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Sophos antivirus review
By Brian Nadel last updated
Sophos Home Premium provides decent protection against malware for a fair price but lacks many commonplace antivirus features.

Trend Micro antivirus review
By Brian Nadel last updated
Trend Micro provides good malware protection with a number of useful extras but false positives and system slowdowns during scans can be annoying.

McAfee antivirus review
By Brian Nadel last updated
McAfee's antivirus lineup is a steal for large families but its malware protection and system impact leave a bit to be desired.

Microsoft Defender review
By Brian Nadel published
Microsoft Defender comes pre-installed and pre-enabled on all Windows PCs but it’s also a very capable antivirus with good protection and a tamper resistant design.

Norton 360 antivirus review
By Brian Nadel last updated
Norton 360 Standard, Norton 360 Deluxe and Norton 360 with LifeLock include the most complete antivirus-software and identity-protection-service combinations you'll find today.

What is CrowdStrike and what do they have to do with the global internet outage?
By Ryan Morrison published
CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity company providing threat intelligence services to some of the largest companies and organizations in the world.

US government bans Kaspersky antivirus software - what you need to know
By Anthony Spadafora published
The Department of Commerce has banned the Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from selling its antivirus and other security software in the US.

Is Windows Defender good enough for my new laptop?
By Anthony Spadafora last updated
Microsoft’s Windows Defender antivirus software now ships with all Windows 10 and Windows 11 laptops. But is it good enough?
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