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Neil J. Rubenking
PCMag
“TotalAV is steadily improving but can’t dethrone these two Editors’ Choice winners.”
Critical Assessment
What Critics Praise
- Clean user-friendly interface
- Uncommon system-tune utilities
- Smart Scan cleans junk and duplicates
- Good level of configuration and customization
- Easy targeting and scanning of specific folders
- Several utility modules work well enough
Points of Contention
- Zero-day protection scores below industry average
- Mixed performance results
- Errors removing some malware infections
- Heavy upselling and push to purchase the paid version
- Trial limits essential functions
- Poor company support and many complaints on BBB
Professional Reviews
3 reviews from 3 critics50
Ian Paul
PCWorld
“Overall, however, TotalAV has some improvements to make in performance and detection before we can wholeheartedly recommend it.”
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Chris Barylick
MacWorld
“If you’re looking for a security utility that will supposedly help protect you on multiple fronts there are better options out there.”