AV-Comparatives does testing of anti-virus software, and rates them according to their ability to catch different forms of malware, as well as how many false-positives (erroneous alerts) they have. They have separated their testing into two main categories:
In the Retrospective detection area, Microsoft's free MSE software tied for 3rd with Kaspersky, with Trustport, Panda and G-Data at the top of detection rates. Symantic, McAfee and AVG were 7th, 8th and 9th, respectively.
In the On-Demand detection area, MSE was 14th (out of 20), with Avira, G-Data and Panda having the highest detection rates, respectively. McAfee was 5th, Symantic was 7th, and AVG 15th.
Now, while it may seem that MSE did poorly in the On-Demand detection area, the difference separating McAfee and MSE was 2.6 percentage points, while in the Proactive/Retrospective detection area, the difference between the two is a mind-blowing 21 percentage points.
Bottom line, if you're going to go the free route, MSE is an excellent choice. If you're going to pay for your AV, either Panda or G-Data are your best bets. Actually, G-Data is the safest and cheaper of the two.
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