🛡️ Top Antivirus Tier List 2024 - UPDATE! | Top Antivirus 2024 | Best Antivirus 2024

[@NicoKnowsTech]

What AV do you use and which do you dislike the most?

[@graxion5951]

I use Windows defender

[@mlando73]

I use either Emsisoft or Eset and I cannot stand Norton or McAfee, both are resource hogs and don't catch anything until you scan using a different utility. Then all of a sudden Norton and McAfee say, "Hey guys, look I found a virus! I'm doing my job now!"....seriously...smh

[@BANIAAAAK]

I use bitdefender as AV and malwarbytes plugin on my browser The one i dislike the most is Kaspersky

[@JasonWestaway]

I use ESET Smart Security Premium

[@shubhamsaurav6394]

I have been using Trend Micro Maximum Security since 2018 now shifting to Eset Premium Security on your suggestion. Bit confused between Eset & Kaspersky. The price difference between both of them in my country is huge. Eset Premium costs 1.7 times of Kaspersky Premium

[@lelenbates3367]

All of the AV evaluations on KZbin are sponsored by an internet security company being tested so it adds a level of mistrust on my part. also so many reviewers seem to be using the exact same graphics when doing reviews which also raise a flag in my suspicious mind. I know you are running a business, but it lowers the trust worthy score to some degree regardless of who is doing the review. I do think you seem honest but... I have had zero viruses in over a decade because of my mistrust.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

I think everyone should be as critical as you are. Smarter and less trusting users would make the internet a whole lot safer.

[@hydradragonantivirus]

So true

[@CHT1992]

Bruh... I get the mistrust part, but that graphics portion... are you talking about the tierlist...? Tierlist is open to anyone, he can grab a template made by someone and form a list he considers to be real to him. This "tierlist" template is used across any theme out there, from hardware rankings, gaming company rankings, car brand rankings, characters in games, you name it. The website usually makes a ranking based on answers given by people, which of course can be manipulated, so those rankings on tierlists should be ignored most of the time. As for what AV is best for you, you do your research and go with your gut feeling. I've been using avast for ages, i had issues with it early on during XP era (wasn't paid) but i've been clean since 2013, 11 years of paid subscription on this thing but i decided to put a stop to it, the price hike is absurd and the competition seems to be offering much better deals. As of right now, my research has led me to pick one of the following three: kaspersky, bitdefender, malwarebytes as these are usually ranked up high by literally 90% of the people rating them. Based on pricing, length, platform accessibility, number of devices, kaspersky has the best deal out of the 3 and it is not even a close match. Which means tommorow, kaspersky is gonna be installed on my rig, the 11 year long reign of avast is no more, 50€/year for premium security, it's not even ultimate package... I get the complete package for the same price with bitdefender, and i get 80€ for 2 years with kaspersky, avast also only supports android/windows. The idea is to share the subscription with a friend, but he is an apple fanboy, which makes kaspersky even more attractive.

[@71Fenderv22]

Kaspersky does allow some pretty granular application and resource control/ monitoring, it's just deeply hidden in the settings menu. Custom firewall rule making could be a little better as well.

[@ytsearchengine]

Sir did not ESET failed in one of the video-test of PC Security Channnel and he said in his tier list video that ESET is still an improvement over Windows Defender and he placed it in B Tier while Windows Defender was in C Tier.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Yeah but his test was done with most of the features turned off and then blasted the engine with hundreds of samples at the same time. ESET is not designed to use all system resources and possibly crash the system. If you leave ESET features on he wouldnt be able to even run the script that executes the malware.

[@reesiekups]

Awesome video! I've been in the market for something new and I'm glad to have found this channel!

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Great to hear!

[@rodriguezcappsec7620]

I've been using ESET lately! love it.

