r/antivirus is a subreddit with 155k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses antivirus, free, malware, annoying, and windows, and they frequently recommend/review antivirus, free antivirus, and av.
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Popular Themes in r/antivirus
#1
Advice Requests
: "Left my laptop, home alome, came back to this, what do I do."
18 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "EA Account Hacked despite removing infostealer"
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Trojan in Windows. How can I save my data?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/antivirus
#1
Antivirus
44 posts
#2
Free
25 posts
#3
Malware
: "Info stealer Malware"
25 posts
#4
Annoying
17 posts
#5
Windows
: "Windows Security still won't open Virus & threat protection after Microsoft Safety Scanner deleted detected viruses"
17 posts
#6
Virus
: "help guys im paranoid , downloaded this trainer opened it and it ran a black screen and nothing happened after , is this a Virus ??"
14 posts
#7
Scan
11 posts
#8
Mcafee
9 posts
#9
Trojan
: "what is Trojan:Win32/Commando.A!ml? am i in any danger?"
8 posts
#10
Norton
7 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
: "Discord captcha"
16 posts
#2
PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION
: "What is your opinion of ESET anti-virus?"
3 posts
#3
INDUSTRY NEWS
: "Kaspersky is DEAD - Downtime over 72+ hours"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/antivirus
Yearly
+38k members(32.3%)
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Last updated: October 16, 2026