Antivirus suites should catch threats to your PC, go easy on system resources, and charge a fair price. Here’s how we evaluate software for those qualities. Antivirus software can be confusing. If ...

Antivirus software is undergoing a major shift. Traditionally, antivirus software relied on matching files against databases of known malware signatures. But today’s threats evolve too quickly for ...

Antivirus has become these days a catch-all term. It doesn’t just mean blocking literal computer viruses, trojans, and other bits of malicious code meant to attack your PC. When you opt to go beyond ...

Shopping for antivirus software can feel harder than it should. Many product pages lead with buzzwords, lab scores and long feature lists. Most of us just want a simple answer: Will this help keep my ...

This tutorial will guide you on how to run antivirus scans the right way. You'll also learn how to protect your device both before and after a scan. Start by picking the right antivirus software.

We put modern security suites to the test across synthetic benchmarks and demanding PC games to see if the age-old PC slowdown myth still holds true.

This guide was written and maintained by Gizmodo’s cybersecurity software team, who independently test antivirus software for malware detection, system impact, bundled features, and value. Our ...