An antivirus is essential when we connect to the Internet to be able to navigate without problems and without risk to our security. On the Internet we can find a large number of different antivirus. Some are free and offer basic protection, and others are paid and offer additional protection. However, the choice of a good antivirus and not a bad antivirus must be vital for our computer, since a bad choice can lead to performance and security problems.
Since the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft has taken its antivirus seriously and in recent years has improved so much that today it is the best antivirus for Windows 10 according to AV-Test tests, offering users the best protection, best performance and best usability. However, there are users who still do not trust Windows Defender and prefer to leave the security of their computers in the hands of other security solutions. There are always security firms we can trust however, we must be careful when choosing other antivirus as some may pose more of a threat to our security than a protection system.
We must make it clear that we must base ourselves on this through Protection, Usability and Performance:
▸Performance
Checkpoint ZoneAlarm Pro Antivirus: It scores 4.5 out of 6 for slowing down your PC with frequently used programs, up to twice that of other solutions.
Malwarebytes Premium: Same note as the previous one, slowing down a standard PC by 122% compared to the 38% average in the industry.
BullGuard Internet Security: Scores 5 out of 6 points for slowing down a standard PC by 110%+ compared to the 38% average in the industry.
▸Protection
Total AV: The antivirus with the worst protection score, scoring 2.5 out of 6. In October, it was able to detect only 57.4% of day 0 attacks from the Internet, including emails and web pages malicious, far from the 97% average of the rest of the solutions.
Malwarebytes Premium: Despite its good name, the truth is that this antivirus scores only 4 out of 6 points by detecting only 93.2% of day 0 attacks from the Internet, including malicious emails and web pages, far 97% on average of the rest of the solutions.
PC Matic: Another that remains with a score of 4 out of 6 points in protection when detecting only 91.1% of the attacks of day 0 coming from the Internet, including emails and malicious web pages, far from 97% of mean of the rest of the solutions.
▸Usability
PC Matic: Scores 4 out of 6 for mistakenly detecting as safe software malware during system scan 36 times (4 industry average).
AhnLab V3 Internet Security: This one gets 5 out of 6 points for erroneous blocks resulting from certain actions during the installation and use of secure software.
K7 Computing Total Security: Another one that is close to 6 (5.5 points) due to erroneous warnings from certain actions during the installation and use of secure software.