[@bn6728]

What are your thoughts on AV-Comparatives and AV-Test websites? I've been a Norton user since the 1980s, and periodically review other options. It seems to be in a tier with all the other top brands consistently, and all of them miss detection at some point. At the same time, I was interested in ESET from things I've heard recently, but it doesn't seem to be as robust in testing as other top tier brands like Norton, Kaspersky, Bitdefender, etc.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Great question. I like AV test websites when they do realistic test. Most of them test ESET but only it's engine and see how it does post execution. This isn't realistic because ESET takes a pre-execution approach so rather than Ransomeware rollback it intercept the encryption. Rather than locking down part of the post execution it intercepts the task call. It utilizes machine learning, intrusion detection, and features such as live grid to prevent execution. To perform the tests where you execute 200 Malware at the same time the tester must disable 75% of ESET's security to just get the test to run. I'm in a discord group of fellow IT KZbinrs and Malware researchers and the biggest pain in testing ESET was that it stopped the test before we could try to infect it. We also test a ton of network attacks and hacks.... Almost always intercepted by it's IDS system and HIPS.

[@shubhamsaurav6394]

@@NicoKnowsTech I was referring to this comment

[@divinesoulsurajit]

Kaspersky VS Bitdefender which one is better..? sir...

[@cesaryahirdelacruz5141]

Thats some quality content i have been looking for...

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Wow! Thanks for that!

[@peterwassmuth4014]

Awesome! Thank you for Sharing! 💯✴

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Thanks for watching.

[@MerpTime]

Fun fact outside of F-Secure, as a person who has 11 devices that need an Antivirus, I've used all of the S-Tier and A-Tier on the list.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Smart man

[@Warzer-]

Which one is best?

[@NicoKnowsTech]

@@Warzer- ESET.

[@Slhid]

Hello nico, I was wondering if you could help me out. I’m not sure why but I get really bad stutters and choppy gameplay. I’ve messed with all settings and videos after videos. I was wondering if upgrading widows 11 to windows 11 method would help maybe clean out windows files and stuff that may be effecting that

[@Slhid]

I’ve tried optimizing my whole pc but

[@GNFgeekstuff]

Thank you for reviewing and providing this and I agree Trend micro use to be good, and like you say Malwarebytes great for removal. never been a fan of Norton or McAfee the fact it comes pre installed opens you up to Zero day vulnerabilities, and i have worked on many computers that had issues and had the AV programs

[@NicoKnowsTech]

I love this comment! Couldn't of said it better myself!

[@BANIAAAAK]

on point as always ! thanks

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Appreciated!

[@mr.yeager2975]

Kaspersky is definitely an S tier despite political issues with US gouvernement. If outside US I strongly recommend it.

[@RIZZKHALIFAH02]

What is your take on TotalAV?

[@NicoKnowsTech]

B Tier.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

It is good on signatures and reputation but not great on post execution, network attack, Ransomeware, etc. Desent anti phish but the A tier and S tier are superior.

[@dorientjewoller113]

@@NicoKnowsTech Yes, a B Tier as in "Below every possible Tier you can imaging".

[@BrayanGonsales-z2i]

Amazing review! 👌

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ytsearchengine]

Sir what is your opinion of Emsisoft?

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Not a real player anymore.

[@AskYourComputerGuy]

Well played, Nico. Good form! 🫡

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Thanks buddy. Congrats on 100k subscribers!

[@JasonWestaway]

@@NicoKnowsTech I 100% agree with Scott! (@AskYourComputerGuy) It was a super fair rating on all. All the best.

[@krevin2008]

Thank your very helpful and trust worthy guide.

[@Justleomary]

Didn't know Mcafee ranked that low. I've been using it for several weeks, now I don't know if I can get my money back if I cancel my subscription. By the way, it's true it does have some popups just to advertise their antivirus which is pretty annoying to me. Great video!

[@pcmedics8309]

NICO you are DEAD on!! ESET is the absolute best AV. We have used it for years on all Enterprise accounts. About 700 @ this point. We control all Clients updates, deployment and scanning VIA the ESET portal. Best of all it has very low payload. Not sure I would put NORTON anywhere near the top, IMO. They are still a bloatware PIG. Awards? Sure, paid awards, wink, wink... Great stuff NICO!!

