Sixteen virus scanners for Windows 10/11 tested and compared
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Caesar
Symantec Endpoint
fantaskarsef
Better not google what those "top" companies did in the past or you're happy to skip each of their softwares for one reason or the other, with only having in common that your "security suite" eventually cost you security at one point.
XenthorX
I used to have Bitdefender but ended up using Microsoft defender in the end, glad it seems to rank as good as alternatives in the end.
TheDeeGee
Used ESET NOD32 for like 15 years, but that wore down my SSD lifetime with heavy IO writes after some update. Support said it was normal behaviour, so i ditched it for Windows Defender which i use for 3-4 years now.
Catspaw
Am I the only one who sees that many 6 and equal results that I wonder if this was actually tested or if this is just a fabricated ranking?
Sylencer
Yeah, I was asking me the same.
Windows Defender is plenty if you know what you're doing on the web. Proper AdBlock (uBlock Origin), high security measures in browser settings, good brand router, and you're set.
Nekrosleezer
We are more than fine with Windows Defenders.
wavetrex
I even disable that one.
I like living on the edge 😀
alanm
Windows defender for last 7-8 years.
RealNC
These tests are usually complete nonsense. Reason being that they don't tell you that many of these "high scorers" are simply flagging absolutely everything as malware because they are using whitelisting and not just detection.
I've been sending test versions of a project to a client, and they couldn't run the executables because they were using Norton. There was no malware there. Norton just doesn't allow you to run executables that are not whitelisted by them. Of course you're gonna get "perfect scores" like that. What you also get is a borderline unusable computer.
Edit:
Also, did everyone forget that Norton is installing a crypto miner on your PC, but apparently that's fine because its activation after installation is opt-in? lmao. Imagine other software installing malware on your machine, but as long as it's opt-in, yeah it's good.
GTFO.
schmidtbag
If a 3 is as low as it goes, they need to be a lot more strict. Not like it matters anyway - the fact Norton and McAffee were "top picks" is all you have to know that this is bogus.
I don't even need to know what they did to avoid these products like the plague. Most malware is less destructive to your UX than any of these. Windows Defender I'm okay with, because Microsoft is not financially incentivized to maintain it, it isn't a major resource hog (relatively speaking...), and it isn't obnoxious.
Of course, the best way to browse the internet is to just simply not use Windows. Other than the really obscure ones like Haiku, GNU Hurd, or React OS, most are perfectly capable.
wavetrex
Even without any antivirus, it's quite easy not to get infected by anything.
Simply don't download and run the file "Taylor Swift naked hot video.exe" you just found on shadywebsite .com ... it's really that easy !
Vananovion
Even worse than malware, it could contain an ACTUAL video of Taylor Swift.
pegasus1
Ha ha ha reminds me of when I remotely set peoples default IE page as meatswinger.com at work, yeah got in trouble for that.
Alessio1989
antivirus are like lottery, a voluntary tax for stupid :V
tsunami231
i still use Avast since i switch from AVG use to use clamav before that. next time i do new system build and clean install of windows it will only be defender
rl66
But don't forget that the best protect system is from user behavior...
But it is also the best backdoor if not educated to it.
Think about it.
XenthorX
Microsoft Edge? You’re really out of your mind.
asturur
eset/Nod is not even worth mentioning?
reix2x
so... people is still using anti-virus software. they should make a rank of hoy much of your info and user statics are they selling to third parties
