Best Free Antivirus Mash-up - PC Magazine, PC World, AV-Comparatives.org

August 1  -  Updated table at

http://kensek.blogspot.com/2012/08/summer-review-mashup-free-antivirus.html

 

PC World published  “Free Antivirus You Can Trust” on April 29.  The table below is a simple compilation  of scores from PC World, AV-Comparatives.org and PC Magazine, of  four free antivirus SW packages,  from Avast, Avira, AVG Technologies, and Panda, respectively.   

These were the top 4 free antivirus products in the "trust" article. The article in PC World has  a table ranking seven free antivirus packages.  The number of stars given range from 3.5 to 4.5.    

For each publication in the table below, the first column is the ranking. The second is the number of stars. For www.av-comparatives.org , the maximum number of stars that could be awarded was five

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Sources for the Rankings

 PC Magazine – April 20 the Best Antivirus for 2012 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372369,00.asp

 

PC World - April 29, Free Antivirus You Can Trust http://www.pcworld.com/article/254121/free_antivirus_you_can_trust.html

 

AV-Comparatives.org -  March – 2012 On Demand Detection of Malicious Software   (about 18 products in this free report)

 http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_fd_mar2012_intl_en.pdf

In terms of global  market share, the top four antivirus  products as of  March 2012 (www.OPSWAT.com )

1. 16.3% - Avast
2. 11.7% - Avira
3. 11.0% - AVG Technologies
4. 10.1% - Microsoft

 http://kensek.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-2012-opswat-report-on-worldwide.html

For ratings of more antivirus packages (Neil Rubenking and PC Magazine)

http://kensek.blogspot.com/2011/08/best-antivirus-software-2012-pc.html