The real-time antivirus protection in TotalAV operates continuously, examining downloads and software. Upon completion, TotalAV offered several actions to address malware files: delete, whitelist, quarantine, or ignore. Notably, the Smart Scan also pinpointed junk files, duplicates, cookies, and auto-start programs. The Smart and Quick Scans were swift, taking around 11 minutes. By contrast, Norton achieved a perfect score of 100% in the same tests. Sadly, TotalAV has faired worse in AV-Test’s protection tests, scoring lower than Microsoft Defender and Avira (the supplier of it’s antivirus engine). We found the Full System Scan to be efficient, taking only an hour and identifying 99.2% of test files, including ransomware and hidden spyware. TotalAV employs Avira’s esteemed anti-malware engine, providing four types of virus scans: Quick, System, Smart, and Custom (Windows only). If you want the best protection, we recommend Norton. TotalAV has attractive first-year prices, but unrealistically high second-year prices. TotalAV offers anti-malware, anti-phishing, a password manager, and an unlimited VPN. TotalAV averaged 6.00 out of 6 in the last 10 performance tests.

This is below average and behind Microsoft Defender. TotalAV scored 5.25 out of 6 in the last 10 tests. Norton, Bitdefender, McAfee, and Kaspersky have better test scores, more features, and lower prices. Overall, there are better options out there. Compare that to Norton 360 Deluxe, a better product, which renews at $ 109. For example, TotalAV Total Security renews at $ 179. Sadly, TotalAV’s second-year prices (the ones without the discount) are far too high. On the upside, TotalAV has no impact on the speed of your PC, offers great first-year prices, and includes many security features (although it misses a firewall and parental controls). But it is below-average and behind Microsoft Defender and Avira (its tech supplier).

To be fair, it averaged 5.25 out of 6 points over the last 10 tests. TotalAV has below-average anti-malware scores. TotalAV is ranked #15 out of 20 antivirus software.

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