Comparison of antivirus software

Last updated May 19, 2024

Legend

The term "on-demand scan" refers to the possibility of performing a manual scan (by the user) on the entire computer/device, while "on-access scan" refers to the ability of a product to automatically scan every file at its creation or subsequent modification.

The term "Web protection" usually includes protection from: infected and malicious URLs, phishing websites, online identity (privacy) protection and online banking protection. Many antivirus products use "third-party antivirus engine". This means that the antivirus engine is made by another producer; however, the malware signature and/or other parts of the product may (or may not) be done from the owner of the product itself.

Desktop computers and servers

Microsoft Windows

Company	Software	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Boot-time scans	Heuristics	CloudAV	Firewall	IDS	IPS	Sandbox	Email Security	AntiSpam	Web protection	Macro protection	Live Update	Support	Settings Import/ Export	installer/ updater MIMA safe	License	Price	First release	Country of origin	Original author/s	Notes
Avast (Gen Digital)	Avast Free Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (basic)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Proprietary	Free	1988	Czech Republic	Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera
Avast (Gen Digital)	Avast Premium Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Proprietary	Trialware	1997	Czech Republic	Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera
AVG Technologies (Gen Digital)	AVG Antivirus Free	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Proprietary	Free	1992	Czech Republic	Jan Gritzbach and Tomáš Hofer
AVG Technologies (Gen Digital)	AVG Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2006	Czech Republic	Jan Gritzbach and Tomáš Hofer
AVG Technologies (Gen Digital)	AVG Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Czech Republic	Jan Gritzbach and Tomáš Hofer
Avira (Gen Digital)	Avira Free Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Free	1988	Germany	Tjark Auerbach
Avira (Gen Digital)	Avira Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2002	Germany	Tjark Auerbach
Bitdefender	Bitdefender Antivirus Free	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Free	2013	Romania
Bitdefender	Bitdefender Antivirus Plus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	1996	Romania
Bitdefender	Bitdefender Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No^[1]^{[ citation needed ]}	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Romania
Check Point	ZoneAlarm PRO Antivirus + Firewall	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2002	Israel		Third-party antivirus engine (Kaspersky) ^[2]
Check Point	ZoneAlarm Extreme Security	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2002	United States
Cisco (originally Immunet)	Immunet	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Free	2010	United States		Third-party antivirus engine (ClamAV)
Cisco Systems, Inc	Clam Antivirus	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	?	?	GPL-2.0-or-later	Free	2002	United States of America
ClamWin	ClamWin Free Antivirus	Yes	Yes (with Winpooch or Clam Sentinel)	Yes (with Clam Sentinel)	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	?	?	GPL-2.0-or-later	Free	2002	Australia		Third-party antivirus engine (ClamAV)
Comodo Group	Comodo Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Proprietary	Freemium	2008	United States		*Protection via containment of untrusted executable code.
Comodo Group	Comodo Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Proprietary	?	2010	United States	?	*Protection via containment of untrusted executable code.
Dr.Web	Dr.Web Anti-virus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	1992	Russia	Igor Danilov	*macOS/Linux feature only
Dr.Web	Dr.Web Security Space	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	2006	Russia	Igor Danilov
Emsisoft	Emsisoft Anti-Malware	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Free	2003	New Zealand	Christian Mairoll
ESET	ESET NOD32 Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes^[3]^[4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Proprietary	Trialware ^[5]	1987	Slovakia	Peter Paško and Miroslav Trnka
ESET	ESET Smart Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[3]^[4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[1]^{[ citation needed ]}	Proprietary	Trialware ^[5]	2007	Slovakia	Peter Paško and Miroslav Trnka
F-Secure	F-Secure Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	1991	Finland	Petri Allas and Risto Siilasmaa	Third-party antivirus engine (Avira)
F-Secure	F-Secure SAFE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2004	Finland	Petri Allas and Risto Siilasmaa	Third-party antivirus engine (Avira)
FRISK Software	F-PROT Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Trialware	1989	Iceland	Friðrik Skúlason (second engine also with Dr. Vesselin Bontchev)	EOL 2021
Fortinet	FortiClient	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2004	United States
G Data CyberDefense	G DATA AntiVirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	1987	Germany	Andreas Lüning and Kai Figge	Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender)
G Data CyberDefense	G DATA Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2004	Germany	Andreas Lüning and Kai Figge	Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender)
G Data CyberDefense	G DATA Total Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2004	Germany	Andreas Lüning and Kai Figge	Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender)
Kaspersky Lab	Kaspersky Anti-Virus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	1997	Russia	Eugene Kaspersky and Natalia Kaspersky	Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS
Kaspersky Lab	Kaspersky Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2007	Russia	Eugene Kaspersky and Natalia Kaspersky	Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS
Kaspersky Lab	Kaspersky Total Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Proprietary	Non-free	1997	Russia	Eugene Kaspersky and Natalia Kaspersky	Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS
Malwarebytes	Malwarebytes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	?	2008	United States	Marcin Kleczynski and Bruce Harrison
McAfee	McAfee Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	1987	United States	John McAfee	John McAfee "uninstall video" scandal
McAfee	McAfee Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2006	United States	John McAfee	John McAfee "uninstall video" scandal
Microsoft	Windows Defender	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes using Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security ^[6]	No	No	Yes^[7]	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Proprietary	Free	2012	United States
NANO Security Ltd	NANO Antivirus	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	?	Proprietary	Free	2009	Russia
Gen Digital	Norton Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2000	United States		Whitelists FBI backdoor scandal^[8]^[9]
Gen Digital(originally PC Tools)	Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2003	United States
Panda Security	Panda Antivirus Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	1990	Spain	Mikel Urizarbarrena
Panda Security	Panda Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2002	Spain	Mikel Urizarbarrena
Panda Security	Panda Free Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Trialware	2009	Spain
Qihoo 360	360 Total Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Free	2006	China
Sophos	Sophos Anti-Virus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	1988	United Kingdom	Jan Hruska and Peter Lammer
Sophos	Sophos EndUser Protection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2000	United Kingdom	Jan Hruska and Peter Lammer
Trend Micro	Titanium Antivirus Plus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	1990	Japan
Trend Micro	Titanium Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Japan
VirusBlokAda	Vba32 AntiVirus	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2010	Belarus
Webroot	Secure Anywhere	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Proprietary	Non-free	2010	United States

