r/antivirus is a subreddit with 155k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses antivirus, free, malware, annoying, and virus, and they frequently recommend/review antivirus, free antivirus, and av.
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Popular Themes in r/antivirus
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Every 10 minutes i get a notification from malwarebytes that someone is trying to access a site using MSBuild"
7 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Looking for anti-virus recommendations"
1 post
#3
Advice Requests
: "Have a question about malware and Session stealer need advise"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "I’m building AXSafe, a free antivirus project for Windows. What would you want from it?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/antivirus
#1
Antivirus
44 posts
#2
Free
25 posts
#3
Malware
21 posts
#4
Annoying
17 posts
#5
Virus
11 posts
#6
Scan
11 posts
#7
Mcafee
9 posts
#8
Norton
7 posts
#9
Avast
6 posts
#10
Worst
6 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
MALWARE REMOVAL Q&A
: "hi is this safe"
20 posts
#2
PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION
: "Looking for anti-virus recommendations"
4 posts
#3
MALWARE REMOVAL Q&A
: "Browser compromised?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/antivirus
Yearly
+38k members(31.8%)
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Last updated: October 26, 2026