Zephin Livingston is a former staff reviewer at Forbes Advisor, specializing in testing and reviewing privacy and security software, like VPNs, antivirus software, password managers and more.
You don't have to pay extra, though. We’ve tested and ranked the best free antivirus apps. When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years.
If it’s less than 1%, the antivirus passes. Avast, AVG, Bitdefender, ESET, G Data, Malwarebytes, and Norton didn’t miss anything. As for McAfee, it doesn’t appear in the latest test.