AVG AntiVirus vs. Bitdefender Antivirus vs. Microsoft Defender
No matter how careful you are online, you can still be at risk of picking up a nasty virus or other malware. If you don’t want to shell out for an expensive (and resource-hogging) antivirus app, there are plenty of free tools to keep you protected. Far from being cut-down and basic, even these free programs come with plenty of features to protect your PC. But are they too good to be true, and how do they compare to the built-in protection that Windows offers? We pit three of the most popular free antivirus tools against each other to find out.