The term "on-demand scan" refers to the possibility of performing a manual scan (by the user) on the entire computer/device, while "on-access scan" refers to the ability of a product to automatically scan every file at its creation or subsequent modification.
The term " CloudAV" refers to the ability of a product to automatically perform scans on the cloud.
The term " Email Security" refers to the protection of emails from viruses and malware, while " AntiSpam" refers to the protection from spam, scam and phishing attacks.
The term " Web protection" usually includes protection from: infected and malicious URLs, phishing websites, online identity (privacy) protection and online banking protection. Many antivirus products use "third-party antivirus engine". This means that the antivirus engine is made by another producer; however, the malware signature and/or other parts of the product may (or may not) be done from the owner of the product itself.
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Company | Software | On-demand scan |
On-access scan |
Boot-time scans |
Heuristics | CloudAV | Firewall | IDS | IPS | Sandbox | Email Security | AntiSpam | Web protection | Macro protection | Live Update |
Support | Settings Import/ Export |
installer/ updater MIMA safe | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Original author/s | Notes | ||
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Avast ( Gen Digital) | Avast Free Antivirus | Yes | Template:Хуй | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (basic) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Proprietary | Free | 1988 | Czech Republic | Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera | |||
Avast ( Gen Digital) | Avast Premium Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Proprietary | Trialware | 1997 | Czech Republic | Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera | |||
AVG Technologies ( Gen Digital) | AVG Antivirus Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Proprietary | Free | 1992 | Czech Republic | Jan Gritzbach and Tomáš Hofer | |||
AVG Technologies ( Gen Digital) | AVG Antivirus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2006 | Czech Republic | Jan Gritzbach and Tomáš Hofer | |||
AVG Technologies ( Gen Digital) | AVG Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Czech Republic | Jan Gritzbach and Tomáš Hofer | |||
Avira ( Gen Digital) | Avira Free Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Free | 1988 | Germany | Tjark Auerbach | |||
Avira ( Gen Digital) | Avira Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2002 | Germany | Tjark Auerbach | |||
Bitdefender | Bitdefender Antivirus Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Free | 2013 | Romania | ||||
Bitdefender | Bitdefender Antivirus Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 1996 | Romania | ||||
Bitdefender | Bitdefender Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No [1][ citation needed] | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Romania | ||||
Check Point | ZoneAlarm PRO Antivirus + Firewall | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2002 | Israel | Third-party antivirus engine (Kaspersky) [2] | |||
Check Point | ZoneAlarm Extreme Security | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2002 | United States | ||||
Cisco (originally Immunet) | Immunet | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Free | 2010 | United States | Third-party antivirus engine ( ClamAV) | |||
Cisco Systems, Inc | Clam Antivirus | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | GPL-2.0-or-later | Free | 2002 | United States of America | ||||
ClamWin | ClamWin Free Antivirus | Yes | Yes (with Winpooch or Clam Sentinel) | Yes (with Clam Sentinel) | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | GPL-2.0-or-later | Free | 2002 | Australia | Third-party antivirus engine ( ClamAV) | |||
Comodo Group | Comodo Antivirus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Proprietary | Freemium | 2008 | United States | *Protection via containment of untrusted executable code. | |||
Comodo Group | Comodo Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Proprietary | 2010 | United States | *Protection via containment of untrusted executable code. | ||||
Dr.Web | Dr.Web Anti-virus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 1992 | Russia | Igor Danilov | *macOS/Linux feature only | ||
Dr.Web | Dr.Web Security Space | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 2006 | Russia | Igor Danilov | |||
Emsisoft | Emsisoft Anti-Malware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Free | 2003 | New Zealand | Christian Mairoll | |||
ESET | ESET NOD32 Antivirus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes [3] [4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Proprietary | Trialware [5] | 1987 | Slovakia | Peter Paško and Miroslav Trnka | |||
ESET | ESET Smart Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [3] [4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [1][ citation needed] | Proprietary | Trialware [5] | 2007 | Slovakia | Peter Paško and Miroslav Trnka | |||
F-Secure | F-Secure Antivirus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 1991 | Finland | Petri Allas and Risto Siilasmaa | Third-party antivirus engine ( Avira) | ||
F-Secure | F-Secure SAFE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2004 | Finland | Petri Allas and Risto Siilasmaa | Third-party antivirus engine ( Avira) | ||
FRISK Software | F-PROT Antivirus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Trialware | 1989 | Iceland | Friðrik Skúlason (second engine also with Dr. Vesselin Bontchev) | EOL 2021 | ||
Fortinet | FortiClient | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2004 | United States | ||||
G Data CyberDefense | G DATA AntiVirus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 1987 | Germany | Andreas Lüning and Kai Figge | Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender) | ||