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Agree with you on all points!

[@Feredion]

What gets me is that, of course out of all the AVs, the one you put in S tier it's an affiliate link? I'm not saying it's horrible or anything just weird that's the only affiliate link

[@NicoKnowsTech]

I can go snag affiliate for the rest too if that gives me some more credibility. You sign up for them at will.

[@Bytorsnowdog5900]

On point Nico, Thanks.

[@mooselexus]

ZoneAlarm NextGen Extreme Security 2024 :) Which protection meets your security needs? Go to compare PC Products. Free does not have ransomware protection, very basic,......Can you test the following: ZoneAlarm NextGen Extreme Security 2024, please:)? When you have time,....

[@ayushtak2668]

banger intro🕺🏻🔥

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Thanks!

[@torbjornstamholt3323]

I run ESET and it seems to work well. Used to run Norton but their pricing philosophy drove me away

[@torbjornstamholt3323]

Until that I run Mullvad vpn and NextDNS and Malwarebytes premium to made my computers hopefully work.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

I know how you feel.

[@gsxrsquid]

I have been using Kaspersky for years and have been pretty happy with it, except that it wont let me turn of the VPN requests. Naturally because of politics they are taking a beating. Congress is talking about banning them in the US so I might have to go to ESET. By the way Scott referred me to your channel.

[@Noiconnotag]

Avira = Shit tier, it cashed my pc once I had to run a Win fix.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Good info. Gonna add that to my next tier list.

[@faceless127]

Very true, also if you use CCleaner with Avira and clean windows it will delete random .exe files on your computer.

[@georgebarker8580]

Hi dude just got a load of viruses on my pc and dnt no wat to do just wondered if you could give a bit of advice on wat to do be much appreciated i cant update my Norton and it wont let me buy a new one 😢

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Check my channel. Virus removal videos with 100k-2.5M views

[@stevejarvis186]

I always listen to your reccomendations on security software and its always ESET but the price puts me off. Still not sure

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Hey Steve. Totally feel ya. To be honest I gotta say that while Ultimate is nice and shiny, not everyone needs it. Most users would be more than happy and totally secure with Essential. ESET is actually cheaper than Norton, McAfee and competitive with Kaspersky and Bitdefender.

[@stevejarvis186]

@@NicoKnowsTech Hey Nico thanks for your answer. TBH I need Ultimate as I need 5 machines cover, but dont need the VPN as I already have one. I`d like ESET to offer differrent options maybe a `with VPN` and a `without VPN`, but it is what it is. I do want to get covered though, so though Im just going to have to bite the bullet and go for Ultimate I guess. I just hope I can turn their VPN off. Cheers m8 love your channel and the great advice you give to us all.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

@@stevejarvis186 the VPN is a separate app so yes you can choose to use it or not. You can also give it to friends and family members through the ESET Home page.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

I have a better solution for you. Choose ESET Home Premium but click the + sign to add more devices before adding to cart or checking out. Ultimate just comes with more to start with.

[@stevejarvis186]

@@NicoKnowsTech Hey Nico, that's fantastic, I didn't realise you could do either of those things. That makes Ultimate much more appealing now that I now that.

[@trungkhoa9335]

Could you please tell me the name of the song at the end of the clip? , thank you

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Sure. open.spotify.com/track/5rsdiG4xc2zOMOSpIAzJYf?si=4062bb5a7fb64940

[@trungkhoa9335]

@@NicoKnowsTech thank you so much

[@Mircea8BP]

Can you help me man ? Please i have and virus that is running everytime in backround and use very much cpu i think is a crypto miner or something like that or a rootkit i scan this virus with malwarebytes and it say to me that is conhost.exe malware when i tried to stop is crashing is located in sys 32 and i think if i delete it i will delete sys 32 and my pc will crash what do i do ?

[@tomaszjedlinski6390]

I Think u can do it

[@supriyochatterjee4095]

Please test the firewall of this AV Products as well.

