Avira is part of international cybersecurity giant Gen Digital, which formed in 2022 after US-based NortonLifeLock merged with Czech anti-malware company Avast. Still headquartered in Germany, Avira w

Romanian antivirus firm Bitdefender has grown to become a multinational cybersecurity vendor serving both home and enterprise customers. It’s first and foremost a European company, which may reassure

E set was one of several antivirus suites whose malware detection engines put in a perfect performance during AV-Test’s real-world malware exposure test, during which PCs are exposed to threats as the

Norton is part of the Gen Digital group, making it a sibling company of Avast, AVG and Avira, but while Avast and AVG share detection engines, Norton and Avira continue to be developed independently.

Based in Finland, F-Secure is one of a handful of antivirus firms, along with Eset and Bitdefender, that is based in the EU. F-Secure uses a combination of malware detection engines, including its in-

Avast and AVG use the same malware detection engine and tools, wrapped in different desktop clients. We’ve chosen to review Avast, as AV-Test data shows its client to have less of an impact on system