G Data CyberDefense | G DATA Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2004 | Germany | Andreas Lüning and Kai Figge | Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender) | ||
G Data CyberDefense | G DATA Total Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2004 | Germany | Andreas Lüning and Kai Figge | Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender) | ||
Kaspersky Lab | Kaspersky Anti-Virus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 1997 | Russia | Eugene Kaspersky and Natalia Kaspersky | Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS | ||
Kaspersky Lab | Kaspersky Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2007 | Russia | Eugene Kaspersky and Natalia Kaspersky | Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS | ||
Kaspersky Lab | Kaspersky Total Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 1997 | Russia | Eugene Kaspersky and Natalia Kaspersky | Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS | ||
Malwarebytes | Malwarebytes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | 2008 | United States | Marcin Kleczynski
and Bruce Harrison |
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McAfee | McAfee Antivirus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 1987 | United States | John McAfee | John McAfee "uninstall video" scandal | ||
McAfee | McAfee Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2006 | United States | John McAfee | John McAfee "uninstall video" scandal | ||
Microsoft | Windows Defender | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes using Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security [6] | No | No | Yes [7] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Proprietary | Free | 2012 | United States | ||||
NANO Security Ltd | NANO Antivirus | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Proprietary | Free | 2009 | Russia | ||||
Gen Digital | Norton Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2000 | United States | Whitelists FBI backdoor scandal [8] [9] | |||
Gen Digital(originally PC Tools) | Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2003 | United States | ||||
Panda Security | Panda Antivirus Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 1990 | Spain | Mikel Urizarbarrena | |||
Panda Security | Panda Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2002 | Spain | Mikel Urizarbarrena | |||
Panda Security | Panda Free Antivirus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Trialware | 2009 | Spain | ||||
Qihoo 360 | 360 Total Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Free | 2006 | China | ||||
Sophos | Sophos Anti-Virus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 1988 | United Kingdom | Jan Hruska and Peter Lammer | |||
Sophos | Sophos EndUser Protection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2000 | United Kingdom | Jan Hruska and Peter Lammer | |||
Trend Micro | Titanium Antivirus Plus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 1990 | Japan | ||||
Trend Micro | Titanium Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Japan | ||||
VirusBlokAda | Vba32 AntiVirus | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2010 | Belarus | ||||
Webroot | Secure Anywhere | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Proprietary | Non-free | 2010 | United States | ||||
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Boot-time scans | Heuristics | CloudAV | Firewall | IDS | IPS | Sandbox | Email Security | AntiSpam | Web protection | Macro protection | Live-Update | Support | Settings Import/Export | installer/ updater MIMA safe | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Original author/s | Notes |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Heuristics | CloudAV | Firewall | IDS | IPS | Email Security | AntiSpam | Web protection | Live-Update | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
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Avast ( Gen Digital) | Avast Mac Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Free | 2012 | Czech Republic | |
Avira Operations ( Gen Digital) | Avira Free Mac Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Proprietary | Free | 2011 | Germany | |
Bitdefender | Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2011 | Romania | |
Cisco | Clam AntiVirus | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | GPL-2.0-only | Free | 2000 | United States | |
Clario Tech | MacKeeper | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2010 | ||
Comodo Group | Comodo Mac Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Free | 2012 | United States | |
Dr. Web | Dr. Web Anti-virus for Mac OS X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 2012 | Russia | |
ESET | ESET Cyber Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2011 | Slovakia | |
ESET | ESET Cyber Security Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [10] | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2013 | Slovakia | |
F-Secure | F-Secure Anti-Virus for Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Finland | Third-party antivirus engine ( Bitdefender + F-PROT) |
G Data CyberDefense | G DATA AntiVirus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 1987 | Germany | Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender) |
G Data CyberDefense | G DATA Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2004 | Germany | Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender) |
G Data CyberDefense | G DATA Total Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2004 | Germany | Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender) |
Intego | VirusBarrier | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 1997 | United States | |
Intego | Mac Internet Security | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2000 | United States | |
