Anti-Virus Software 2009 List (According to Rating)
1. Kaspersky
2. AVG Anti-Virus
3. Norton AntiVirus
4. CA Antivirus
5. McAfee VirusScan
6. Trend Micro
7. Panda Antivirus
8. Windows Live OneCare
9. Nod32
10. AVAST!
Note: This list has been created with the help of web survey which uses different rating
methods such as:
Ease of Use, Effectiveness, Updates, Feature Set, Ease of Installation,
Help/Support etc. The Features involved are ICSA Certified, VB100% Certified,
W.C.L Level 1 Certified, W.C.L Level 2 Certified, Virus Definitions Updated,
Scanning, Adware/Spyware Scanning, Script Blocking, Scan Compressed Files,
Auto-Clean Infected Files, Quarantines Infected Files, Email Protection, Instant
Messaging Protection, P2P/File Sharing protection, Registry Startup Protection,
Web Mail Protection, Detailed Virus Information. And the Supported Configurations
such as Windows Vista (32 bit/64 bit), Windows XP (32 bit, 64 bit), Windows
2000, Mac OS X, etc.
Last Updated: 08-04-2009