Don't risk it — get your annual antivirus coverage for less than $25 with these Black Friday deals

Our favorite antivirus software overall, Norton 360 Deluxe offers practically everything you need to stay safe online with useful features like a firewall, VPN, password manager, Wi-Fi scanner, hardened browser, ransomware rollback, dark web monitoring and parental controls. It also has great antivirus and malware protection that doesn't overly impact system performance, and it covers mobile devices too. During testing, we found it easy to use with a quick interface that highlighted the most-used options.

Though this package is only 28% off for five devices, it does provide plenty of protection: parental controls, a secure VPN, 50 GB of secure cloud backup, dark web monitoring, and advanced AI scam protection that spots suspicious texts and online messages. It also has protection against phishing, fast scans to check for malware and the same antivirus protection that earned it top marks in independent testing.

One device, one year worth of coverage for twenty dollars gets you Norton's virus, malware, spyware and ransomware protection as well as a secure VPN. You also get dark web monitoring to easily check if your personal data is in the hands of hackers, 10 GB of online cloud backup and advanced AI scam protection. Norton's antivirus protection has consistently earned top marks in independent testing, and when we tested it we really liked the easy-to-use interface and all the extra features.

In testing, we liked Bitdefender because of how easily it functioned, as well as the clear and efficient interface. This package offers cyber security protection for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android. It's useful features include a secure browser that can safeguard your online transactions, a VPN that offers 200MB of usage per day, real-time data protection, social network protections, different modes for different activities like gaming or work and microphone and webcam monitoring. It also offers anti-phishing, fraud and spam protections, a file shredder and parental controls.

McAfee is known for its ability to cover many devices in the same household. The software offers many of the features that customers have found useful in competing packages like a VPN and password manager but the company also throws in identity monitoring, safe browsing with dark web monitoring, scam alerts that use AI to detect deepfake videos and more. When we tested McAfee we found it easy to use, and particularly like the VPN feature as well as the quick scans. The social media monitoring tool is also useful for both younger and older family members, and the text scam detector can give you a heads up about suspicious SMS messages.

Like the five device package, this three device antivirus software package offers all the features that customers need to stay safe online including a VPN and password manager, as well as identity monitoring, safe browsing, dark web monitoring, and McAfee's scam alerts that use AI to detect deepfake videos and more. We liked McAfee during testing because we found it easy to use with quick scans. However, we were quite impressed by how thorough and quick its full scans were.

Webroot's Internet Security Complete includes identity theft and anti-phishing features as well as protection against keyloggers, spyware, and web protections that alert you to suspicious browsers. The password manager is provided through LastPass and you also get fast antivirus coverage for all of your devices from PCs and Macs to Chromebooks as well as mobile protection on iOS and Android. Likewise, Webroot's antivirus ranks high on Amazon where users say it works well in blocking attacks, performs scans quickly and is easy to use.

This package includes anti-phishing, malware protection and ransomware protection. Webroot uses fewer system resources but still provides fast scans for malware. At the same time, you also get identity theft protection that secures your usernames, account numbers and personal information against keyloggers, spyware and other threats. There's also a real-time anti-phishing feature to protect against cybercriminals trying to steal your personal information.