The Best Security Suites We’ve Tested for 2026

Scores in hands-on tests: For many years, Bitdefender has scored lower than expected in my hands-on malware-blocking test. At the same time, the labs rate it near perfect, and I give them more weight. With 8.6 of 10 possible points, it comes in behind about 60% of the competition. In a separate test, it blocked 95% of a collection of real-world malware-hosting URLs, either by diverting the browser away from the dangerous page or by preventing the malware download. That’s not a top score, but Bitdefender’s 100% detection rate in my antiphishing test certainly is.

Independent lab test scores: Antivirus is the core of any security suite, so I check five antivirus testing labs to see what they think of each antivirus engine. Four of the five include Bitdefender in their latest reports, and it scored the maximum possible in all but one test. Each lab reports antivirus success differently, so I’ve devised an algorithm to map all the scores to a 10-point scale and generate a combined score. Bitdefender’s 9.6-point aggregate score is among the best.

Pricing and pricing tiers: Bitdefender’s products generally come in two subscription types, Individual and Family. An Individual plan covers five devices, while the Family plan covers 25 and adds parental control. Bitdefender Total Security costs $109.99 per year at the Individual level or $139.99 for a Family subscription. Looking at it another way, you pay $22 per device per year at the Individual level or $5.60 per device per year with a Family pack. That’s the best price of all the suites gathered here.

Core suite features: This Bitdefender suite is loaded with features, including favorites like firewall, antispam, and parental control. It won’t back up your files, but its password manager will help you remember strong passwords, and its optimization features aim to enhance system performance. It even comes with a VPN, though you pay extra to remove bandwidth and server-choice limits.

Ransomware protection: All malware is bad, but some malware is worse. Ransomware, in particular, does damage that can’t be reversed ex post facto by an antivirus. Bitdefender’s Advanced Threat Defense and Network Threat Prevention features detect and prevent malware behaviors (among their other talents), and Ransomware Remediation aims to recover any files encrypted before the behavioral defenses kick in. In testing, with all other defenses disabled, Bitdefender successfully prevented 12 of 12 real-world ransomware attacks. One sample encrypted two files before being nabbed, but Ransomware Remediation recovered them. It’s the best ransomware defense I’ve seen.

Identity protection features: If you want Bitdefender’s antivirus technology with identity theft protection included, you want Bitdefender Ultimate Security, not Bitdefender Total Security, as described here. The closest this app comes to identity protection is the mobile-only Account Privacy feature, which checks your email addresses to see if they’ve appeared in a data breach.

Additional features: Bitdefender’s standalone antivirus packs so many security features that it’s almost a suite, and Total Security adds even more. Scam detection keeps you from being tricked, and an anti-theft system helps when your laptop or mobile goes missing. Other useful features include an active Do Not Track system for the browser, protection against webcam or mic misuse, a scanner that applies missing security patches, a hardened desktop for financial transactions, and more.

The laid-back user: While some may think fooling around with security is fun, you consider it a necessary chore. Bitdefender has you covered. Just turn on its AutoPilot, take any actions the AutoPilot advises, and then sit back while the security suite does its job.

The feature collector: Every security suite starts with the core protection of antivirus and (usually) a firewall. From there, they diverge: some with just a handful of additional features, others with every feature imaginable. If you appreciate the latter and want all the features, just in case they’re needed, Bitdefender is exactly what you need.

The thrifty user: In a very real way, Bitdefender is the least expensive of the suites gathered here. If you buy the five-device Individual license, you’re paying $22 per device. But if you go for the Family license, which covers 25 devices, that per-device price drops to $5.60. Your Lavender Latte costs more than that.

Scores in hands-on tests: If no one aces a test, participants can console themselves with the thought that it might have been just too hard. McAfee’s performance in my hands-on malware-blocking test validates both the test and McAfee’s prowess—it scored a perfect 10 out of 10 points. McAfee also detected 100% of the real-world phishing frauds I used in my antiphishing test. Had it also scored 100% in my malicious URL blocking test, that would have been a trifecta. It didn’t, but a 93% protection rate at least matches the median score.

Independent lab test scores: McAfee appears in the latest reports from 3 of the 5 antivirus testing labs I follow. McAfee earned a perfect score in almost all the tests. Perfection could mean 100% detection, an AAA rating, or Advanced+ certification, so I’ve devised a system that maps all results to a 10-point scale and returns a combined result. McAfee’s 8.9-point aggregate score from three labs is good, but it has done better in the past.

Pricing and pricing tiers: McAfee’s pricing is both simple and generous. Your yearly McAfee+ subscription costs $149.99, and it covers all your devices. Specifically, you can use it to install protection on any device belonging to a member of your household, provided the device runs Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, or ChromeOS. It’s a bargain.

