The Best Antivirus Products for 2013

AV-Comparatives has released their best antivirus products for 2013. Here is a summary of the winners.


AV-Comparatives has released their best antivirus products for 2013. Here is a summary of the winners. Links provided are to download them from Majorgeeks; free editions when available.

Overall winner of 2013 (Product of the Year)

Kaspersky Lab

Top Rated Products 2013

Avast
Avira
Bitdefender
Bullguard
Fortinet
F-Secure

Whole-Product Dynamic “Real-World” Protection

Kaspersky Lab
Emsisoft
Avast
ESET

File Detection Winners:

F-Secure
Bitdefender
Qihoo
Bullguard
Kaspersky Lab

False Positive Winners (Lowest)

Fortinet
ESET
Kaspersky Lab

Overall Performance (Low System-Impact)

Sophos
Avast
F-Secure
Kaspersky Lab
Bitdefender

Proactive (Detects New or Unknown Malware)

Bitdefender
Kaspersky Lab
Bullguard

Malware Removal Winners

Kaspersky Lab
Bitdefender
Avira

Anti-Phishing Protection

ESET
Kaspersky Lab
Bitdefender
Mcafee
Trend Micro
Fortinet

All the details and more are available in PDF format at Av-Comparatives