warning of potentially dangerous content—I counted these as successful
detections, too. The antivirus eliminated another 10% of the threats during the
download process.
NOD32’s total score of 96% protection is good, but 10 products scored even
better in their latest malicious URL test. Bitdefender, McAfee, and Norton top
this list, all with a perfect 100% protection score.
DECENT PHISHING PROTECTION
It’s possible to spot phishing scams if you’re alert, but having help from your
antivirus means you’re protected even when your eyelids are drooping.
To start the phishing test, I collect reported frauds from websites that track
such things, making sure to include some that are so new they haven’t yet been
analyzed and blacklisted. Phishing sites are ephemeral, and the very newest
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each suspected URL in a browser protected by the product under test and
simultaneously in instances of Chrome, Firefox, and Edge protected only by the
browser’s built-in phishing detection.