Kaspersky Lab | Kaspersky Internet Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2010 | Russia | Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS |
Quick Heal | Quick Heal Total Security for Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Free | 1995 | India | Jayanta |
Malwarebytes | [Malwarebytes for Mac] | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Free | 2006 | United States | 4 vulnerabilities found by Project Zero in 2016 |
Panda Security | Panda Antivirus for Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Spain | |
Sophos | Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Proprietary | Free | 2010 | United Kingdom | |
Gen Digital | Symantec Endpoint Protection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2012 | United States | |
Gen Digital | Norton Security Standard for Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2012 | United States | |
Trend Micro | Titanium Internet Security for Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2011 | Japan | |
Webroot | SecureAnywhere AntiVirus | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (only in Apple Safari) | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 2012 | United States | |
Webroot | SecureAnywhere Internet Security Plus and Complete | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (only in Apple Safari) | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 2012 | United States | |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Heuristics | CloudAV | Firewall | IDS | IPS | Email Security | AntiSpam | Web protection | Live-Update | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Heuristics | CloudAV | Firewall | IDS | IPS | Email security | AntiSpam | Web protection | Live-Update | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
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AVG Technologies ( Gen Digital) | AVG Linux Server Edition | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Czech Republic | |
Cisco | Clam AntiVirus | Yes | Yes [11] | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | GPL-2.0-only | Free | 1998 | United States | |
Comodo Group | Comodo Internet Security Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Free | 2008 | United States | Very difficult to install, needing extensive system hacks/edits. |
Dr. Web | Dr. Web Anti-virus for Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 1992 | Russia | |
ESET | ESET File Security for Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Slovakia | EOL March 16 2023 [12] |
ESET | ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2020 | Slovakia |
Currently in 'Limited Support' doesn't have all functions available via GUI interface. EOL March 16 2023 [13] |
FRISK Software | F-PROT Antivirus | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Proprietary | Trialware | 1989 | Iceland | EOL 2021 |
F-Secure | F-Secure Linux Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Finland | |
Fortinet | Forticlient | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2009 | United States | |
Kaspersky Lab | Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2012 | Russia | Banned in U.S. government departments by the USG |
Panda Security | Panda DesktopSecure for Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Spain | |
Sophos | Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | United Kingdom | Not for home users, only provide paid business version via resellers. |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Heuristics | CloudAV | Firewall | IDS | IPS | Email security | AntiSpam | Web protection | Live-Update | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | Email security | AntiSpam | Web protection | Live-Update | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
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Cisco | Clam AntiVirus | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | GPL-2.0-only | Free | 1998 | United States | |
FRISK Software International | F-PROT Antivirus | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 1989 | Iceland | EOL 2021 |
Panda Security | Panda DesktopSecure for Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | ? | 2009 | Spain | |
Sophos | Sophos AntiVirus for Unix | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | - | UK | Central management |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | Email security | AntiSpam | Web protection | Live-Update | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | Email security | AntiSpam | Web protection | Live-Update | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
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Cisco | Clam AntiVirus | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | GPL-2.0-only | Free | 1998 | United States | |
FRISK Software International | F-PROT Antivirus | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 1989 | Iceland | EOL 2021 |
Panda Security | Panda DesktopSecure for Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | ? | 2009 | Spain |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | Email security | AntiSpam | Web protection | Live-Update | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
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Cisco | Clam AntiVirus/ClamAV-GUI | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | GPL-2.0-only | Free | 1998 | United States |
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Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | AntiSpam | Web protection | Privacy Advisor | AntiTheft | Call/SMS Filtering | Backup | Parental Control | Support |
AV Comparatives |
AV Test [14] |
License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
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Avast ( Gen Digital) | Avast Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Free | 2011 | Czech Republic | ||
