The Best 96 Windows Defender Alternatives

  • Avast! Free Antivirus icon

    Avast! Free Antivirus

    Avast Free Antivirus a the free for non-commercial and home usage antivirus solution from AVAST Software. The program features intuitive, advanced and customizable scanning methods along with other modules dedicated to computer safety.

    Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Android

  • spybot - search destroy icon

    spybot - search destroy

    Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Free for private use.

    Free Personal Windows Windows Mobile S60

  • Avira Antivirus icon

    Avira Antivirus

    Avira Free Antivirus offers basic protection for your computer against dangerous viruses, worms, spy-ware, trojans and costly dialers. Premium version includes MailGuard (POP3 and SMTP) and WebGuard for safe surfing.

    Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Android

    Built in VPN Real time protection
  • ESET NOD32 Antivirus icon

    ESET NOD32 Antivirus

    ESET NOD32 Antivirus is an innovative host-based intrusion prevention system that offers a comprehensive scanning solution. Most importantly, it will not slow down your PC, it's easy to use, and easy to install.

    Commercial Windows Linux

  • Clam AntiVirus icon

    Clam AntiVirus

    Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux

  • AdwCleaner icon

    AdwCleaner

    AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for : Adware (ads softwares) PUP/LPI (Potentially Undesirable Program) Toolbars Hijacker (Hijack of the browser's homepage) It works with a Search and Delete mode.

    Free Windows

    Multiple languages Standalone
  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus icon

    Kaspersky Anti-Virus

    Kaspersky Anti-Virus offers protection from a range of IT threats and provides the basic tools needed to keep your PC secure. Premium features include: Parental Control, Online Payment Protection and Secure Connection (VPN).

    Freemium Windows

  • ClamWin icon

    ClamWin

    [Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.] ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code.

    Free Open Source Windows

    Portable Ad free
  • SUPERAntiSpyware icon

    SUPERAntiSpyware

    SUPERAntiSpyware is a software application which can detect and remove spyware, adware, malware, trojans, rogue software, worms, rootkits, parasites and other potentially harmful software applications, as well as restore modified system...

    Freemium Windows

  • ESET Smart Security icon

    ESET Smart Security

    A Great time online with even better technology! Safer online begins with our proven Antivirus and Antispyware. Inside you find a number of unique anti-malware technologies. Foiling web browser attacks is a job for Exploit Blocker.

    Commercial Windows

  • Panda Antivirus icon

    Panda Antivirus

    Panda Antivirus offers real-world protection and a USB drive cleaner. Just install it and forget about viruses, spyware, rootkits, hackers, online fraud and identity theft.

    Freemium Windows

  • Kaspersky Internet Security icon

    Kaspersky Internet Security

    Kaspersky Internet Security keeps your PC free from malicious code, adware, spyware, hacker attacks, dialers, spam and network fraud.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • HitmanPro icon

    HitmanPro

    HitmanPro (formerly Hitman Pro) is an on-demand malware scanner and removal tool. It will usually do a full-system scan significantly faster than other (traditional) solutions due to its cloud-based scan technique.

    Commercial Windows

  • 360 Total Security icon

    360 Total Security

    360 Total Security offers your PC complete protection from Viruses, Trojans and other emerging threats.

    Freemium Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet

  • ClamTk Virus Scanner icon

    ClamTk Virus Scanner

    ClamTk is a graphical user interface (GUI) for using the Clam AntiVirus program. It is designed to be an easy-to-use, on-demand scanner for Linux systems.

    Free Open Source Linux