PCMag rates free AV protection
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 04/01/2015 09:05 AM
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PCMag rated some of the most popular Anti-Virus programs.
The tests used Microsoft Security Essentials as a base line. If a product can't do better than the baseline, it's got real problems.
Here are the results:
Panda Free Antivirus 2015 with four and a half stars. Panda Free Antivirus 2015 scores on par with the best commercial antivirus tools, both in our hands-on tests and independent labs tests.
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition (2014) with four stars. Its tiny main window and unobtrusive style are great if you want a strong, silent, and free antivirus solution.
Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit Free with four stars. Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit Free shields your browsers against exploit attacks, even never-before-seen zero-day attacks.
360 Internet Security 2013 with three and a half stars. It performs its essential antivirus functions well, but an over-enthusiastic behavior-based detection system flags good and bad programs alike.
Ad-Aware Free Antivirus+ 11 with three and a half stars. The product lost a little ground in malware blocking.
Avast Free Antivirus 2015 with three and half stars. The new home router security check in Avast Free Antivirus 2015 is brilliant; this area has been totally overlooked by most vendors. However, the product's central antivirus protection is just average.
AVG AntiVirus Free 2015 with three and a half stars. It's a very good choice for free antivirus.
Comodo Antivirus 8 with three stars. Comodo Antivirus 8 offers decent antivirus protection and a whole raft of advanced security features. However, those advanced features are probably too complex for the average user.
FortiClient 5.0 with three stars. Although it's designed to work with a network appliance, FortiClient 5.0 also functions as a standalone antivirus, with parental control and VPN client thrown in.
Source: PCMag
The tests used Microsoft Security Essentials as a base line. If a product can't do better than the baseline, it's got real problems. Here are the results:
Panda Free Antivirus 2015 with four and a half stars. Panda Free Antivirus 2015 scores on par with the best commercial antivirus tools, both in our hands-on tests and independent labs tests.
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition (2014) with four stars. Its tiny main window and unobtrusive style are great if you want a strong, silent, and free antivirus solution.
Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit Free with four stars. Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit Free shields your browsers against exploit attacks, even never-before-seen zero-day attacks.
360 Internet Security 2013 with three and a half stars. It performs its essential antivirus functions well, but an over-enthusiastic behavior-based detection system flags good and bad programs alike.
Ad-Aware Free Antivirus+ 11 with three and a half stars. The product lost a little ground in malware blocking.
Avast Free Antivirus 2015 with three and half stars. The new home router security check in Avast Free Antivirus 2015 is brilliant; this area has been totally overlooked by most vendors. However, the product's central antivirus protection is just average.
AVG AntiVirus Free 2015 with three and a half stars. It's a very good choice for free antivirus.
Comodo Antivirus 8 with three stars. Comodo Antivirus 8 offers decent antivirus protection and a whole raft of advanced security features. However, those advanced features are probably too complex for the average user.
FortiClient 5.0 with three stars. Although it's designed to work with a network appliance, FortiClient 5.0 also functions as a standalone antivirus, with parental control and VPN client thrown in.
Source: PCMag
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