Essential to any PC in the fight against nasty, unwelcome pests like viruses, trojans and worms, and central to all computer security, is Anti-Virus Software.

Anti-Virus programs normally provide real-time scanning of data and any files that arrive at your PC, whether via the internet, email, CDs or disks.  A database of known threats is used to check any files against and anything suspicious is placed into ‘quarantine’ or blocked altogether from arriving at your PC. Check out our antivirus reviews by clicking the links in our antivirus comparison table.

Rank	Product	Licence	Review	RR Price	BUYability Rating
1	BitDefender Antivirus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£19.95
2	Kaspersky Antivirus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£39.99
3	McAfee VirusScan Plus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£38.99
4	Webroot Antivirus 6	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£29.95
5	AVG Antivirus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£46.99
6	F-Secure Antivirus	1yr /1 pc	Dec ’09	£19.95
7	Panda Antivirus Pro	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£39.99
8	ZoneAlarm Antivirus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£59.95
9	Avast! Professional Edition	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£62.85
10	PC Tools Antivirus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£29.95
11	Trend Micro Antivirus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£35.95
12	Norman Antivirus	1yr /1 pc	Dec ’09	£29.95
13	CA Antivirus Plus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£39.99
14	CA Antivirus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£29.99
15	The Shield Deluxe	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£19.35*
16	ESET NOD 32	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£44.00
17	Avira Antivirus Premium	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£45.40*
18	G DATA Antivirus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£34.95
19	Vipre Antivirus	1yr /3+pc	Dec ’09	£32.23*
20	ParetoLogic Antivirus Plus	1yr /1 pc	Dec ’09	£25.77*
21	CyberDefender Antivirus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£19.35*
22	F-Prot Antivirus	1yr /5 pc	Dec ’09	£18.71*
23	LavaSoft Ad-Aware Plus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£23.84*
24	ViRobot	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£37.94
25	Steganos Antivirus	1yr /1 pc	Dec ’09	£26.95
26	Real Broadband Essentials	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£100.57	USA Only
27	Rising Antivirus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£25.77
28	ICQure	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£11.58*
29	Stop-Sign	1yr /1 pc	Dec ’09	£29.97
30	Protector Plus	1yr /3 pc	Dec ’09	£16.10*

* Prices converted from $US or €Euro at the time of review and subject to currency fluctuations.