Antivirus for Windows and Mac: the best are free (study)



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Antivirus programs Avira Free Security Suit and AVG Antivirus for Mac, both free, have been chosen as the best for computers Windows and Mac, respectively, in a study carried out by the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU).

The antivirus programs They have an average effectiveness of 67 percent when it comes to blocking ‘phishing’ threats, according to research, which has included 23 antivirus for Windows and 9 for Apple’s Mac operating system.

Enter the software sample of Windows, the antivirus that achieved better results for the free Avira Free Security Suit, with 87 percent detection of ‘phishing’.

For its part, in the computer ecosystem of Manzana the best performance was for the free program AVG Antivirus for Mac, which managed to detect 93 percent of ‘phishing’ threats.

Both stand out both in detecting infected files and web pages with ‘malware’ and in ‘antiphishing’ measures. The only section where they fail is when detecting ‘malware’ on USB sticks when the computer is not connected to the Internet, but this happens to all antivirus, free or paid, according to the study by OCU.

However, “even the best antivirus does not guarantee absolute protection”, as it has warned OCU, which recommends protection measures for users such as activating two-factor authentication, using a password manager, being suspicious of too good offers and avoiding, as far as possible, unknown websites and public WiFi networks.

Europa Press

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