r/antivirus is a subreddit with 146k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses malware, antivirus, virus, trojan, and free, and they frequently recommend/review antivirus, free antivirus, and av.
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Popular Themes in r/antivirus
#1
Advice Requests
: "Please help 😭"
17 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "whats the best anti virus?"
15 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "My PC got infected by Expiro"
13 posts
Popular Topics in r/antivirus
#1
Malware
: "Pwned by renpy Malware (another one...)"
73 posts
#2
Antivirus
: "what do you guys use for Antivirus"
67 posts
#3
Virus
: "is this a Virus 😱"
52 posts
#4
Trojan
: "This file has all these Trojans??"
30 posts
#5
Free
25 posts
#6
Security
: "Norton360 Security History"
21 posts
#7
Scan
: "Ran the fake Ren’Py update malware, but all Scans are now clean. Please help what to do ?"
19 posts
#8
Annoying
17 posts
#9
Infostealer
: "Am I safe after having an Infostealer?"
13 posts
#10
Mcafee
12 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!
: "Anyone knows what this is"
8 posts
#2
Question
: "Windows Defender completely bypassed in a Scammer Payback video - How safe is it?"
3 posts
#3
Virus issue
: "These two viruses won't go away?"
1 post
#4
Question/Help
: "Recently got a new computer, looking to know what antivirus I should use"
1 post
#5
I got scammed and need help
: "I Think I reset my pc but I don't know if anything is safe yet; how can I know for sure?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/antivirus
Yearly
+39k members(36.0%)
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Last updated: June 30, 2026