so yeah I think we all know that using
Windows Defender is a no-go I mean I've
tested countless best anti-virus for
Windows 11 options some more notable
than others and these five did something
special whether it was affordable
pricing useful functions or other unique
features so I'd actually like to share
those recommendations with you including
all of their pros and cons that you
should know about
but before we start I need to remind you
that I do leave the most up-to-date
discount deals in the description below
so don't forget to use them but uh maybe
after you watch my video I mean we did
work pretty hard to bring you all this
insight
yep all of these providers could be
considered the best antivirus for
Windows 10 in 2023 since they work fine
on both windows versions but hey if I
had to pick one all-around option that's
close to being the best of the best well
that would be total AV for Windows 11.
it's the antivirus that quickly became
my personal fave with excellent malware
detection and feature heavy plans now
the main reason this is the best
antivirus for Windows 10 or Windows 11
for that matter is that it has complete
protection against a whole host of
dangerous threats you get all the
necessary things that a good antivirus
has real-time protection ransomware
detection Cloud scanning anti-fishing
protection and a data breach scanner it
also has tons of tools to optimize your
PC so if you're like me and you have
files all over the place a duplicate
file finder will be your savior for
cleaning up one small problem here is
that the basic plan for the antivirus
lacks most of the features that I just
mentioned so yeah you're gonna have to
go for a higher priced plan to get the
best version of total AV for a cheaper
more inclusive package bitdefender or
surf shark antivirus might be better oh
and that's another thing that's missing
is a good cloud backup system not
everyone needs one but if you do you
might want to keep that in mind now as
some of you know we do a lot of our own
independent testing and this usually
just involves download coating and
infecting our test PC with 10 nasty
malware files while testing out all the
scanning options from each provider when
it comes to the results finding at least
7 out of 10 malicious files Well we'd
consider that a worth your money
antivirus and windows Defenders results
zero malicious piles so yeah the default
Windows antivirus is definitely not the
way to go but looking at this total AV
review for protection it blows everyone
out of the water and manages to easily
find all 10 files with its system scan
now the quick scan as with all providers
doesn't find any malware because it's
mostly used for more well-known easily
recognized threats and in 2022 I tested
totally V against more than 2 000 pieces
of malware and if you want to see it
well I'll link the video right here now
total AV has been independently lab
tested as well AV test awarded the
service with a maximum of six points in
performance and usability it also showed
that totally the successfully blocked 97
of zero day malware attacks in 2022 now
total AV does have a free version and to
be honest this free plan is really good
for basic window security it comes with
a malware scanner anti-fishing
protection in but it does have a single
device limit of course for better and
more covered protection you gotta go
with the premium plans the total
security plan will be the best bang for
your buck since it includes a VPN
password manager and ad blocker but yeah
it's a bit more expensive if you only
need an antivirus totally the plans
become very affordable
now if you want something more flexible
and affordable bitdefender for Windows
might just be the right provider for you
since it's not just an antivirus
bitdefender packs in a password manager
VPN and a PC Optimizer just to name a
few of their features but one small
really useful feature is profiles
because these allow you to create
different settings and switch them on
the fly so for example I can set up my
work profile to minimize all the scans
and impact of bitdefender on my PC while
I'm working okay so let's take a look at
our testing results from malware
protection now like with every provider
on this list quick scans are more suited
for well-known malware and will only
scan your device's main directories so
no it didn't find any of the 10
malicious files however with the system
scan it found 9 out of 10 threads which
is an amazing result every bitdefender
review from independent sources say the
same thing it's great it even won the AV
comparatives product of the euro Ward
four times in total that's more than any
other antivirus program bitdefender also
blocked 100 percent of threats when
testing in April 2022 this includes all
types of new and old threats like zero
day or even four-week-old viruses okay
so while bitdefender has a variety of
tools and features like most top
antivirus providers the VPN it offers is
a little lackluster the data limit on
the basic plan is way too restrictive so
it's really no good for daily use and
bitdefender offers only one tunneling
protocol catapult Hydra which is not the
most modern reversible option out there
so to make this VPN usable at all you're
gonna have to upgrade to premium
security or the premium VPN plans just
like total AV bitdefender does come with
a free version and well it might be a
little bit better than total AV I mean
it is a more comprehensive package
including a virus scan real-time
protection features while safeguarding
from fishing and ramps somewhere attacks
so it might just be the best free
antivirus for Windows 11. but what I
really like about bitdefender's plans is
that they're not limited to select
devices with each plan you can choose
just how many devices you need to be
covered this makes the pricing a lot
more flexible and you can get a year of
antivirus Plus at an affordable price so
if you're looking for the most
affordable Antivirus for Windows 11 then
bitdefender is one of the better choices
Okay so we've seen two out of five
nominees so let's remember that there
are discount links for each provider in
the description below they will save you
moolabuku all right for a more premium
all-inclusive cyber Security Suite let's
take a look at Norton Antivirus not the
cheapest provider on this list but it is
one with very solid features Norton for
Windows 11 has all three elements of
good internet protection a VPN password
manager and Antivirus but one gripe I
have with Norton is the constant opening
of new tabs or apps I mean it gets to a
point of being annoyingly comical say
you want a certain tool on the desktop
app you get a new tab want to get a
specific feature on the mobile app new
