Don't Call This Number: It's a Microsoft Support Scam By Marshall Honorof A somewhat convincing copy of Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death could fool you into falling for a tech-support phone scam.
ESET Mobile Security and Antivirus Review By Sean Riley ESET Mobile Security offers very good malware protection, but too many of its essential features are premium-only.
Symantec/Norton Antivirus Flaw Threatens Millions of PCs By Marshall Honorof An amazingly disastrous Symantec flaw could let cybercriminals attack a Windows machine at the deepest level, but there's a patch ready.
McAfee, AVG Drop in Latest AV-TEST Antivirus Evaluations By Paul Wagenseil Two well-known antivirus brands see their protection scores drop, while Microsoft's built-in Windows Defender slips only a little.
Is Windows Defender Good Enough? Not Yet By Paul Wagenseil It's getting better, but Windows' built-in protection isn't strong enough compared to superior stand-alone free and paid antivirus software.
BullGuard Antivirus Review By Brian Nadel BullGuard Antivirus is fairly easy to use and offers lots of customization options, but its malware protection is only so-so.
ESET NOD32 Antivirus Review By Brian Nadel ESET NOD32 Antivirus has a clean, easy-to-use interface and a light system load. Too bad its malware protection is average at best.
F-Secure Anti-Virus Review By Brian Nadel F-Secure Anti-Virus offers excellent malware protection at a bargain price, but it has a heavy system load and a high false-positive rate.
Bitdefender Antivirus Plus vs. Kaspersky Anti-Virus: Face-Off By Henry T. Casey How do two of our best-reviewed antivirus suites stand up in a head-to-head comparison? One may be good, but the other is clearly better.
Four Android AV Suites Offer Perfect Protection (Again) By Marshall Honorof AV-TEST evaluated 25 Android AV programs that can keep your phone or tablet safe, but only four of them earned perfect scores.
Bitdefender Offers Free Anti-Ransomware Tool By Paul Wagenseil The antivirus firm Bitdefender has a new version of its free anti-ransomware tool, which protects against three common ransomware strains.
Kaspersky, Trend Micro Top Latest Antivirus Tests By Paul Wagenseil Bitdefender loses its crown, and Trend Micro reaches new heights, in AV-TEST's latest evaluation of antivirus products on Windows 7.
What?! Antivirus Software Could Make PCs More Vulnerable By Paul Wagenseil Many brands of antivirus software have serious flaws that undermine Windows security and make computers more vulnerable to attack.
Avast's Secure Web Browser Was Anything But Safe By Henry T. Casey Antivirus software company Avast's own 'safe' Web browser has a dangerous flaw that exposes users' entire hard drives.
Malwarebytes Racing to Fix Its Own Security Flaw By Marshall Honorof If you use Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to protect your computer, make sure you update it during the next month to patch a nasty flaw.
Avast Mobile Security Goes Completely Free By Paul Wagenseil Our top pick for Android antivirus software, Avast Mobile Security, has eliminated its premium pricing and is now entirely free.
Trend Micro Antivirus Software Exposed Users to Attack By Henry T. Casey Trend Micro antivirus software let attackers take over computers and exposed user passwords until a Google researcher found the flaws.
Panda Antivirus Pro 2016 Review By Brian Nadel Panda Antivirus Pro 2016 catches nearly all malware and lets you create your own interface, but it threw up several false positives.
Avast Pro Antivirus Review By Brian Nadel It's slow and missed some dangerous software, but Avast Pro Antivirus offers a password manager and protection against website redirects.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2016 Review By Brian Nadel Kaspersky Anti-Virus combines fast scans with safeguards against ransomware, but its protection isn't perfect and it can be hard to navigate.
McAfee AntiVirus Plus Review By Brian Nadel It may not be the most thorough at finding and removing malware, but McAfee's AntiVirus Plus is a bargain for large families.
Avira Antivirus Pro Review By Brian Nadel Avira Antivirus Pro is quick to set up, offers nearly flawless malware protection and has some useful features Avira Free Antivirus lacks.
Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2016 Review By Brian Nadel Editor's Choice Bitdefender Antivirus Plus has tough malware scans, little system impact, ransomware protection, a password manager and a file shredder.
MacKeeper Exposes 13 Million Users: What You Need To Do By Henry T. Casey MacKeeper sells itself as a security and optimization suite for Mac OS X, but it has trouble keeping its own corporate systems secure.
Comcast Attack Combines Ransomware, Tech-Support Scam By Henry T. Casey Clicking an ad on a Comcast Xfinity search results page led users down a painful path featuring ransomware and the long-running Windows Tech Support scam.
Hey, Stupid! How You Can Help Make the Internet Safer By John R. Quain The Web won't get safer by itself -- you've got to do your part, and for the most part, you haven't been. Here are 10 ways to start.
Four Antivirus Programs Get Perfect Scores on Windows 10 By Marshall Honorof Four of the 20 Windows 10 antivirus programs tested received perfect ratings, but a few questionable products fell well short of the mark.
Bitdefender Internet Security 2016 Review By Brian Nadel Editor's Choice Bitdefender Internet Security 2016 has nearly perfect malware protection, a strong feature set and a remarkably light system impact.
ESET Smart Security 9 Review By Brian Nadel ESET Smart Security 9 includes some unique features, like a stolen laptop tracker, but its malware protection isn't good enough.
Kaspersky Internet Security Review By Brian Nadel Kaspersky Internet Security is a solid antivirus package, but is weaker at finding sophisticated malware on Windows 7 than some competitors.