[@Benjamin-om3ih]

Do you think it's nessociry to pay for a service these days?

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Depends. If you are adventurous and go searching for software in places other than the major sources: Microsoft, Steam, Adobe, etc. then you may want something more hardened to more complex threats.

[@gmansshadow]

ESET no iOS support. The only reason I went with Defender. THX!

[@NicoKnowsTech]

MacOS yes, IOS no. www.eset.com/int/home/cyber-security/download/

[@meister1176]

Great Video, but i think it would be better to make A green and D red instead of contrary

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Good call!

[@tanish829]

after deleting mc afee , my wifi option started to disappear automatically. it still the problem after trying avast,360 security, and other antivirus

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Perform a "Network Reset" in windows

[@et_phonehome_2822]

Why a lot of companies use Mcaffee still?

[@ChessPuzzles2]

How about Crowdstrike?

[@ierosgr]

Again no nanoantivirus (with license to be used in a working environment for free) in the comparison list? Webroot has to be the worst to uninstall . Keeps up in worstness with Norton. After using 3rd party uninstallers, managed to delete program data leftovers and program files. Talked 3 timed with the tech support afterwwards and used their removal utilities nut still remnants in registry.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Nano-AV has a small market share of 50,000 users. Despite the fact that I think it is impressive, it wouldn't be a well-performing video on a platform such as KZbin at least on this channel. I will keep an eye on it.

[@ierosgr]

@@NicoKnowsTech Having a small share doesn t say anything at all. Xiaomi had a small share in mobile pie somewhere in time and look at her now. What it matters for an A/V is the detection rate. You could rate it yourself. I was an Avira (for a/v) and comodo (firewall) user for over 10+ years. Avira 's advertisements and add-ons made me look for another A/V and nano filled that gap. Also comodo started adding services without notifying the user and Maleware Byte's Windows Firewall Control did the click to me. I found this combo pretty satisfying and I am not a plain user. i m in IT industry 20+ years.

[@MacapagalEj]

Sir. How can I fix my PC. How can I remove .uajs virus?

[@MrGuyFawkes]

The best antivirus is your finger belive me .The antivirus open backsdoors and take full control of your pc.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

I like that. Can I steal that quote?

[@mptraxx5317]

You are total noob kaspersky top notch with bitdefender. Lol norton malwarebytes a lot of false positive is on same level like kaspersky or bitdefender? :D wake up.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Okay I'm awake now. Can you tell me why they are significantly better without referring to someone else's article? I will consider it.

[@mptraxx5317]

@@NicoKnowsTech Much better. Personaly i had Eset 6 years. Is good but poor on ransomware. I had also avast avg also but short time. Avira is also good much more false positives. Bitdefender a huge pc resources much more comparing in real time on same machine but perfect for removal viruses. And kaspersky is much better than others and also better and quick reaction on threads and lighter also. So clear winner. Kaspersky is from 927 tests/ review on TOP 3 in 84% also first places 680x. Bitdefender 430x, Avast 276x, Eset 260x, Trend Micro 247x, Avira 231x, AVG 191x, GData 171x, and there mc afee and other american crap. Also look at AV-comparatives tests. SE Labs antimlaware winner is Kaspersky. Kaspersky said year 2023 was record of awards :)

[@NicoKnowsTech]

@mptraxx5317 interesting take on ESET. In our tests the Ransomeware shield was super effective unless the user disables ESET to run something they think is legit.

[@mptraxx5317]

@@NicoKnowsTech His best times are long behind him. Také a kaspersky for test 🙂. If you see web malwaretips there many users of av. He never let a virus into the computer. He saved me many times. Behavioral and heurestic is superb also with cloud detection and system watcher no ransomware doesn't have a chance. Eset was good in version 3 (2007-2008 year maybe).

[@franciscohorna5542]

norton 360 delus for up to 5 devices use here been using since 2010

[@ChuchinFlores-oo4eo]

Quality 👍

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Thank you!

[@ierosgr]

What about ClamAV?

