/r/antivirus/

r/antivirus

145k members
r/antivirus is a subreddit with 145k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses malware, virus, antivirus, trojan, and infostealer, and they frequently recommend/review antivirus, free antivirus, and av.
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Popular Themes in r/antivirus

#1
Advice Requests
: "Please help 😭"
20 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Help my computer just started having these pop ups"
17 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "My PC got infected by Expiro"
15 posts

Popular Topics in r/antivirus

#1

Malware

: "Can someone help me get rid of this? i've scanned with Malwarebytes but the scan comes out clean."
127 posts
#2

Virus

: "Mr Beast Virus"
118 posts
#3

Antivirus

: "What’s a good Antivirus for Windows that doesn’t slow everything down?"
86 posts
#4

Trojan

: "Persistant Trojan Detection(Trojan:Win32/Kepavell!rfn) - Windows Defender keeps finding it even after Offline Scan"
50 posts
#5

Infostealer

: "So I think i got an Infostealer and i'm fully paranoid"
29 posts
#6

Scan

: "When the Scan is running it says theres infected files but when it finishes it says no viruses detected"
27 posts
#7

Free

25 posts
#8

Security

: "Messing around with Android Security software"
25 posts
#9

Annoying

17 posts
#10

Pc

: "I Think I reset my Pc but I don't know if anything is safe yet; how can I know for sure?"
16 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"
8 posts
#2
News
: "Windows defender got lowest score in comparison with competitors in tests by IRCT and Hong Kong's consumer council"
1 post
#3
advise
: "looking for free antivirus to replace kasperksy ,windows"
1 post
#4
Help!
: "Im so dumb and disappointed on how much i dont understand cyber security"
1 post
#5
Discord
: "They replaced the Mr Beast scam with Andrew Tate"
1 post
#6
Questioon
: "Currently an ESET user, is Defender better? + more"
1 post
#7
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
#8
Question
: "What's the best antivirus that's easy to uninstall?"
1 post

Member Growth in r/antivirus

Yearly
+38k members(35.6%)

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Last updated: June 24, 2026