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June 12, 2009

Top Ten: Antivirus

Filed under: Internet Security, technology — Tags: , — jcanswer @ 7:21 am

There are alot of  large antivirus brands to choose from and although most seem relatively similar there are a number of significant differences. The most important are price, usability, performance and mangement.

Our top 10 list is based on a number of tests as well as the reviews and ratings by renowned magazines and websites.

  • Usability is based on user interface and warnings.

  • Performance is based on the system-slowdown,detection and protection level including penalties for false-alerts.

  • Management is based on options for all sorts of configuration.

1. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009

Kaspersky Kaspersky leads the pack due to its very high detection rate (96%) while being the product which slows down the PC the least. We recommend this as the #1 choice for home PCs

2. Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2009

Norton Norton antivirus is the worlds most sold anti-virus and also has very impressive detection rate (96%) while not slowing the PC down much. In the 2009 version it is better than ever before.

3. BitDefender Antivirus 2009

Bitdefender

4. Eset NOD32

NOD32

5. Panda Antivirus 2007

Panda

6. Alwil Avast 4 Professional Edition

Avast-Antivirus

7. Grisoft AVG 7.5 Professional

AVG

8. Trend Micro

TrendMicro

9. McAfee VirusScan

McAfee

10. F-secure

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