The computer market is full of antivirus software suites, stating that theirs is the best and promising you excellent Bypass Kaspersky Internet Security detection results and safe surfing on the web. The only problem with some of this information is that it tends to be bias.
Either the reviews are written by an affiliate who receives a commission for each sale or the antivirus company itself provides its own promotional information to convince you to buy.
This article will provide you with the steps required to performance test any antivirus software suites that you may be interested in purchasing to run on your PC. The test results will provide you with real-time information about how the antivirus packages run on your PC, allowing you to make the right purchasing decision first time round.
Preparation
Before you take the plunge and start testing your antivirus suites, you should give your PC a performance service with one of the many free utilities available online.
Advanced System Care is a good clean-up/tweak utility that will give your PC a deep clean with a simple one-click interface. Before running any clean-up program, make sure you have a current data backup. Once you have used Advanced System Care, you may leave it installed if it does not impact too much on your PC's resources or just uninstall it.
As a side note, you can possibly help your computers performance as well by editing your system's start-up file by using the 'msconfig' utility to disable any unnecessary auto start apps when your PC starts up. If you are not familiar with this process and are unsure as to what to disable then just use the Advanced System Care program.
Online Research
Although you can gather some useful information from the reviewer or the vendor's website, it is always wise to check the online forums or read independent reviews about the product you are researching, which do not have a bias, prior to your purchase.
One recommended website that offers an unbiased review is av-comparatives.org and provides test results for many antivirus products.
The two test results of interest are the detection and removal results, as you will be doing your own performance testing to see how the antivirus suites affect your particular PC within its own hardware/software environment. The detection and removal results are displayed by clicking on the 'comparatives' tab on the main page of av-comparatives website.