Apple macOS

Company	Software	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Heuristics	CloudAV	Firewall	IDS	IPS	Email Security	AntiSpam	Web protection	Live-Update	Support	License	Price	First release	Country of origin	Notes
Avast (Gen Digital)	Avast Mac Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Free	2012	Czech Republic
Avira Operations (Gen Digital)	Avira Free Mac Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Proprietary	Free	2011	Germany
Bitdefender	Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2011	Romania
Cisco	Clam AntiVirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	GPL-2.0-only	Free	2000	United States
Clario Tech	MacKeeper	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2010
Comodo Group	Comodo Mac Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Free	2012	United States
Dr. Web	Dr. Web Anti-virus for Mac OS X	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	2012	Russia
ESET	ESET Cyber Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2011	Slovakia
ESET	ESET Cyber Security Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[10]	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2013	Slovakia
F-Secure	F-Secure Anti-Virus for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Finland	Third-party antivirus engine (Bitdefender + F-PROT)
G Data CyberDefense	G DATA AntiVirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	1987	Germany	Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender)
G Data CyberDefense	G DATA Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2004	Germany	Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender)
G Data CyberDefense	G DATA Total Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2004	Germany	Third-party antivirus engine (G Data + Bitdefender)
Intego	VirusBarrier	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	1997	United States
Intego	Mac Internet Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2000	United States
Kaspersky Lab	Kaspersky Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2010	Russia	Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS
Quick Heal	Quick Heal Total Security for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Free	1995	India	Jayanta
Malwarebytes	Malwarebytes for Mac	Yes	No	?	?	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	Free	2006	United States	4 vulnerabilities found by Project Zero in 2016
Panda Security	Panda Antivirus for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Spain
Sophos	Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Proprietary	Free	2010	United Kingdom
Gen Digital	Symantec Endpoint Protection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2012	United States
Gen Digital	Norton Security Standard for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2012	United States
Trend Micro	Titanium Internet Security for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2011	Japan
Webroot	SecureAnywhere AntiVirus	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (only in Apple Safari)	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	2012	United States
Webroot	SecureAnywhere Internet Security Plus and Complete	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (only in Apple Safari)	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	2012	United States

Linux

Company	Software	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Heuristics	CloudAV	Firewall	IDS	IPS	Email security	AntiSpam	Web protection	Live-Update	Support	License	Price	First release	Country of origin	Notes
AVG Technologies (Gen Digital)	AVG Linux Server Edition	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Czech Republic
Cisco	Clam AntiVirus	Yes	Yes^[11]	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	GPL-2.0-only	Free	1998	United States
Comodo Group	Comodo Internet Security Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Free	2008	United States	Very difficult to install, needing extensive system hacks/edits.
Dr. Web	Dr. Web Anti-virus for Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	1992	Russia
ESET	ESET File Security for Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Slovakia	EOL March 16 2023^[12]
ESET	ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2020	Slovakia	Currently in 'Limited Support' doesn't have all functions available via GUI interface. EOL March 16 2023^[13]
FRISK Software	F-PROT Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Proprietary	Trialware	1989	Iceland	EOL 2021
F-Secure	F-Secure Linux Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Finland
Fortinet	Forticlient	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2009	United States
Kaspersky Lab	Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2012	Russia	Banned in U.S. government departments by the USG
Panda Security	Panda DesktopSecure for Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Spain
Sophos	Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	United Kingdom	Not for home users, only provide paid business version via resellers.

