I’ve looked this up a lot, and I keep getting completely different results in each page I clicked.
I want to know what is the best, most secure antivirus, that’s universal (Supports Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android), that detects 100% of malware.
It doesn’t need to support Linux, but I thought it would be nice.
If you think “antivirus that detects 100% of malware” doesn’t exist, then the one that finds the most malware the fastest
Yes, it can be anti-malware too, but it should fit the conditions above as well.
(Disclaimer: This question and similar questions were Googled before asking here, and I did not find the answers I was looking for.)
Depends on your needs and your threat surface.
Are you just an individual? Use Windows defender and ublock origin in the browser.
If you’re setting this up for some older folks create a separate non-administrator id for them to use day to day.
As a business if you need antivirus your really want something with an EDR team behind it looking for anomalies - not just virus signatures. Something like bitdefender EDR or Huntress.
There is no such thing as “100%” malware detection especially if you are talking about signature based AV. On windows I just use the built-it security features. On OSX there is blockblock that checks any unknown binary on the system against VirusTotal, but still we are talking about Signatures. What I would suggest is going into an IDS like CrowStrike falcon, but is usually sold to enterprises and it’s pricy.
The industry for selling security products to end users has become a pile of ineffective and misleading products. On Windows, I would recommend sticking with the built in stuff, unless you have a stong usecase that you know another product will better meet. On linux I would generally expect a sophistocated enough user that antivirus is not needed or helpful.
There isn’t a “best” antivirus.
There’s some that are really good at detection, and a very small number that are good at prevention.
Usually, detection also means prevention, unless we’re talking about norton and mcaffee, which sometimes don’t detect anything until after the malware has already done its damage.
Comodo firewall configured like Cruelsister recommends along with bitdefender free, kaspersky (any edition with the firewall turned off), or MSD with configure defender on MAX is pretty good. Covers everything between comodo FW and one of those other three.
But those three conventional antivirus programs might start sucking at some point down the line. for as long as I’ve been using it, comodo FW has always been a good choice to pick up the slack of whatever realtime scanner you choose.
I guess Malwarebytes has fallen out of favour going by the current replies here.
For some, Windows Defender + Malwarebytes (Free) works
