Best Antivirus 2010

AV Comparatives, compared the effectiveness and performance of 20 of the most popular antivirus market.

The best antivirus

G DATA AntiVirus

• False positives: few
• Scanning speed: medium
• Malware detected: 99.6%

Avira AntiVir Premium

• False positives: few
• Scanning speed: fast
• Malware detected: 99.3%

TrustPort AV

• False positives: few
• Scanning speed: slow
• Malware detected: 99.1%

Spywaredoctor + AV

• False positives: few
• Scanning speed: medium
• Malware detected: 98.7%

Norton AntiVirus

• False positives: few
• Scanning speed: fast
• Malware detected: 98.6%

NOD32 Antivirus

• False positives: very few
• Scanning speed: medium
• Malware detected: 97.7%

F-Secure AntiVirus

• False positives: very few
• Scanning speed: slow
• Malware detected: 97.7%

BitDefender AV

• False positives: very few
• Scanning speed: slow
• Malware detected: 97.5%

eScan AntiVirus

• False positives: very few
• Scanning speed: slow
• Malware detected: 97.5%

avast! Free Antivirus

• False positives: few
• Scanning speed: fast
• Malware detected: 97.3%

Kaspersky AV

• False positives: few
• Scanning speed: medium
• Malware detected: 97.1%

Good antivirus

Panda Antivirus Pro

• False positives: many
• Scanning speed: fast
• Malware detected: 99.2%

McAfee AntiVirus +

• False positives: many
• Scanning speed: slow
• Malware detected: 98.9%

Microsoft Security Essentials

• False positives: very few
• Scanning speed: slow
• Malware detected: 96.3%

AVG AntiVirus

• False positives: few
• Scanning speed: medium
• Malware detected: 94.2%

Sophos AntiVirus

• False positives: few
• Scanning speed: fast
• Malware detected: 93.7%

Antivirus on the average

K7 TotalSecurity

• False positives: lots
• Scanning speed: medium
• Malware detected: 96.4%

Antivirus below average

Norman AV + AS

• False positives: many
• Scanning speed: slow
• Malware detected: 92.7%

Trend Micro AV + AS

• False positives: many
• Scanning speed: medium
• Malware detected: 90.7%

Kingsoft AntiVirus

• False positives: many
• Scanning speed: medium
• Malware detected: 81.8%