TOP
ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARES
The top
antivirus softwares are evaluated for their efficacy in identifying
malicious programs and such other factors as ease of use and user interface.
Given below are the listings taken from some antivirus software review
sites that have evaluated the leading companies and given their rankings.
Make sure you buy the latest edition or offer if you chose to
decide for any of the products listed below.
All-inernet-security.com lists the top 3 picks for
2006
- Trend Micro PC-cillinT Internet Security
- Panda Antivirus Titanium
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal
Anti-virus-software-review give the top 10:
#1BitDefender
#2PC-cillin
#3AVG Anti-Virus
#4 McAfee VirusScan
#5 F-Secure Anti-Virus
#6 Norton AntiVirus
#7 F-Prot for Windows
#8 eTrust EZ Antivirus
#9 ESET Nod32
#10 Panda Anti-Virus
#11 AVAST! Pro
Another ranking list:
1. Kaspersky Antivirus Personal
2. Panda Anti-Virus Titanium & Platinum
3. NOD32 Anti-Virus
4. Command Antivirus
5. McAfee Antivirus VirusScan Online
(source: software-antivirus.com)
For windows the following products are listed by about.com
- Panda's Platinum internet security.
- Pc-cillin
- Bitdefender
- Zonealarm
- F-Prot
- Kaspersky
For Spyware, the following ranks were given by consumerreports.org
- Microsoft AntiSpyware (beta)
- Webroot Spy Sweeper
- Computer Associates eTrust PestPatrol 2005
- Ad-Aware SE Plus
- McAfee AntiSpyware
- Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2005
- Allume Internet Cleanup
Buying Advice: Always go for the LATEST offering of any company
as viruses keep evolving and mutating, and antivirus software are always
ONE STEP BEHIND them. If you are spending money, make sure it is the
LATEST OF THE LATEST, and comes with ONLINE UPDATES for viruses. NEVER
settle for an older version just because it comes free or cheap. It
would be good for nothing, most of the times.