Solaris

Company	Software	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Firewall	Email security	AntiSpam	Web protection	Live-Update	Support	License	Price	First release	Country of origin	Notes
Cisco	Clam AntiVirus	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	GPL-2.0-only	Free	1998	United States
FRISK Software International	F-PROT Antivirus	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	1989	Iceland	EOL 2021
Panda Security	Panda DesktopSecure for Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	?	2009	Spain
Sophos	Sophos AntiVirus for Unix	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	?	UK	Central management

FreeBSD

Company	Software	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Firewall	Email security	AntiSpam	Web protection	Live-Update	Support	License	Price	First release	Country of origin	Notes
Cisco	Clam AntiVirus	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	GPL-2.0-only	Free	1998	United States
FRISK Software International	F-PROT Antivirus	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	1989	Iceland	EOL 2021
Panda Security	Panda DesktopSecure for Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	?	2009	Spain

OS/2, ArcaOS

Company	Software	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Firewall	Email security	AntiSpam	Web protection	Live-Update	Support	License	Price	First release	Country of origin	Notes
Cisco	Clam AntiVirus/ClamAV-GUI	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	GPL-2.0-only	Free	1998	United States

Mobile (smartphones and tablets)

Google Android

Company	Software	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Firewall	AntiSpam	Web protection	Privacy Advisor	AntiTheft	Call/SMS Filtering	Backup	Parental Control	Support	AV Comparatives	AV Test ^[14]	License	Price	First release	Country of origin	Notes
Avast (Gen Digital)	Avast Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Free	2011	Czech Republic
Avast (Gen Digital)	Avast Premier Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2013	Czech Republic
AVG Technologies (Gen Digital)	AVG AntiVirus FREE for Android	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Proprietary	Free	2010	Czech Republic
Avira Operations	Avira Free Android Security	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Proprietary	Free	2004	Germany
Bitdefender	Bitdefender Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Freemium	2011	Romania
Cheetah Mobile	Security Master	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Proprietary	Free	2012	China	Former CM Security,^[15] Purged from Google Play Store
Comodo Group	Comodo Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Free	2012	United States
Dr. Web	Dr. Web Mobile Security Suite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	2010	Russia
ESET	ESET Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Partially, only Anti-Phishing	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Freemium ^[16]	2011	Slovakia
F-Secure	F-Secure Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2010	Finland
G Data CyberDefense	G Data Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	2012	Germany
Kaspersky Lab	Kaspersky Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2011	Russia	Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS
McAfee	McAfee Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2011	United States
Sophos	EndUser Protection	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2011	United Kingdom
Sourcefire	FireAMP Mobile	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Proprietary	?	2012	United States
Gen Digital	Norton Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2011	United States
Trend Micro	Trend Micro Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2012	Japan
Webroot	SecureAnywhere Mobile	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Freemium	2012	United States

iOS

Company	Software	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Firewall	AntiSpam	Web protection	AntiTheft	Call/SMS Filtering	Backup	Parental Control	Support	License	Price	First release	Country of origin	Notes
G Data CyberDefense	G Data Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Trialware	Non-free	?	Germany
Intego	VirusBarrier iOS	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	1997	United States	Discontinued
Gen Digital	Norton Mobile Security	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2011	United States
Bitdefender	Bitdefender Mobile Security	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Non-free	2018	Romania
Seqrite	mSuite MDM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	1994	India

Windows Mobile

This list excludes Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 as they do not support running protection programs.

Company	Software	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Firewall	AntiSpam	Web protection	AntiTheft	Call/SMS Filtering	Backup	Parental Control	Support	License	Price	First release	Country of origin	Notes
Dr. Web	Dr. Web Mobile Security Suite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	2006	Russia
ESET	ESET Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2010	Slovakia
Kaspersky Lab	Kaspersky Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Russia	Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS
Seqrite	mSuite MDM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	1994	India

Symbian

Company	Software	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Firewall	AntiSpam	Web protection	AntiTheft	Call/SMS Filtering	Backup	Parental Control	Support	License	Price	First release	Country of origin	Notes
Dr. Web	Dr. Web Mobile Security Suite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	2006	Russia
ESET	ESET Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Proprietary	Non-free	2010	Slovakia
Kaspersky Lab	Kaspersky Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Russia	Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS

BlackBerry

Company	Software	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Firewall	AntiSpam	Web protection	AntiTheft	Call/SMS Filtering	Backup	Parental Control	Support	License	Price	First release	Country of origin	Notes
Dr. Web	Dr. Web Mobile Security Suite	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Trialware	2015	Russia
Kaspersky Lab	Kaspersky Mobile Security	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2008	Russia	Banned in U.S. government departments by the DHS
McAfee	McAfee Mobile Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Proprietary	Non-free	2011	United States

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[2] "How to disable and remove Kaspersky Labs components from Check Point Security Gateway". supportcenter.checkpoint.com. Retrieved 2017-11-11.

[eset_webprotection_1-3] 1 2 ESET Knowledgebase, http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/indexstyle=%22background:+#EEE;+vertical-align:+middle;+white-space:+nowrap;+text-align:+center;+%22+class=%22table-Unknown%22+%7C+?page=content&id=SOLN2820

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