The user interface is a little unruly, but overall Norton 360 Deluxe offers strong antivirus protection and an excellent range of other features such as a password manager, VPN access, automatic cloud backups and dark web monitoring, although PCs with modest hardware may experience a drop in scanning performance - something to bear in mind if you frequently work with new or modified files.

With Norten, you get decent protection. However, the double interface often makes operation unclear.

Norton achieves the top mark in terms of virus detection. There is room for improvement in terms of features. At least unlimited VPN is included in the package.

In this order, Avira, Kaspersky and Bitdefender offer the best level of protection in the test. The Russian manufacturer Kaspersky is the test winner, as its features and performance are also convincing. The Romanian manufacturer Bitdefender, which also has the best price/performance ratio, was close behind...