Avira, McAfee & Co.: Testing built-in password managers

1. Avira, McAfee & Co.: Testing built-in password managers
2. Password manager: McAfee True Key
3. Password Manager: Avira Password Manager Pro
4. Password Manager: Eset Password Manager
5. Password manager: Bitdefender password manager in the test
6. Password manager: F-Secure ID Protection in the test
7. Password managers: How we test & conclusion

In the last issue, we tested password managers such as Bitwarden (91 points), Dashlane (84 points) and LastPass (81 points): You can find the PDF at pc-magazin.de/nachtrag.

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Password managers are not only available from manufacturers specializing in them, security companies such as Avira or Eset also equip their suites with such components. They can often even be booked as independent products.

Not all suites have a password manager in the program – or they are technically very outdated. A Eligibility Criteria for the test, for example, was one synchronization of log-in data between multiple devices such as browsers and Android.

One difference is immediately apparent: the tools of the AV Manufacturer are overall poorly equipped. One-time passwords or Temporary Onetime Passwords (TOTP) are scarce, two-factor authentication (2FA) rare.

The master password cannot usually be enforced for certain pages, export and import are almost always rudimentary, and there is no secure password release for others either. We also missed clever innovations like 1Password’s travel mode.

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