In fact, it outdoes its competitors to a pretty significant extent.
Fortunately, as the name suggests, it’s completely free for Windows and Mac!
On-access protection from viruses and other malware.

Smart Scan progress.
Includes a “heuristics engine.”
Silent mode to hide alerts.
Long history of excellent virus protection.

Smart Scan progress.
Can turn off the features you don’t want.
Scan directly from File Explorer.
No commercial use (home/personal only).

Tries to install unrelated software.
Shows ads within the program.
Doesn’t hide the non-free features.

There’s also real-time protection of files, email, web surfing, and suspicious behavior.
you’re able to trigger this sort of scan to run on a schedule if you’d like.
Blocking apps is allowed to protect yourself from viruses they might have.

A great way this program protects itself is by letting you set a program password.
Doing so prevents other people from making changes like turning it off.
See total attacks prevented, files scanned, threats quarantined, and more.
That’s simply not true; it’s acompleteanti-malware tool.
These editions have a lot more features like afirewall, VPN, sandbox, webcam protection, and more.
But these features are also available in other free programs if you want them.
It includes just about everything you’d ever want from an antivirus program, free or otherwise.