[@ChuchinFlores-oo4eo]

awesome photo bravo 👍👍👍

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@CharisPapas]

I disagree. Bitdender and Trend micro are better than eset.

[@yangyang7318]

Good

[@ВиталийОвчаренко-и1н]

The projected top antivirus tier list for the year 2024 includes: 1. Norton 2. Bitdefender 3. TotalAV 4. McAfee 5. Intego 6-10: Other top antiviruses such as Kaspersky, Surfshark One, Trend Micro, Avast, ESET, and Vipre.

[@ladayislopez]

Now i'm seriously gonna buy this

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Great!

[@JulioCastillo-j4u]

you are really unique

[@NicoKnowsTech]

I take after my dad

[@stugryffin3619]

As a current Norton subscriber (not renewing) I trust nothing you say after your appraisal of the product. It's been like having a needy spam virus on my machine always vying for my wallets attention. Your drastic change in opinion from just one article is super weird and suspicious.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Yeah, I don't really care for Norton to be honest. Was basing it solely on recent tests. I expect in 6 months Norton will return to obscurity.

[@ripcordjr5696]

A miss with no German AV security. GDATA

[@blaaxz]

Somehow nobody wants to test this....

[@mattymurdo4134]

I wanted to bash you for some of the choices but you put eset is s tier so it's ok 😂

[@NicoKnowsTech]

@@mattymurdo4134 fair enough. Thanks.

[@rudivanhaverbeek8691]

YOU All Forget Panda Antivirus Way

[@NicoKnowsTech]

I should add Panda next time... Or even review it in its own video. It was originally excluded because it holds a market share of 0.24%

[@faceless127]

I'd trust you a lot more and subscribe if you told us which ones you were sponsored by. but now I just don't know what you say is actually the truth.

[@NicoKnowsTech]

It doesn't work that way...otherwise I am sponsored by all of them. I'm not paid to speak for any of them.

[@georgebarker8580]

I did use Norton but just saw your vid were you use ESET

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Good man

[@georgebarker8580]

So how come Norton wont update or install?

[@NicoKnowsTech]

Not sure. Can you give me more details?

[@georgebarker8580]

Dnt no it just keeps saying im not subscribed so i just done wat it says to do with the nopepad thing in a vid of yours

[@chaos4000]

WTF i hate norton it is always poping up everything and never leaving me alone and is so annoying i want it to just do its stuff and go away but it wont even when i tell it to it is garbage cash grab feels like one of those free to play games with all the pop ups

[@NicoKnowsTech]

I agree with all of these points.

[@rash78]

Does McAfee really bad ???

[@CarNage2x]

Norton a tier ??? What a joke

[@galdinopenaloza3948]

We will need a coupon code for it 😄

[@NicoKnowsTech]

There is a coupon for ESET in the link in description.

[@napsonatas9642]

what a dumb reasoning for Kaspersky. More real would be for you to say: "Maybe it is the best one but I am to dumb to avoid my country's propaganda against Russia". lol

[@NicoKnowsTech]

It isn't available in the US now so its a moot point.

[@Damir-f8j]

The author has a question for you, for example, you tried to look up to the products of the United States or Anglo-Saxons, for example, you know very well why 99% of people hate Microsoft Defender, but you are hiding it to the fullest, it shows you are a noble person, in fact, Microsoft Defender is not only for the United States and Anglo-Saxons, but also for them. the secret agent who delivers all the information knows that 99.9% of people know it and therefore download it any way they can. I don't bother with other antiviruses because their prices are too expensive, but I really like Kaspersky, it's so rich in functions that even a new computer user can work with it. You know that Kaspersky Anti-Virus is very good and can do its job without a doubt, but you are afraid to say this because it did not affect any country and was not afraid of the pressure of the United States, the Anglo-Saxons, and did not give people's personal information to anyone. you are politicizing even a simple antivirus and giving wrong information to people. Is it because Kaspersky Antivirus is located in Russia? This work made me hate you so much that I will not watch your video anymore and I will tell others about your fabrication.