Avast ( Gen Digital) | Avast Premier Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2013 | Czech Republic | |
AVG Technologies ( Gen Digital) | AVG AntiVirus FREE for Android | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Proprietary | Free | 2010 | Czech Republic | |
Avira Operations | Avira Free Android Security | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Proprietary | Free | 2004 | Germany | |
Bitdefender | Bitdefender Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Freemium | 2011 | Romania | |
Cheetah Mobile | Security Master | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Proprietary | Free | 2012 | China | Former CM Security, [15] Purged from Google Play Store |
Comodo Group | Comodo Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Free | 2012 | United States | |
Dr. Web | Dr. Web Mobile Security Suite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 2010 | Russia | |
ESET | ESET Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partially, only Anti-Phishing | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Freemium [16] | 2011 | Slovakia | |
F-Secure | F-Secure Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2010 | Finland | |
G Data CyberDefense | G Data Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 2012 | Germany | |
Kaspersky Lab | Kaspersky Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2011 | Russia | Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS |
McAfee | McAfee Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2011 | United States | |
Sophos | EndUser Protection | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2011 | United Kingdom | |
Sourcefire | FireAMP Mobile | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Proprietary | ? | 2012 | United States | |
Gen Digital | Norton Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2011 | United States | |
Trend Micro | Trend Micro Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2012 | Japan | |
Webroot | SecureAnywhere Mobile | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Freemium | 2012 | United States | |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | AntiSpam | Web protection | Privacy Advisor | AntiTheft | Call/SMS Filtering | Backup | Parental Control | Support | AV Comparatives | AV-Test | License | Price |
release !!Country of origin !! Notes |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | AntiSpam | Web protection | AntiTheft | Call/SMS Filtering | Backup | Parental Control | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
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G Data CyberDefense | G Data Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Trialware | Non-free | Germany | ||
Intego | VirusBarrier iOS | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 1997 | United States | Discontinued |
Gen Digital | Norton Mobile Security | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2011 | United States | |
Bitdefender | Bitdefender Mobile Security | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Proprietary | Free, In-App Purchases for VPN | 2018 | Romania | |
Seqrite | mSuite MDM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 1994 | India | |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | AntiSpam | Web protection | AntiTheft | Call/SMS Filtering | Backup | Parental Control | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
This list excludes Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 as they do not support running protection programs.
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | AntiSpam | Web protection | AntiTheft | Call/SMS Filtering | Backup | Parental Control | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
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Dr. Web | Dr. Web Mobile Security Suite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 2006 | Russia | |
ESET | ESET Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2010 | Slovakia | |
Kaspersky Lab | Kaspersky Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Russia | Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS |
Seqrite | mSuite MDM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 1994 | India | |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | AntiSpam | Web protection | AntiTheft | Call/SMS Filtering | Backup | Parental Control | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | AntiSpam | Web protection | AntiTheft | Call/SMS Filtering | Backup | Parental Control | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
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Dr. Web | Dr. Web Mobile Security Suite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 2006 | Russia | |
ESET | ESET Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Proprietary | Non-free | 2010 | Slovakia | |
Kaspersky Lab | Kaspersky Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Russia | Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | AntiSpam | Web protection | AntiTheft | Call/SMS Filtering | Backup | Parental Control | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | AntiSpam | Web protection | AntiTheft | Call/SMS Filtering | Backup | Parental Control | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |
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Dr. Web | Dr. Web Mobile Security Suite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Trialware | 2015 | Russia | |
Kaspersky Lab | Kaspersky Mobile Security | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2008 | Russia | Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS |
McAfee | McAfee Mobile Security | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Proprietary | Non-free | 2011 | United States | |
Company | Software | On-demand scan | On-access scan | Firewall | AntiSpam | Web protection | AntiTheft | Call/SMS Filtering | Backup | Parental Control | Support | License | Price | First release | Country of origin | Notes |