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What is the best antivirus? (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I’ve looked this up a lot, and I keep getting completely different results in each page I clicked.

I want to know what is the best, most secure antivirus, that’s universal (Supports Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android), that detects 100% of malware.

It doesn't need to support Linux, but I thought it would be nice.

If you think "antivirus that detects 100% of malware" doesn't exist, then the one that finds the most malware the fastest

Yes, it can be anti-malware too, but it should fit the conditions above as well.

(Disclaimer: This question and similar questions were Googled before asking here, and I did not find the answers I was looking for.)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The industry for selling security products to end users has become a pile of ineffective and misleading products. On Windows, I would recommend sticking with the built in stuff, unless you have a stong usecase that you know another product will better meet. On linux I would generally expect a sophistocated enough user that antivirus is not needed or helpful.