Trying all the antivirus on the market ourselves is impossible. Luckily, there are independent companies that are in charge of testing all these security solutions so that we can easily know if a program protects us, and complies with the standards, or if, on the contrary, it is leaving security gaps for us to use. Hackers take advantage of them.
Next, we are going to tell you which are the best (and worst) antivirus that we can choose in 2023 to protect our computer. And all according to the latest AV-Comparatives security tests.
The best antivirus of 2023
Looking at laboratory tests, where they have been confronted with more than 10,000 malware samples, most have been able to detect more than 99.9% of the samples. Those who have obtained the best results have been McAfee and Norton, escaping them only a threat, Microsoft Defenderletting just two threats pass, and Panda/Total AV with three threats.
Avast/AVG It has also achieved very good protection, although it has depended a lot on the user, which can be a danger.
Based on real-time tests, they have also achieved very good results. Bitdefender and Kaspersky, two important options to also take into account, although their data in the laboratory have not been as satisfactory as one would expect from them.
Security programs to avoid
At the other end of the list we can find antivirus software that, although it promises to protect us from threats and hackers, actually does not meet the expected standards, and is endangering our computer.
The worst of all has been, without a doubt, Trend Micro. This veteran antivirus, it is not known why, is not in its best days, and has allowed neither more nor less than 281 threats to the computer, 2.81% of all those that have been tested in the different tests. Although, in real-time tests, this antivirus did exceed the expected security standards (yes, with a multitude of false positives).
In addition to this program, K7 and total defense They have been the other two that have obtained the worst grade in the tests, letting 0.13% and 0.09% of the threats pass respectively, although the latter managed to pass the security tests in real time with a perfect grade.
Finally, although in the laboratory tests they obtained a better grade, in the real time tests, ESET, Panda, Total AV, Avira and Norton They have also been those that have not managed to offer security that meets expectations.
So which is the best?
Our choice depends on those options that have obtained the best grade in the two tests, since they will be the antivirus that best protect us both from threats that appear on the network and from viruses that can arrive by other means.
For this reason, McAfee and Norton, although they are the ones that have obtained the best grade in the laboratory, in real tests they have had too many false positives and have depended on users on several occasions. For this reason, the best antivirus, which has only allowed 2 of the 10,015 viruses tested to escape, and has been able to block 100% of the viruses with very false positives, has been Microsoft Defender.
Windows antivirus is undoubtedly the best we can install right now.
