As noted, all four included Kaspersky, and with 9.9 points it's close to perfect. Bitdefender Antivirus Plus ($26 at Bitdefender) currently has a perfect 10, based on tests by three labs. I've created an algorithm that maps all four onto a 10-point scale to produce an aggregate score. Malware Fighter, by contrast, appears in none of the lab tests.Įach of the four labs uses a different scoring method. All four include Symantec Norton AntiVirus Plus, Kaspersky, McAfee, Trend Micro, and a few others. I follow tests from four labs: AV-Test, AV-Comparatives, MRG-Effitas, and SE Labs. If a product shows up in a test report, it means the lab felt it was worth evaluating, and the company felt it was worth paying to participate. Getting good scores in independent lab tests is important, but so is simply appearing in the lab reports. This time around, the collection includes the Dashlane password manager and a backup utility from Aomei, along with a half-dozen IObit products. Most from IObit, but some are from other vendors. Note that the last menu item, titled Action Center, is just an upsell page encouraging you to install other products.

Note that for Edge you must install the extension from the Store. Next, open the Browser Protect tab and enable Surfing Protection & Ads Removal in each browser you use. First, turn on the Bitdefender engine, which requires a reboot. And a bar at the bottom shows you the status of the three protection engines, IObit's antivirus and ransomware protection engines, and an engine licensed from Bitdefender.Ī couple of important features aren't enabled by default you need to fix that. At the left is a vertical menu that just shows icons, sliding out full labels when you point to it. An animated status indicator dominates the middle, with a big Scan button below. The product's main window uses a charcoal gray background with minty green buttons. Given the poor performance of the commercial edition, I saw no reason to look at the less capable free version. Just about every significant feature beyond the basic antivirus engine comes only in the Pro edition.

IObit does offer a free version of Malware Fighter, but it's extremely limited.

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