Top 2012 Antiviruses
With so many choices to make, the pursuit of the best antivirus can be a real obstacle, as the easiest solution is not always the right one for our needs. A good antivirus should provide an effective anti-virus and security of all data and user-friendly interface that can be easily mastered by novice users. In a dynamic world such as the antivirus world, performance can vary significantly from year to year, as the top ranked antivirus programs last year could lose even a few places in the top antivirus of 2012.
Once viewed merely as reduced versions of the commercial editions, free antivirus solutions from 2012 are admirable to the payed alternatives, often achieving higher scores in the specialty rankings, such as those produced by AV-Test.org.
In the following we present some of the best antivirus in the top antivirus of 2012:
10. Lavasoft: Ad-Aware Free Antivirus + 10.1
This is a free antivirus that protects against viruses that spread widely. Unfortunately sometimes, the emerging viruses escape and the remedial function can’t detect sophisticated malware, using secondary components to propagate infection. Overall impact on performance is well above the average of 10 seconds, the antivirus proposed by Lavasoft gains a total of 16 seconds.
9. Microsoft Security Essentials 4.0
Ranked in the Top 14 Antivirus 2012, the free antivirus solution developed by Microsoft for Windows users provides effective protection against prevalent viruses. Unfortunately the detection rate decreases when it comes to type 0-day threats and new viruses discovered in the last 2-3 months, dropping below 80%. The average impact on the overall system performance is very low, and cases of false alarms are rare.
8. Avast: Free AntiVirus 7.0
Avast: Free AntiVirus 7.0 is very good at detecting and blocking virus infections, with a success rate of over 98% for type 0-day threats and 100% virus spread widely. Effectiveness of the remedial function of virus infection is excellent if widespread, but may give some misfires when it comes to removing secondary components of the infection and restoring system configuration, which is why the score in the AV-Test.org tests is only 4.5 / 6.
7. AVG: Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012
AVG: Free Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012 is an antivirus that provides good protection against infection with malware (Score 5.0 / 6), although occasional false alarms may occur. The efficiency in cleaning and repairing of PC’s infected with malware is paying off for most types of viruses. However, situations may arise in the removal of infected secondary components, respectively restore Windows settings to default values fails completely, leaving openings for the PC’s re-infection.
6. G Date: InternetSecurity 2013
An antivirus solution produced in the United States, this application is best observed by the efficiency of the scanning engine and the cleaning function and repairing the damage left behind by virus infections; in both chapters received a note of 5.5 / 6. Environmental impact on the system performance is evaluated at 13 seconds, a little more than the overall average of 10 seconds. Small inconveniences can be caused by occasional false alarms, which can lead to blocking the access to legitimate applications or the download of uninfected files.
5. Symantec: Norton Internet Security 2012
With good efficiency at blocking malware infections (5.0/.6.0 points) and minimum impact on the overall system performance (only 5 seconds delay reported to the overall average of 10 seconds), Norton Internet Security 2012 is recommended including to older generation PCs, limited in terms of processing resources. The application still misses the peak position in the top antivirus of 2012 because of slightly lower efficiency in the operations of cleaning and removing virus infections, getting to this chapter only 4.5/6.0 points.
4. Check Point: ZoneAlarm Free Firewall Antivirus + 10.2
Composed of firewalls and free antivirus, this unexpected package provides good results both regarding the rate of infection with malware detection and removal of their effects, resulting in both cases a score of 5.5/6.0. Impact on the system performance is small enough to not give cause for concern, tests conducted by AV-Test.org indicate an average slowdown of 11 seconds, relative small to an overall average of 10 seconds.
3. F-Secure Internet Security 2012
Occupant of the third place in the top three antivirus 2012 boasts about a detection rate of over 98% against 0-day attacks, carried by web malware spread via email, exploiting newly discovered security weaknesses in applications structure in the operating system. Tested against a representative set of widespread malware, the antivirus gave 100% protection receiving a final score of 5.5/6.0.
2. Kaspersky Internet Security 2012
Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 promises and offers premium protection against infections with viruses and Trojans, hacker attacks carried out and receiving unsolicited spams. Similar performance to protection against infection with viruses (5.5/6.0) and remove the effects left by them (6.0/6.0), Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 has lost first place, being downgraded by the impact on the general performance of the operating system (5.0/6.0 points).
1. BitDefender Internet Security 2012
The creation of a true leader in antivirus applications, BitDefender Internet Security 2012 provides comprehensive protection against spyware, viruses and Trojans, phishing attempts and other threats from social networking sites. This virus has got, on the AV-Test.org tests, a maximum score (6.0/6.0) for cleaning and removal abilities of the effects caused by malware infections. And notes provided for protection against infection, namely user interface approaches the maximum, both notes being 5.5/6.0.
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