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 virus, malware, antivirus, pc, and trojan, 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."
11 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Got hit by an infostealer via Discord - Need advice on full removal - ASUS TUF A15"
10 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "guys im scared as shit what happened?"
6 posts
Popular Topics in r/antivirus
#1
Virus
: "my litttle sister downloaded some VirusðŸ˜"
100 posts
#2
Malware
: "Can someone help me get rid of this? i've scanned with Malwarebytes but the scan comes out clean."
99 posts
#3
Antivirus
: "What’s a good Antivirus for Windows that doesn’t slow everything down?"
94 posts
#4
Pc
: "I caught two viruses on my Pc"
34 posts
#5
Trojan
: "I downloaded a ROM, and it turned out to be just a Trojan"
27 posts
#6
Free
25 posts
#7
Scan
: "When the Scan is running it says theres infected files but when it finishes it says no viruses detected"
22 posts
#8
False Positive
: "False Positive or RAT? (VirusTotal Report)"
22 posts
#9
Infostealer
: "So I think i got an Infostealer and i'm fully paranoid"
20 posts
#10
Annoying
17 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"
10 posts
#2
Help!
: "Im so dumb and disappointed on how much i dont understand cyber security"
1 post
#3
Questioon
: "Currently an ESET user, is Defender better? + more"
1 post
#4
SOLVED
: "Have I got two legitimate root detections or are these false positives?"
1 post
#5
CALL FOR HELP
: "How to safely scan a USB stick for potential malware files and remove them if found?"
1 post
#6
Question
: "WPS Office for Windows on work laptop"
1 post
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Yearly
+36k members(34.1%)
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Last updated: June 3, 2026