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2012 Antivirus Software Reviews

  • VIPRE Box
    Score: 94%
    Orig Price: $39.95
    w/Discount: $29.95
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    Overall Rank: 1

    VIPRE Antivirus 2012

    Although VIPRE has its shortcomings including a lengthy installation and an interface that's not as modern as some competitors, it's still the best all around antivirus software of 2012.
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  • BitDefender Box
    Score: 92%
    Orig Price: $39.95
    w/Discount: $35.95
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    Overall Rank: 2

    BitDefender Antivirus Plus 2012

    While it's not as well-known as brands like Norton or McAfee, BitDefender has actually been around since 2001. With the 2012 version, BitDefender continues to earn top scores in antivirus protection.
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  • Kaspersky Box
    Score: 91%
    Price: $39.95
    Overall Rank: 3

    Kaspersky Anti-Virus Software 2012

    There's no question some parts of Kaspersky's overall usability aren't as polished as some competitors, but Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2012 is strong as ever when it comes to solid, antivirus protection.
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  • AVG Box
    Score: 88%
    Orig Price: $39.99
    w/Discount: $31.99
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    Overall Rank: 4

    AVG Anti-Virus Software 2012

    AVG has built their reputation on solid, free antivirus software for some years now. It's always been a good "go to" software for a lot of consumers to try out when they thought they might have a virus infection...
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  • Norton Box
    Score: 87%
    Price: $39.99
    Overall Rank: 5

    Norton Antivirus Software 2012

    Norton is easily one of the best known products in the world.

    Recent years haven't always been kind to Norton, where it earned a reputation for slowing down PCs. We're glad to see with the 2012 version the days of bloat are gone, and its one of the best at...
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  • Avira Box
    Score: 86%
    Price: $29.99
    Overall Rank: 6

    Avira Antivirus Premium 2012

    Thanks to popular demand in our reader surveys, we added Avira to our tests for 2012. Turns out, our users we right.
    1. It's very good software.
    2. It has excellent tech support.

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  • avast Box
    Score: 86%
    Orig Price: $39.99
    w/Discount: $34.99
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    Overall Rank: 7

    avast Pro Antivirus 2012 (6.0)

    Avast Pro Antivirus 6 stacks up well against the competition with some good antivirus and spyware protection this year.

    Despite the good parts, there are some things that aren't ideal. For one, virus removal could be better, as could its antiphishing...
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  • Trend Micro Box
    Score: 82%
    Orig Price: $39.95
    w/Discount: $24.95
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    Overall Rank: 8

    Trend Micro Titanium Antivirus + Antispyware 2012

    We were worried when Trend added the word "Titanium" to its name. Why? Often when a company does something like that, we find there's nothing there. That's not the case here. For 2012...
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  • ESET Box
    Score: 79%
    Price: $39.99
    Overall Rank: 9

    ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5

    Yes, it still has a funny-sounding name, but it's a strong presence in the world of antivirus software. We take that seriously.

    It looks like software is supposed to. The left-side navigation is...
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  • Panda Box
    Score: 72%
    Orig Price: $39.99
    w/Discount: $31.99
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    Overall Rank: 10

    Panda Antivirus Pro 2012

    Not so long ago, Panda was one of our favorite products. It offered top-notch protection and features no one else did.

    About the same time competitors began catching up with Panda's features, it started slipping elsewhere.
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  • McAfee Box
    Score: 72%
    Price: $49.99
    Overall Rank: 11

    McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2012

    Like Norton, McAfee is easily one of best-known and most popular competitors in PC security.

    The problem is that despite their size as a company, McAfee in many ways just isn't making the grade anymore.
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