Anti-Virus Apps
Though many say that “the best anti-virus is common sense,” that can’t always protect from an accidental late night popup click or other similar circumstances. Mistakes happen. For those moments, the peace of mind that anti-virus software such as Avast or Avira can provide by responding quickly to any potential virus, trojan, or other malicious software may very well be worth it, especially to those that are not the most tech literate in your life. This page can help you make an informed decision about which anti-virus software to try.
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- Anti-Virus App
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Mozilla Firefox
+1Advanced AI-driven protection software that offers real-time defense against new and known threats using machine learning for superior threat detection.
- Anti-Malware App
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
+8Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways. It provides a number of utilities including a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner and advanced tool for automatic...
- Anti-Virus App
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Protects devices from viruses and malware, offers real-time threat detection, home network scanning, password management, secure browsing, and regular updates.
- Anti-Malware App
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
A free bootable CD that contains a multitude of tools for analyzing, recovering, and fixing your computer even if its operating system does not start.
- File Recovery Tool
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
Windows Security (known as Windows Defender Antivirus before Windows 10 May 2020 Update, Windows Defender before Windows 10 Creators Update, or Microsoft Defender Antivirus before Windows 11) is an anti-malware component of Microsoft Windows.
- Anti-Virus App
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
AdwCleaner is an easy-to-use OS security utility that allows you to get rid of adware on your computer in seconds, by quickly scanning the system.
- Anti-Malware App
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Windows
+2Provides real-time malware, ransomware, and spyware protection with web safety, cloud-based updates, VPN, system optimization, and advanced repair tools.
- Anti-Virus App
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
+4Free antivirus with real-time protection, minimal resource usage, Game mode optimization, AI threat detection, and easy setup with customer support.
- Anti-Virus App
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- Android Tablet
- iPhone
- iPad
+4A lightweight, AI-powered antivirus protecting against viruses, ransomware, and phishing while maintaining speed. Features exploits blocker and device control.
- Anti-Virus App
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
Tron is a collection of programs, tools, utilities, and Windows functions that are all scripted together. Those programs and such are designed to remove malware and bloatware, repair damaged operating systems, update old versions of very common applications, free up drive space...
- Anti-Malware App
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
+1Kaspersky AntiVirus offers protection from a range of IT threats and provides the basic tools needed to keep your PC secure.
- Anti-Virus App
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Android
- Android Tablet
+3ClamWin is a free, open-source antivirus software for Microsoft Windows, using the ClamAV engine. It has an easy-to-use installer and its source code is publicly available. It features high detection rates for viruses and spyware, a scanning scheduler, and automatic updates of...
Discontinued- Anti-Virus App
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
+1ClamTk is a graphical front-end for ClamAV, an open source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats. It is designed to be an easy-to-use, lightweight, on-demand antivirus scanner for Linux systems.
Discontinued- Anti-Virus App
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
Comodo Internet Security is a free, very voluminous and multi-layered security application that keeps hackers out and personal information in.
- Anti-Virus App
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
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