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Without it, you risk losing your personal information, your files, and even the cash from your bank account.

Weve tested more than 40 utilities to help you pick the best antivirus protection for your computers.

A subscription for McAfee AntiVirus Plus lets you protect every Windows, Android, macOS, and iOS device in your household.

Other products may score better in testing, but none of them offer a deal like this.

Norton AntiVirus Plus gets impressive scores in independent lab tests and our own hands-on tests and offers a wealth of useful features.

However, its expensive and doesnt offer deals for multiple-computer households.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus takes perfect or near-perfect scores from all the independent testing labs, and it aced our hands-on ransomware protection test.

With outstanding antivirus lab results and a collection of features that puts many security suites to shame, Bitdefender Antivirus Plus is an excellent choice for protecting your PC.

Tiny, speedy Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus keeps a light touch on your systems resources.

It aces our hands-on malware protection test, and can even roll back ransomware activity.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus gets good scores in lab tests and our own tests, and its collection of security components goes far beyond antivirus basics.

Malwarebytes Premium now functions as a full-blown antivirus and not just second-line protection, as it did previously.

It earns excellent scores in some of our hands-on tests, but still doesnt rate well with the independent testing labs.

Sophos Home Premium expands on basic antivirus with protection forged in the companys Enterprise-level products.

The results are excellent, though some features may be too complex for some users.

In addition to malware protection for a single Windows computer, Trend Micro Antivirus Security offers layered protection against ransomware, a firewall booster, protection for online banking, and more.

F-Secure Anti-Viruss advanced network protection and DeepGuard behavior-based detection system make it a powerful malware fighter, but its ransomware protection missed one sample in our testing.

Itd be a shame if something happened to that vital communications node.

And thats why you absolutely must make sure all your computers have the protection of a powerful, effective antivirus utility, one thats active and up-to-date.

If youre not sure you have the right tool, or if youre only just now getting protection installed, PCMag can help.

Weve put over 40 antivirus tools through thorough testing to help you pick the one thats best for you.

We call it antivirus, but in truth its unlikely youll get hit with an actual computer virus.

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