Products tested included Avast Free Antivirus, Bitdefender Total Security, ESET HOME Security Essential, F-Secure Internet ...

Avast Free Antivirus Best from a big company: Norton AntiVirus Plus Best for VPN users: McAfee Antivirus Basic Best for multiple opperating systems: AVG AntiVirus FREE Best for beginners ...

Avast One lacks the first two features, and takes top marks for catching both online and offline risks. AVG is best known for its excellent free antivirus ... however. McAfee has been around ...

Two popular contenders in the antivirus software space are Malwarebytes and Avast. Both offer basic protection for free as well as more robust paid plans that do all of the work for you in the ...