Comparison of anti-virus programs
Still stupefied as to what anti-virus program to buy and install? Here is a good test which shows you, side-by-side, the popular anti-virus software and how well they performed based on each of the following criteria, among others:
- Detection of malware samples
- Detection of ad- and spyware
- False positives
- Performance/speed
- Proactive detection of new, unknown malware
Not surprisingly, the winners were AntiVir (Avira), F-Secure, Ikarus, McAfee, Norton (Symantec), Panda, Rising, Sophos, and TrendMicro.