What are the current available antivirus programs?
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What are the current available antivirus programs?
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Below is a complete list, in alphabetical order, of companies who provide antivirus programs and the platforms they provide protection for. Clicking on the company link will take you to information about that company, including their web page. You can also purchase many of the below virus protection programs through our products page.
| Company | Windows | Apple | Linux | Mobile | Free? |
| AntiVir | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| AVG | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Avira | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BitDefender | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| ClamWin | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| ESET NOD32 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| F-Prot | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Kaspersky | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| McAfee | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| MSE | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Network Associates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Panda Software | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| RAV | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Sophos | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Symantec (Noton) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Trend Micro | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Vipre | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Webroot | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Which antivirus is the best?
Below is a listing of different review sites we suggest looking at to know what may be best antivirus program for you. We suggest these review pages since they're updated frequently and run through a complete test with each program.
Online scanners
In addition to the above antivirus program recommendations users can also use free online virus scanners.
Additional information
- What is a computer virus?
- See the antivirus definition for further information on this term and related links.