App Review Antivirus Tierlist: Best Antivirus in 2021 (The PC Security Channel)

[CyberPanther]

The PC Security Channel has a new video about the best antivirus in 2021 based on their tests.

Looking forward to your comments.

 

[upnorth]

Looking forward to your comments.

A small error on one of the AVs engines, other then that, it's just a personal list that for some viewers is dead wrong and for others right up their experience.

Thanks for the share @CyberPanther and you can if you like, always add the Youtube link directly inside the post.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

A small error on one of the AVs engines, other then that, it's just a personal list that for some viewers is dead wrong and for others right up their experience.

Thanks for the share @CyberPanther and you can if you like, always add the Youtube link directly inside the post.

That error was with F-Secure using Bitdefender, but F-Secure uses Avira for quite some time now.
For those who don't want to watch the video here is his personal list:

 

[SeriousHoax]

Not because of John McAfee because I think he's a great meme

Looks like the so-called cybersecurity expert doesn't even know that John McAfee is no more.
And F-Secure has been using Avira's engine since 2019 I think. So it's not a recent thing, but Mr. Leo doesn't know that yet.
As I said before, this guy doesn't properly research the product he tests.
Besides the fact that I don't agree with most of his rankings, here.

 

[RansomwareRemediation]

Norton and AVAST , I would put them in the A, I don't know if I would put Kaspersky on S, since in several tests I have seen Avast outperform Kaspersky. I think I would not put any of them in the S, that's my opinion, because all av have pros and cons. Even though I hate WD, I would put it on B. I think Norton, Avast, Bitdefender and Kaspersky are at the same level of protection, one fails one hits another, in different tests. I think those are the 4 best av on the market.

 

[Shadowra]

Hello

This is a personal list, there is no Battlefield or other.
Just a Tier-List, bof

(I will do better :3 xD )

 

[oldschool]

For those who don't want to watch the video

I don't want to add in any way to his viewership/$$$.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

I don't want to add in any way to his viewership/$$$.

I was in the mood for something funny

 

[oldschool]

I was in the mood for something funny

You got me on this one!

 

[Andy Ful]

I would get similar results by using Astrology.

Edit.
From Leo's comments, it follows that his preferences are based greatly on offline protection. On this assumption, his list makes some sense. Of course, even with this assumption, the locations of the products in the Decent - Excellent categories are purely personal preferences.

Only the position of Defender could be justified if one values much the offline protection, and this can be concluded from PC Channel tests (and professional AV Lab tests). Using PC Channel results to differ between other AVs is similar to using Astrology.

 

[bribon77]

I don't really agree with the position of the AVs.
Eset is better than Sophos, and Mawarebytes, Eset should be on par with Kaspersky.
I only agree with Kaspersky's position.

 

[Andy Ful]

I don't really agree with the position of the AVs.
Eset is better than Sophos, and Mawarebytes, Eset should be on par with Kaspersky.
I only agree with Kaspersky's position.

I think that after collecting many opinions of MT members we will get a totally random position of many AVs.

Anyway, here is my proposition:

1. Bitdefender, F-Secure, Kaspersky, Norton (commercial versions)
2. Avast/AVG, Microsoft Defender (free versions)

I am not sure about Malwarebytes, Sophos, Avira, and Mc Afee.

 

[toto]

How does it make sense to compare free vs paid. I don't think they should be mixed, especially if the companies offer free and paid versions, and you talk about the paid version of one and the free version of the other.

 

[Andy Ful]

How does it make sense to compare free vs paid. I don't think they should be mixed, especially if the companies offer free and paid versions, and you talk about the paid version of one and the free version of the other.

The AVs were chosen by Leo.
Anyway, the free and commercial versions can be compared under some conditions:

1. They are used by home users.
2. They are tested in the home environment (Consumer tests).
3. They are tested against threats that could attack home users (Real World tests).

The professional AV Labs pay attention to the above conditions. I am afraid that this is not true for PC Chanell tests (points 2 and 3 are obviously violated).

 

[monkeylove]

You can use the chart in his website:

What is the best antivirus? — The PC Security Channel

Best Antivirus 2021. Check Antivirus/Anti-Malware test results. Find the top products by watching actual performance live on video.

thepcsecuritychannel.com

 

[Andy Ful]

I looked closely at the results of Kaspersky in PC Channel malware tests. It was tested several times from the year 2018 (over 10000 samples) and got perfect 100% protection.
This fact and several testing methodology issues make all these tests unreliable as protection tests.
As I posted before, these tests are still interesting as demonstration tests.

None of the AV testing Labs was even close to this perfection (which is expected and reliable), and despite this Kaspersky was (deservedly) awarded as a top product many times.

 

[Freud2004]

Some errors, but I personally rank exactly the same way.

 

[Anthony Qian]

Malwarebytes and Sophos are clearly overrated.

 

[Minimalist]

Malwarebytes and Sophos are clearly overrated.

I agree. I would put them in C section.