r/antivirus↗
Antivirus
For all of your Antivirus needs.
155k subscribers754 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)602 authors / mosince 2010
r/antivirus has 155k members (+31% over the last 12 months). It gets about 754 posts a month from 602 people. Top topics: Virus_Malware_Security, Antivirus Discussion and Windows Security & Defender.
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Topics and brands on r/antivirus
Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Virus_Malware_Security18%
- Antivirus Discussion3.5%
- Windows Security & Defender1.9%
- Malware Discussions1.4%
- Malware Security1.1%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Malwarebytes
- Have I Been Pwned
- Qualys
- Microsoft
- ESET
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