While free antivirus programs may be able to identify that your computer has malware on it once your device has already been affected, real-time monitoring can catch those issues beforehand.

Typical Trojan techniques stop at disabling existing anti-virus software, preventing AV products from retrieving signature updates, and to defeat the competition, blocking specific pieces of malware.

Having great anti-virus protection on your computer is a necessity these days. Here are some of our favorite free programs that offer protection for malware.

Antivirus software (or anti-malware software) is a tool that looks for sneaky applications that don’t belong on your PC (or smartphone).

This new Defendnot trojan can get Windows to disable its own antivirus software Once the malware has infected a system, it delivers several infostealers – among them the well known Rhadamanthys ...

Anti-virus programs are vital for protecting your computer or laptop against hackers. If you don't have one, check out these popular programs for 2023.

We wouldn't recommend a car without first getting behind the wheel, and we can't rate antivirus software without testing it. Here's how we get the malware we need to do our real-world tests.