app
how about installing a new app well
there's an app for that so yeah for a
suite that's so inclusive it's weirdly
built now for our own test we've placed
those 10 malicious files on our test PC
and ran a few different scans the full
system scan shows why Norton is an
awesome premium antivirus finding all 10
out of 10 malware files and only taking
11 minutes to finish and we aren't the
only ones that praise Norton's
protection it has a long history of
perfect or near perfect virus detection
results and even during the most recent
independent AV test testing period
Norton's Security Suite caught 100 of
zero day malware and detected no false
positives boom double win
but one small downside of Norton is the
pricing it's the most extensive
antivirus software on this list so if
your decision comes down to the price
well I'm gonna recommend going with
bitdefender I think that we can all
appreciate that Norton gives you a
30-day trial to test things out but the
lack of a truly free version is a bit of
a letdown for just standard protection
you can get Norton Antivirus for less
than 20 a year but for the full package
it's going to require a bit more look it
gives you all the security you need as
well as cloud storage and if you don't
mind spending a bit more I'd highly
recommend the deluxe 360 plan it has a
massive 50 gigabytes of cloud storage a
great VPN dark web monitoring and
parental control so it's great when you
want to protect all of your family's
devices okay now for surf shark blade
hold up isn't surf shark a VPN you're
saying isn't this supposed to be a best
antivirus for Windows 11 video well yeah
surfshark is mostly known for its VPN
but now it also contains quite a
powerful antivirus with its new
surfshark1 plan and one extra feature
from it that I didn't think I would use
that often was surf shark search it
actually allows me to search the web
without ads and more importantly lets me
keep my searching private well with
surfshark there are no results based on
your profiles previous searches or any
other nonsense like that it's just a
simple tool that I kind of love to use
all the time now now it is worth
mentioning that this antivirus doesn't
have an integrated firewall that would
prevent malware from sneaking into your
device in the first place meaning it's a
great protection tool but not so much a
prevention tool there's also no
vulnerability scanner that could help
prevent potential threats and since it's
kind of a new provider on the market
there aren't many independent tests that
have been done on it yet so in that case
onto our own tests and knowing that
surfshark is more of a VPN provider well
it's likely to be subpar right but we'd
actually be wrong yep surfshark managed
to find 9 out of 10 malicious files and
while it's not a perfect score it's
still an amazing result from a company
that's better known for its VPN
surfshark antivirus is a bit different
from other providers on this list at
least pricing wise the reason for that
is that it only comes with the one plan
surfshark1 and that's it but this does
include both the popular surfshark VPN
and this antivirus version
so you're looking at under five dollars
a month if you go with a longer billing
option and the only way to get things
any cheaper is with a longer billing
period since you can't remove any
features that you don't need so if you
don't have a VPN and an antivirus combo
already then surfshark1 might be the
best option for you but hey regardless
of what type of user you are your
devices all need protecting so if any of
these feel like a dream provider then
check the description for the best
offers that are available on them
whoa and look at who just jumped into
the combo bandwagon yep nordvpn but I'm
not sure what we're looking at here is
it a full-fledged antivirus or more of a
balanced middle ground for users that
just want to activate some protection
and be done with it yeah it's the last
one so nordvp and Antivirus helps you
avoid threats in a few different ways
first it prevents you from visiting
malicious sites with a warning message
it also scans your downloaded files for
any infections then it blocks invasive
trackers which helps prevent targeted
ads and lastly it protects your eyes
from all those intrusive ads while
surfing so as I said it's not a
full-fledged Suite but it's a great
combo of antivirus features and an
awesome VPN okay so moving on to my test
here we have a bit of a different
approach while threat protection can be
seen as any regular antivirus it also
works a little bit differently as I
mentioned before it's more of a
real-time threat prevention system than
just a standard antivirus what it lacks
the most is a full scan feature it's one
of the most useful tools for any
antivirus and when every other provider
on this list can offer that well yeah
we're already kind of a bit behind the
eight ball here aren't we okay so I
tested it by trying to visit some shady
websites and download some nasty
malicious files and to nordvpn's credit
it did manage to detect 8 out of 10
malware pieces on my PC while nordvpn
with threat protection seems similar to
Surf shark it's actually a bit different
price wise instead of having one plan
that stuffs every feature into it
nordvpn has three plans however in our
case VPN and threat protection are
included with every single plan here and
if you can comfortably afford it the
more expensive plans come with a
whopping one terabyte of encrypted cloud
storage if you don't need that well you
can use a cheaper plan and save quite a
bit more over the years and the cheapest
nordvpn plan does go for somewhere
around three dollars a month with the
two-year billing option now before we
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okay so that's just about it for this
best antivirus for Windows 11 in 2023 I
hope you found all the tools you need to
keep your PC safe but to recap here's a
quick overview of everything we
discussed total AV antivirus is the best
Windows 11 antivirus overall if you just
want to pick one provider and don't want
to overthink it go with total AV
bitdefender has all the essentials for
Windows 11 and runs super smoothly it's
a lean mean malware fighting machine
Norton Antivirus is a super solid
all-around Windows 11 antivirus it's a
little bit more expensive than the other
options but it does offer more useful
features surfshark antivirus is one of
the best antivirus for PC if you also
need to cover your Online safety it has
useful features and is easy to use even
for beginners nordvpn Total Protection
is a great option if you want to have a
VPN with an antivirus solution the best
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