Best Antivirus Program
What is the best Antivirus? I often get that question from the users. Of course the classic answer is all antivirus is good as long it is up-to-date, but that answer is not the solution right?.
All antivirus software is not created equal. Like any other category of consumer goods, it has its good, its bad and its mediocre. The choices are broad and wide, but in your efforts to decide which best antivirus software to buy, remember that it really comes down to just two factors: user-friendliness and effectiveness.
Top antivirus software should be easy enough for a computer user to both install and uninstall. The software should effectively seek out and identify virus threats, as well as clean or isolate infected files. There should be understandable reporting available for each scan and plenty of help support available, so you can be well-informed of the software’s activities and capabilities.
When searching on the internet to find the best Antivirus I found some website which is give the 2009 Antivirus comparisons.
1. http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
This review picks the best antivirus software based on ease to use, effectiveness, updates, feature list, ease of installation, Help/Support.
Review Top 10 Antivirus From this site:
1. BitDefender Antivirus
2. Kaspersky Anti-Virus
3. Webroot Antivirus
4. G DATA AntiVirus
5. AntiVirus ESET Nod32
6. ParetoLogic Anti-Virus PLUS
7. AVG Anti-Virus
8. Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware
9. F-Secure Anti-Virus
10. Trend Micro
2. http://antivirus.about.com
This review picks the best antivirus software based on its virus detection abilities, features, and breadth of protection.
Review Top 10 Antivirus From this site:
1. Norton Internet Security 2009
2. Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium
3. McAfee VirusScan Plus
4. Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal
5. Panda Antivirus Pro 2009
6. BitDefender Antivirus Plus
7. Eset Nod32
8. AVG Anti-Malware
9. G Data AntiVirusKit (AVK)
10. F-PROT Antivirus
3. http://www.av-comparatives.org/
Av-comparatives doing some test for 17 product Antivirus on February 2009, Their provides 3-level ranking-system (STANDARD, ADVANCED and ADVANCED+). You can read and download the complete PDF file Report about anti virus test in their site.
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Thanks for the list, I was searching for some new Av for my daughter's computer. I have bitdefender internet security installed on my laptop, but i thought of trying also other av vendors. As I see in your charts, bitdefender is one of the prefered
NIce info.
Here is a list of top 10 antivirus for year 2010 based on a Poll
http://jaxov.com/2009/05/top-10-antivirus-programs-2010/
Hi,
There is a newer list of top ten antivirus 2010 http://www.toptenservices.net/2009/10/28/top-ten-antivirus-review-10-best-antivirus-2010/ review available here.
Regards
Andy