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Malwarebytes AdwCleaner is a free tool you can use to scan and remove adware, spyware, PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs), browser hijackers, unwanted browser toolbars, and any other hard to remove software that came preinstalled on your Windows PC.

Malware has become a major problem for businesses. It used to be the case that all they had to worry about was an employee's computer getting infected with a virus, but these days malware has become industrialized and targeted, with the aim not to simply cause disruption, but instead to compromise an organizations security enough to steal data and sell it online.

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Avast offers one of the most competent internet protection suites out there. While the company is famous for providing free antivirus software, it's worth noting that this now comes bundled with an anti-malware feature that uses behavioral monitoring to spot rogue programs.

F-Secure SAFE is a great collection of antivirus tools, and while it's a bit pricier than some of the other antivirus software on this best of list, the number of features you get certainly makes that high price tag worthwhile.

With F-Secure SAFE, you get the brilliant antivirus software from F-Secure, alongside banking protection for safe online shopping, family safety tools and a device finder that lets you track your lost Android or iOS device, and if needs be, remotely lock or delete it as well.

You want malware protection, not a conversation about security or a barrage of popup notifications. Fine! Install Bitdefender Antivirus Plus and make sure its Autopilot is turned on. Then ignore it. So relaxing!

When we tested ZoneAlarm with real-world ransomware, it made an impressive showing. With its regular antivirus layers disabled, it detected all the ransomware attacks and, for the most part, restored any files that got encrypted during the behavior-based detection period.

Webroot no longer offers remote control of all your antivirus installations, but it still includes some uncommon technically advanced features. For example, it actively protects against keyloggers and man-in-the-middle attacks. It also has the unusual ability to reverse collateral damage from malware attacks.

Kaspersky's malware-fighting technology routinely earns perfect or near-perfect scores from independent antivirus testing labs worldwide. This roundup used to include both Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Internet Security (which has been superseded by Kaspersky Plus). What happened?

Malware protection solutions come in all sizes. Despite the word "virus" in the name, an antivirus utility aims to protect against all types of malware. Full-scale security suites expand protection to include spam filtering, parental control, VPN protection, and more. Some antimalware tools work alongside your main protection to provide added security against specific threats, such as ransomware. Before we explore the different types of protection available, let's look at what they're up against.

The term malware is short for malicious software, and it refers to absolutely any program or process whose purpose is harmful, even criminal. The earliest widely known form of malware was the computer virus, the name for a program that infects other programs with its code, and replicates when the infected program runs. Many early viruses had no malicious payload; they just served to show off the coder's skills or even to give a shout-out to a loved one. Because viruses were first, we still use the name antivirus for software that protects against all kinds of malware.

A virus spreads when someone launches the infected program. A worm spreads without any help. Worms have been around longer than the internet, with the first one, Creeper, hitting Arpanet in 1971. The infamous Morris Worm, released in 1988, was nominally intended to measure the extent of the nascent internet. However, due to a coding error, it crashed thousands of servers and earned its creator a felony conviction.

You need at least a basic level of protection for all your devices, and that means an antivirus utility. As noted, despite the name these protective utilities do a lot more than fight viruses. They target every kind of malware, and some of them do a great job.

But, you may ask, doesn't Windows 11 have antivirus built right in? It's true that Microsoft Defender is built into Windows, and it gained more responsibilities with updates in the last few years. If you have no other antivirus, Microsoft Defender turns on automatically. If you install a third-party antivirus, it goes dormant. Microsoft Defender has been getting better scores from the independent labs, and in our own tests, but the best third-party antivirus apps, both free and premium, score way higher.

If you're paying attention during Windows Update, you may have noticed the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) in passing. It sounds powerful, but its focus is actually quite limited. Each update to the MSRT checks for and removes specific malicious programs Microsoft has identified as currently prevalent. It isn't by any means a full-scale antivirus or malware scanner.

Even though Microsoft Defender isn't the best, you may be reluctant to pay for antivirus protection, given you can get it for free. As it turns out, quite a few companies offer free antivirus solutions, and some of them are quite good.

Most purveyors of free antivirus protection also offer a premium, paid edition. In some cases, the premium edition includes features not available for free or offers VIP tech support. Others make the full range of features free for consumers but require payment for business-related use. The best of these free antivirus utilities outperform all but the top for-pay competitors.

You can launch a full antivirus scan of your computer at will, to root out any preexisting malware problems. Most also let you schedule a regular scan. But the first line of defense is on-access scanning. For some antivirus utilities, the minuscule access that occurs when Windows Explorer displays a file's details is sufficient to trigger a scan. Others wait until the file gets copied to disk, or until just before it executes. The main point is, your antivirus makes sure no new malware can infest the computer.

Is there any end to the cat-and-mouse game between malware coders and antivirus researchers? Yes, quite possibly there is. The very definition of malware is software that performs some type of malicious action. Behavior-based detection systems don't check programs against a list of known offenders. Instead, they watch all unknown programs for malicious behaviors. This kind of detection works against any malware attack, even a brand-new zero-day exploit.

There's always the chance your antivirus might miss a very new, very virulent malware strain. You also may run into trouble when you try to install antivirus protection because the malware already entrenched on your computer fights back. In either of those cases, you can call on the many free cleanup-only tools.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is our current favorite in this realm. We've seen tech support agents for other companies call on Malwarebytes to get rid of infestations that thwarted their own antivirus. It's not the only choice, though. Norton, Sophos, and Emsisoft are among the others that offer similar free malware cleaners.

Antivirus is one kind of security for your computer, but there are many other possibilities. A firewall fends off hack attacks from outside and prevents programs from abusing your network connection. If your email provider doesn't filter out spam, a local spam filter utility can help. Parental control software steers kids away from inappropriate websites and keeps a lid on their screen time. Rather than choose all these components separately, with the risk they won't play nice together, many users opt for a security suite that integrates a variety of security components. Of course, malware protection is at the core of every such suite.

As noted earlier, an antivirus with protection only against computer viruses would be absurd. In general, a utility that only blocks viruses, or adware, or spyware, or any single malware type would be pointless. Ransomware, however, is another matter.

If your regular antivirus misses a brand-new Trojan and thereby lets some crook steal your credit card number, that's bad. But you can get a new card, and an antivirus update (or a remote remediation session with tech support) should wipe out the Trojan. However, if the antivirus misses a ransomware attack, your files are hosed, and removing the ransomware won't help. Because of that, we recommend a second line of protection against ransomware.

You may find your antivirus or security suite has some degree of ransomware-specific protection built in. Some apps simply ban unauthorized programs from making changes to files in certain protected folders. Want to edit a document with your word processor? No problem! But when ransomware comes knocking, it won't get in. Others add a layer of behavior-based ransomware detection, to catch anything that gets past the other malware protection layers.

What we find most interesting are the dedicated anti-ransomware tools starting to crop up. They work alongside your existing antivirus, with the sole aim of detecting the behavior of any ransomware that gets past other defensive layers. Alas, some of the free offerings in this realm have been withdrawn. Check Point ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomware is our top pick for ransomware-specific protection.

Clearly, these aren't the only apps you should consider. We've reviewed dozens in different categories, and many of them are just as good as the ones mentioned here. This article links to collections of antivirus tools, security suites, and other types of malware protection. Follow those links, read the reviews, choose the one that suits you, and install it now.

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