detection capabilities of the OESIS INSTANT MESSENGER MARKET SHARE
Framework as well as registry information to determine the
WORLDWIDE
market share of well-known instant messaging (IM)
JUNE
applications. The market share by application is shown to the
right. Windows Live Messenger accounts for just over 40%
WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER .
of the installed IM applications, followed by Skype, which
SKYPE .
accounts for more than a quarter of the installations. The YAHOO! MESSENGER .
share a ributed to Google Talk includes both users with the TENCENT QQ .
Google Talk client installed and users with the video chat GOOGLE TALK .
GADU-GADU .
plug-in installed.
ICQ .
AOL INSTANT MESSENGER .
In addition to detecting whether an application is installed, MIRC .
the OESIS Framework can also report on various functions of XFIRE .
PALTALK .
supported applications, including whether the application is
PIDGIN .
running. OPSWAT data shows that, of the computers in North TRILLIAN .
America and Europe with supported IM applications MIRANDA IM .
installed, 32.65% had at least one running at the time of data DIGSBY .
OTHERS .
collection.
Conclusions
Three instant messenger clients dominate the market for PC
users, with over 80% combined market share. This number
ICQ
GOOGLE
does not account for the market share of web-based instant
TALK
messaging services such as Google Chat and Facebook,
which could mean that a higher percentage of PC users than TENCENT QQ
reported actively use instant messaging.
WINDOWS LIVE
MESSENGER
YAHOO!
INSTANT MESSENGER USAGE MESSENGER
NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE
JUNE
NO IM RUNNING
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SKYPE
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