Core suite features: Over the last several years, McAfee has dropped features that weren’t being used, such as spam filtering and parental controls. It doesn’t include backup for important files or a system performance tune-up. You do get McAfee’s True Key password manager, which has some unusual authentication features. And its antivirus, firewall, and VPN form a solid bulwark of protection.

Ransomware protection: To test how well an antivirus defends against ransomware, I normally disable all other layers except ransomware protection. That plan fails with McAfee, because it’s not possible to separate out the ransomware layers. I managed to run a test anyway by creating a new, never-before-seen set of hand-tweaked sampled. With every possible protective layer active, McAfee failed to block a whole-disk-encrypting sample and one of a dozen file-encrypting samples. That’s worrying.

Identity protection features: At its cheapest pricing tier, McAfee+ is little more than an unlimited-license version of McAfee Total Protection. That does mean it monitors the dark web and warns if your personal data has been breached. The Advanced and Ultimate tiers add identity theft detection and remediation, with credit score monitoring, credit freeze help, transaction monitoring for your financial accounts, and more. It doesn’t max out on identity features the way Bitdefender or Norton do, but it covers the high points. In addition, it offers privacy advice for your social media accounts, finds and removes personal information from third-party data brokers, and even helps you find and eliminate online accounts that you’ve abandoned or forgotten.

Additional features: McAfee’s studies show that scam texts and other fakes are overtaking malware as the biggest threat to consumer security. You can configure McAfee+ to pre-process your incoming webmail and flag suspicious messages. Giving it access to your mail also lets it generate a report of all the online accounts you’ve connected with. Eliminating unused and abandoned accounts helps protect your privacy. While you’re thinking about privacy, you can use McAfee’s secure deletion file shredder to wipe out sensitive private documents so thoroughly that no snoop (or lawman) can recover them.

The score tracker: I challenge every antivirus to detect a standard collection of malware samples using every available feature, from simple on-site recognition to behavioral analysis. Any antivirus can theoretically earn up to 10 points in this test, and McAfee has done so in the past, but its current score is 9.3. It did manage a perfect 100% in my phishing detection test and a very good 97% against malware-hosting URLs. Add to that its aggregate lab score of 8.9 points, derived from three labs, and you’ve got a suite with plenty of high scores.

The loyal customer: If you show your brand loyalty by signing up for automatic renewal, McAfee slings some loyalty right back at you in the form of a virus-free guarantee. In the rare event that a malware attack gets past all antivirus defenses, McAfee’s support experts will log in remotely to chase down the problem. And in the even rarer event they can’t fix the problem, you get your money back. Now that’s loyalty.

The identity defender: You know you want an early warning system against identity theft, plus recovery help if needed, but many of the services can be overwhelming. McAfee covers all the essential identity theft tasks, from dark web monitoring to credit tracking to a million-dollar recovery guarantee. But you may find it easier to grasp than some of its competitors.

Scores in hands-on tests: My malware blocking test gives each antivirus multiple chances to detect and quarantine many dozens of real-world malware samples, from eliminating the threat on sight to detecting its behavior after launch. Norton, like Avast and AVG, scored 9.7 of 10 available points, beating all but a handful of competitors. For a different view, I challenge each antivirus with 100-odd malware-hosting URLs, giving equal credit if it blocks all access to the dangerous URL or quarantines the malware download. In that test, Norton achieved a near-perfect 99% protection, almost all of it by diverting the browser away from the dangerous page. Norton also steered the browser away from 99% of the real-world phishing websites I used in my antiphishing test.

Independent lab test scores: Independent antivirus testing labs can’t test every antivirus. They have to draw the line somewhere. All five labs I follow included Norton in their most recent test results, indicating they considered it significant. And all five awarded it their top score, for an aggregate lab score of 10.0 points, the maximum.

Pricing and pricing tiers: Norton 360 Deluxe costs $119.99 per year, period. That gets you security suite protection for five devices, five licenses for Norton’s no-limits VPN, and 50GB of hosted online storage to back up your Windows boxes. If you want a single Norton subscription that covers more than five devices, you must upgrade to one of the Norton 360 With LifeLock suites.

Core suite features: File backup, whether online or local, was once a standard in top-tier security mega-suites, but it’s becoming less common. With Norton, you get 50GB of hosted storage for backing up your Windows devices. Norton no longer filters spam, but it still includes all the other standard suite features: antivirus, firewall, VPN, parental control, password management, and even system performance tuning.

