Very good at cleaning out infections like Search Protect and Trovi. Malware Bytes - Very good at finding and removing browser malware and less serious malware and infections. If no other anti virus can fix your computer, and you really don't want to reformat, Hitman Pro is the scanner to go with. Hitman Pro - This AV (scan and remove only) has an insane detection and removal record. If you're having BSOD issues or issues with drivers or programs that are unexplained, it's usually avast. For some reason, more blue screen issues are caused by avast than any other anti virus.

Never wants to update itself.Īvast - Has a good basic virus scanner. Often requires removal tool to get rid of it. The backup software will often back up your computer to itself filling your HDD.ĪVG - not very good at protecting you from viruses. Comes with a lot of its own adware like useless password managers and backup software.

The uninstaller rarely works on systems that have had norton on them for a while. I have seen it use more than 50% of system resources when scanning and can idle at 10%. When norton expires, it deactivates it's real time web protection which also stops your internet from working.

Norton is pretty good at scanning and removing viruses. Norton - An AV good at detecting viruses with everything going against it. Common problems with this AV include the inability to access the internet through browsers, decreases in performance, especially browser performance if the McAfee extension is installed, and Operating System file corruption. This is the most pre-installed anti virus software out there.

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