Comparison of antivirus software

This is a list of notable antivirus software in the form of a comparison table.

Comparison

Software	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	FreeBSD	Unix	License	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Boot-time scan
Ad-Aware Pro Antivirus+Antispyware	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (if set to do so)
AhnLab V3 AntiVirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
AOL Active Virus Shield (discontinued)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
Avast! Free Antivirus	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (32-bit Only)
Avast! Pro Antivirus and Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
AVG Anti-Virus	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (if set to do so)
AVG Anti-Virus Free	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (if set to do so)
Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
Avira AntiVir Premium	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
AVZ Template:Ru icon	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	No	?
BitDefender	Yes	Yes (beta)	Yes	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
BitDefender Free Edition	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes (with Winpooch)	No
BullGuard	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
CA Anti-Virus	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	?	?
Clam AntiVirus	Yes; see ClamWin	Yes; see ClamXav	Yes; see KlamAV and ClamTk	Yes	Yes	GPL	Yes	Only on FreeBSD and Linux	No
ClamWin	Yes	No	No	No	No	GPL	Yes	Yes (with Winpooch)	No
Comodo Internet Security	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dr. Web	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	?
Dr. Web CureIt	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	No	No
ESET NOD32	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
F-Prot	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary Freeware	Yes	Yes	No
F-Secure	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
Fortinet FortiClient End Point Security	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
G DATA Software	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
Graugon AntiVirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	?
Immunet Protect	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	?
Intego VirusBarrier	No	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	?
Kaspersky Anti-Virus	Yes	Yes	Yes (SMB and ENT)	Yes (SMB and ENT)	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
Kingsoft Internet Security	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (if set to do so)
McAfee VirusScan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Security Essentials	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
Norman	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
Panda Antivirus	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
Panda Cloud Antivirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
PC Tools AntiVirus	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
Quick Heal AntiVirus	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (if set to do so)
Sophos Anti-Virus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
Symantec Norton AntiVirus/Norton 360	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	?
Trend Micro Internet Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
TrustPort Antivirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
Vba32Antivirus	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	Only on Windows	No
Sunbelt Software VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	?
VirusBuster	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No
ZoneAlarm Antivirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	?
INNOBATE AntiVirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	?
a-squared Anti-Malware	?	?	?	?	?	Proprietary	?	?	?
AhnLab	?	?	?	?	?	Proprietary	?	?	?
Cisco Security Agent	?	?	?	?	?	Proprietary	?	?	?
DriveSentry	?	?	?	?	?	Proprietary	?	?	?
eSafe	?	?	?	?	?	Proprietary	?	?	?
nProtect	?	?	?	?	?	Proprietary	?	?	?
Rising AntiVirus	?	?	?	?	?	Proprietary	?	?	?
Windows Live OneCare	?	?	?	?	?	Proprietary	?	?	?
PCTools Spyware Doctor with Anti-Virus - offered in the Google Pack	?	?	?	?	?	Freeware	?	?	?
Untangle Gateway Platform Virus Blocker	?	?	?	?	?	Open source	?	?	?
Software	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	FreeBSD	Unix	License	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Boot-time scan

Online

This is a list of anti-virus software that is only available as online detection.

• Comodo Internet Security Online Scanner
• ESET Online Scanner
• Kaspersky Online Scanner
• Panda Security ActiveScan
• Trend Micro HouseCall
• VirusTotal.com
• BitDefender Online Scanner (Browser Plugin)
• INNOBATE AntiVirus ClickOnce Online Scanner

See also

• Antivirus software
• Sandbox (computer security)

External links

• List of free online Anti virus scanners
• AV-Test.org (independent comparatives of antivirus software for Windows)
• AV-Comparatives.org (independent comparatives of antivirus software for Windows)
• PC Security Labs (independent comparatives of antivirus software for Windows)
• Virus Bulletin (independent malware reviews since 1991)