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NortonLifelock merging with Avast — what does this mean for you?
By Paul Wagenseil published
NortonLifeLock plans to merge with Avast, and the combined company would have 25% of the market. Could it use its dominance to kill free antivirus software?
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Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac review
By Sean Riley published
Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac offers flawless malware protection but does little to stand out from the crowd.
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Intego Mac Internet Security X9 review
By Sean Riley published
Intego Mac Internet Security X9 shines brightly in a couple of areas, but it ultimately doesn't compare to the best Mac antivirus apps.
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ESET antivirus review
By Brian Nadel published
ESET's security software is fast, accurate and thorough. It lacks some extra features we take for granted but has a very light impact on your system performance.
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Trend Micro antivirus review
By Brian Nadel published
Trend Micro offers solid malware protection, but you'll see a slowdown during scans
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Sophos antivirus review
By Brian Nadel published
Sophos Home Premium provides decent protection against malware for a fair price but lacks many commonplace antivirus features.
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Why do so many antivirus solutions kill system performance?
By Sponsored published
Antivirus software has a reputation for being CPU intensive. Why?
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Avast Free Antivirus review
By Brian Nadel published
Avast Free Antivirus offers a ton of features for a free antivirus program but has mediocre malware protection and a heavy system load.
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