What Anti-Virus Program is the Best??
So lately Ive been getting allot of questions on which Anti-Virus scan program to use. I admit, it can be a difficult choice with all of the options out there, so I did some research so you don't have to.
Ill be using data gathered from www.av-comparatives.org and investigating 4 Major programs
Anti-Virus programs: McAfeeVirusScan, BitDeffender AV, AVG Anti-Virus, and AntiVirusKit
For starters, some programs throw more false-positives than others. BitDeffender AV, AVG Anti-Virus, and AntiVirusKit all turn up programs that sometimes are not malicious, but rather user intended. So be knowledgeable about your programs if you use either of these 3. McAfeeVirusScan on the hand turns up very few false-positives, and may be the better choice, for a casual scanner.
With that in mind, now lets see how often the actually find the real viruses planted in your computer. We will be investigating 3 different types of viruses, and the percentage of time that a program will detect it.
Windows Viruses: Script Malware: Trojans:
BitDeffender AV - 96% BitDeffender AV - 91% BitDeffender AV - 93%
McAfeeVirusScan - 96% McAfeeVirusScan - 77% McAfeeVirusScan - 83%
AVG Anti-Virus - 97% AVG Anti-Virus - 57% AVG Anti-Virus - 95%
Anti-VirusKit - 100% Anti-VirusKit - 97% Anti-VirusKit - 99%
Overall I think the winner is obvious, here is the trial version.
The programs like McAfreeVirusScan and AVG Anti-Virus offer permanent free version. While Anti-VirusKit and BitDeffender AV cost money after the trial expires.
So now you know the facts, and as they say Knowledge Is Power.
So until next time, C yah geeks.
Ill be using data gathered from www.av-comparatives.org and investigating 4 Major programs
Anti-Virus programs: McAfeeVirusScan, BitDeffender AV, AVG Anti-Virus, and AntiVirusKit
For starters, some programs throw more false-positives than others. BitDeffender AV, AVG Anti-Virus, and AntiVirusKit all turn up programs that sometimes are not malicious, but rather user intended. So be knowledgeable about your programs if you use either of these 3. McAfeeVirusScan on the hand turns up very few false-positives, and may be the better choice, for a casual scanner.
With that in mind, now lets see how often the actually find the real viruses planted in your computer. We will be investigating 3 different types of viruses, and the percentage of time that a program will detect it.
Windows Viruses: Script Malware: Trojans:
BitDeffender AV - 96% BitDeffender AV - 91% BitDeffender AV - 93%
McAfeeVirusScan - 96% McAfeeVirusScan - 77% McAfeeVirusScan - 83%
AVG Anti-Virus - 97% AVG Anti-Virus - 57% AVG Anti-Virus - 95%
Anti-VirusKit - 100% Anti-VirusKit - 97% Anti-VirusKit - 99%
Overall I think the winner is obvious, here is the trial version.
The programs like McAfreeVirusScan and AVG Anti-Virus offer permanent free version. While Anti-VirusKit and BitDeffender AV cost money after the trial expires.
So now you know the facts, and as they say Knowledge Is Power.
So until next time, C yah geeks.