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They are capable of doing a variety of things, ranging from stealing hard disk space to access to your private information or draining your CPU. Thankfully, there are many anti-virus software available that can help protect your gadgets and avoid such issues. It is important to select one that is not likely to have an impact on system performance. All of our antivirus software is tested against this. The results depend on how long it takes each program to complete an operation. Kaspersky Security Cloud Free, for instance had a background impact of 6% while running a full scan, while ESET had an impact of 12 percent.

Avira is a German-based company. Avira is well-known in our tests and consistently performs above 90% in all three categories: Security, Performance and Usability (False Positives). The user interface has a wealth of features, including a smart “firewall” and a variety of privacy tools. Avira’s subscriptions are priced on a monthly basis, rather than a fixed 1-3 year period, making it more convenient to cancel or change the subscription at any time, without having to worry about 2nd-year renewal price shocks.

Essentware, previously known as PCKeeper it is a new name for our tests. It uses the Avira Engine underneath the hood. Overall it scored quite well. Its interface is easy to use and its performance was decent in the avast antivirus review month of March, however there were a few issues with stability – mainly with scanning jobs locking up – have lowered the rating. However, detection was excellent, and a perfect run through the certification sets earned it a VB100 award.