Top 10 Antivirus Programs of the Year 2013

An antivirus or internet security suite is a program which is a must be program on your PC or laptop. With the ever increase in threats from virus, hackers, spammers, phishers over the web world a security program is your ultimate defense against these threats. Since the advent of new technology along with new programming languages and codes there is a similar increase in cyber attacks. This threat is most popular in in online shopping sites where hackers can grab your bank or credit card details and swipe all your money. If you are not aware of safety tips for online shopping then you are widely compromised. Even the mobile platform isn't quite secure if you are not aware of these.

In order to protect yourselves from these programs you need a good Antivirus or Internet security suite to defend yourself. A note is worth mentioning here about the difference between Antivirus and Internet security suite.

An Internet security suite has additional security features over the antivirus program. It uses more additional resources in tracing the cyber threats. It is well established and has better functionality. Though there is evidence that internet security program will slow down your computer, it all depends on the type of program you are using and the configuration of your system. So whether you use an antivirus or internet security depends on your personal choice. For an average home user an antivirus is best suitable and for office use internet security suite is must. So here is the list of internet security suites which also provide antivirus programs and you can opt for the product of your choice. I have made a combined list of both antivirus and Internet security suites.

This list may vary according to the individuals personal choice. Our list is based on the evaluation of products on three different PC's with different configurations. The results may may vary depending on the user.

Now let us look at the top antivirus/internet security suites that prevent others peeking into your work.



10) ESET SMART SECURITY
ESET smart security is one of the fastest and robust program which runs very smoothly on your PC without consuming much of your resources. It has powerful shields that constantly monitor your PC. It has a very

good firewall that blocks most of the threats. ESET was my first security suite and it protected my PC flawlessly.

Price: $59.99

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9) VIPRE INTERNET SECURITY
This program is one of the fastest and strong competitor. When I used it for evaluation on my system for sometime I felt there is no security system on my PC. That smooth it was. It blocked every threat I have

tested it and it did very smoothly. One of the awesome feature is the gaming mode with which it destroys all threats without any lag and no notifications.

Price: $49.99

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8) TREND MICRO TITANIUM ANTIVIRUS AND MAXIMUM SECURITY
Trend micro titanium products are real pleasure to use. Both the antivirus and internet security suites are

excellent products. Though the internet security is better in protection than antivirus we considered to include the antivirus in the list because it was better than some internet security suites in detecting trojans. It has good features like child mode with which you can see what your kids or surfing over internet, password protection and many more.

Price: $44.95

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7) WEBROOT ANTIVIRUS 2013
This program relies on behavior of the programs rather than depending on the virus definitions to detect the

virus activity on your PC. Unlike many security suite which use their virus definitions to detect the virus/trojans, this security suite constantly monitors your PC for any suspicious activity. This resulted in many false positives though but still a good feature for people who are seeking for offline security for their system. No trial offer provided.

Price: $39.99

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6)AVAST INTERNET SECURITY/ANTIVIRUS/PRO
Avast is the smoothest and simplest security suite I have ever used. After ESET I have switched to AVAST

because of its ease in usage. It works flawlessly and for an average home user avast antivirus is my first choice. Powerful virus shields and decent threat detection makes it one of the most versatile program.

Price: $45.99

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5) AVG INTERNET SECURITY 2013
AVG is an excellent protection against spyware. It is a robust program that is very well known in corporate

field. It has one of the very best and powerful virus definition databases. It is also very smooth in performance and quite easy to use.

Price: $69.99

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4) F SECURE INTERNET SECURITY
There is no need of any special introduction about this program. Many mobile users are very much familiar

with this. It is a very much powerful program and in our tests it detected many hidden malwares that were quietly hiding. It has both behavioral as well as virus definition script shields which eliminates almost all the threats.

Price: $ 49.99

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3) KASPERSKY INTERNET SECURITY
One of the most widely used security suite, Kaspersky is one of the mos powerful security program we ever

encountered. One of the flaw we experienced on our systems is that it is consuming lot of resources and

slowing the system a little bit. Other than that it is an excellent program that will defend you from almost every threat. Very nice and easy user interface. We still have to evaluate the new program Kaspersky Pure 3.0. Once it is tested we will update this list.

Price: $ 79.95

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2) BITDEFENDER TOTAL SECURITY 2013
The best and brilliant. Very smooth, easy and quick install this program will defend every bit of your PC. It has a the one of the most powerful firewall and virus definitions. The only flaw we observed with this

program is that it showed few false positives. It is one of the most widely used security program in many corporate offices as well as home users.

Price: $ 79.95

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1) NORTON INTERNET SECURITY/360
Norton Internet security and Norton 360 are the top products in our list. Initially we were very little inclined in testing it because of our previous experiences but now it came back very powerful and smart enough to

occupy the top position in our list. They both scored an average of 4.5 out of 5 points in every test.Very smooth and quick install, decent user interface and absolute smooth performance.

Price: $ 69.99

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CONCLUSION:
Our list was based on many tests and we tested 20 products. The individual opinion may change depending on the purpose of use and type of configuration of the system.