About
A small desk that reads the lab reports so you don't have to
Antivirus Software Online is written and maintained by the AVSO Editorial Desk, an independent editorial team. We publish under a shared desk name rather than personal bylines: the method is the authority here, not a personality.
Prices and lab results verified Editorial policy
Five rules we work by
- 1Every number has a source and a date.Lab results link to the lab's own report; prices link to the vendor's pricing page and show when we read them.
- 2We say what we couldn't verify.Blocked pages, local-currency prices and missing renewal figures are footnoted, not filled in.
- 3No invented trust signals.No fake user counts, no star ratings from readers we don't have, no badges we didn't earn. Our structured data contains no aggregate ratings.
- 4No paid placement.Rankings come from the published formula on the methodology page. Commission doesn't move a product up or down.
- 5No hands-on claims we can't back.We don't run a malware lab, and we never imply that we do.
How the site is funded
Some buttons are affiliate links: if you buy through them, the vendor may pay us a commission at no extra cost to you. Most vendors on this site have no affiliate programme with us yet, so their buttons go straight to their official pricing pages. The current list is on the affiliate disclosure.
Sister site
For VPN rankings we point to bestvpnonline.com, a sister publication that covers VPN services in the same way.
Contact and corrections
Found an error or a newer lab report? Email editors@antivirussoftwareonline.com. We correct the underlying data, so the fix appears on every page that uses it. See our editorial policy and how we test.