PCMag evaluated 45 antivirus products throughout 2025. Norton 360 Deluxe earned Editors’ Choice for Best Overall Security Suite. Bitdefender Premium Security won Best Premium Security. Kaspersky Plus earned Best Value. For free antivirus, Avast One Free earned our recommendation. G Data Total Security won the standalone antivirus category with the best malware detection rates. CrowdStrike Falcon Protect won best business endpoint protection. SentinelOne Singularity took the enterprise category. ESET NOD32 earned recognition as Best for Power Users. Our analysis includes lab test results, feature comparisons, and pricing breakdowns for all award winners.
Cylance vs Modern AI Antivirus: Is Traditional AI Still Relevant in 2026?
BlackBerry Cylance pioneered AI-based antivirus with mathematical model approach. In our tests, Cylance detected 94.3% of known malware and 82% of novel samples. However, SentinelOne and CrowdStrike have leapfrogged Cylance…
