r/antivirus is a subreddit with 142k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses malware, virus, antivirus, trojan, and pc, and they frequently recommend/review antivirus, free antivirus, and av.
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Popular Themes in r/antivirus
#1
Solution Requests
: "Can someone help me get rid of this? i've scanned with malwarebytes but the scan comes out clean."
14 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Trojan Virus found, what should I do?"
13 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Avast - and the horrors to unsubscribe - Sly things that the company does to make it harder"
8 posts
Popular Topics in r/antivirus
#1
Malware
: "After deleting the Trojan Virus via Malwarebytes yesterday My roblox account got terminated"
127 posts
#2
Virus
: "my litttle sister downloaded some VirusðŸ˜"
125 posts
#3
Antivirus
: "how do people pick an Antivirus without overcomplicating it?"
99 posts
#4
Trojan
: "Trojan Virus found, what should I do?"
39 posts
#5
Pc
: "I caught two viruses on my Pc"
34 posts
#6
Security
: "Messing around with Android Security software"
33 posts
#7
Scan
: "When the Scan is running it says theres infected files but when it finishes it says no viruses detected"
29 posts
#8
Infostealer
: "So I think i got an Infostealer and i'm fully paranoid"
29 posts
#9
False Positive
: "False Positive or RAT? (VirusTotal Report)"
28 posts
#10
Free
25 posts
Products Discussed in r/antivirus
Antivirus
300 reviews
#1
Bitdefender
4.3★ from 88 reviews
#2
ESET
4.2★ from 56 reviews
#3
Kaspersky
4.3★ from 52 reviews
Free Antivirus
157 reviews
#1
Bitdefender
4.5★ from 64 reviews
#2
Kaspersky
4.4★ from 30 reviews
#3
Microsoft
4.4★ from 16 reviews
Av
108 reviews
#1
Bitdefender
4.4★ from 41 reviews
#2
Kaspersky
4.2★ from 28 reviews
#3
ESET
4.3★ from 8 reviews
Flair Used in r/antivirus
#1
Edit me!
: "Multiple Account Hackings"
11 posts
#2
SOLVED
: "service host using 100% GPU"
2 posts
#3
Solved
: "Just want a second opinion if this is normal. I know an antivirus would disable another but it telling me im locked out by an "IT admin" and i cant uninstall??"
1 post
#4
GOT HACKED
: "Got hacked in under 3 hours. MEXC drained despite SMS + Authenticator 2FA. No login alerts on main account. Did an attacker bypass everything?"
1 post
#5
Help!
: "Im so dumb and disappointed on how much i dont understand cyber security"
1 post
#6
Questioon
: "Currently an ESET user, is Defender better? + more"
1 post
#7
CALL FOR HELP
: "How to safely scan a USB stick for potential malware files and remove them if found?"
1 post
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+36k members(34.1%)
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Last updated: June 4, 2026