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.
- Well established and trusted anti-malware solution to help protect against viruses, scams and privacy invasion.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
- VirusTotal is a free service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- Microsoft Defender is built into Windows to help guard your PC against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software in real time.
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Avast Free Antivirus a the free for non-commercial and home usage antivirus solution from AVAST Software.
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.
- Kaspersky AntiVirus offers protection from a range of IT threats and provides the basic tools needed to keep your PC secure.
- Avira Free Antivirus offers basic protection for your computer against dangerous viruses, worms, spy-ware, trojans and costly dialers.
- ESET NOD32 Antivirus is an innovative host-based intrusion prevention system that offers a comprehensive scanning solution.
- ClamTk is a graphical front-end for ClamAV, an open source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats.
- [Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.
- Comodo Internet Security is a free, very voluminous and multi-layered security application that keeps hackers out and personal information in.
Bundleware
The app installs other components by default such as Dragon Web Browser. You must click "Options" during install to deselect those components.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
- AVG AntiVirus Free provides basic antivirus and antispyware protection for home users. Virus database updated every day. Includes innovative LinkScanner for web-protection.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- Chrome OS
- Hybrid-Analysis.com is a free malware analysis service powered by payload-security.com. Using this service you can submit files for in-depth behavior analysis.
- HitmanPro (formerly Hitman Pro) is an on-demand malware scanner and removal tool.
- Firewall (iptables frontend), based on DroidWall which is no longer being developed. A paid "donate"-version with more features it advertised within the app.