Ransomware protection: In a perfect world, your antivirus would eliminate every malicious program, including ransomware. However, the consequences of letting a ransomware attack run, even temporarily, are high, so Norton builds in additional protection through its Data Protector feature. Data Protector prevents unauthorized programs from making any changes to files residing in protected folders. In testing, with all other protective layers disabled, it missed one real-world ransomware sample but caught the rest. Of course, with Norton fully active, the samples didn’t stand a chance.

Identity protection features: While full identity protection requires an upgrade to Norton With LifeLock, this suite includes several identity-related components. It monitors the dark web and warns if your personal data has been compromised. And its Privacy Monitor flags data brokers that have created profiles from your personal information, though you must pay extra to have it help remove those profiles.

Additional features: Like McAfee, Norton is devoting increasing resources to detecting scams and fraud. If its AI-powered Norton Genie component identifies a message or screenshot as suspicious, you can discuss its findings with it. Other, more traditional security bonuses include protection against webcam misuse, a browser extension to block ads and other trackers, a vulnerability scan to find apps that need patching, and a tool to analyze and manage apps that launch at startup.

The score tracker: One way to pick your security suite is to check the scoreboard. In my hands on tests using phishing frauds drawn from the real world, Norton detected a near-perfect 99%, and it did the same in a separate test using malware-hosting URLs. It scored 9.7 of 10 points in my malware-blocking test—only three recent products have done better. And all five independent labs include Norton in their reports, with all but one assigning it perfect scores. Based on the scoreboard, Norton’s a winner.

The old-school enthusiast: Do you respect brands that have survived the test of time? Norton has been supplying antivirus and other security protection since before the advent of Windows. Choose this one for your protection, and you’re backed by decades of experience.

The loyal customer: Once you’ve chosen your security suite, it makes sense to stick with it. Might as well sign up for automatic renewal (you can always cancel it later). When you do so, Norton returns your loyalty with its Virus Protection Promise. If a malware attack somehow gets past all of Norton’s many protective layers, security experts will log in to your computer remotely and manually wipe out the threat. If they can’t (which is unlikely), the company will refund your purchase price.

Scores in hands-on tests: In my hands-on malware blocking test, Avast detected 97% of the samples and scored 9.7 out of 10 possible points, the same as AVG and Norton. Challenged with 100-odd URLs hosting fresh, live malware, Avast’s 75% protection score is an outlier; it usually scores much higher. Avast proved more effective at detecting phishing fraud, with a near-perfect 99% detection rate.

Independent lab test scores: Independent labs around the world regularly test antivirus apps and report their findings. I closely track five such labs, and all five considered Avast significant enough to report on it in their latest tests. They all rated Avast at or near the top in their latest tests. My aggregate scoring algorithm incorporates those test results and yields 9.8 of 10 possible points, a very good result.

Pricing and pricing tiers: As a small business product, Avast handles licensing differently from many other suites. You can sign up to protect up to 999 devices. The yearly price per device drops from $49.81 for a few devices to $22.88 at 999 devices. Many small business suites max out at 25 devices—that would cost over $1,000 with Avast. The price is high, but you get some unique remote management features.

Core suite features: This business-centric security suite focuses on full remote management of essential antivirus and firewall features, while omitting some of the ancillary security features found in Avast’s consumer products and competitors’. It offers a VPN with no bandwidth or server-use limits, and its content filter system is a form of parental control. But you won’t find spam filtering, backup, tuneup, or password management.

Ransomware protection: The regular antivirus should handle all types of malware, including ransomware, but Avast’s Folder Shield adds an extra layer of protection. If an unauthorized program attempts any change to files in folders you’ve specified for protection, you get a warning, and a chance to axe the program and prevent the change. In testing, Avast successfully protected files in the listed folders, but some real-world ransomware samples encrypted as many as 10,000 files in folders not on the protected list.

Identity protection features: Avast focuses strongly on endpoint security, with remote management from the powerful business hub. Identity theft protection isn’t part of the plan.

Additional features: The biggest reason to pick Avast over some other suites is its powerful, detailed remote management system. You can fully control antivirus settings for every one of your company’s computers from the online Business Hub. The hub also lets you manage the use of removable devices in the whole company. Webcam and microphone protection keeps your meetings safe from corporate snoops, and a file shredder lets you destroy sensitive files beyond any hope of forensic recovery.

The score tracker: You don’t want to buy a security suite based on rumors and reputation—you want facts. Well, it’s a fact that five independent testing labs put Avast to the test and four awarded it their highest possible score (the fifth was close). Likewise, it’s a fact that Avast successfully fended off 99% of phishing attacks in a hands-on test. In a malware-blocking test, Avast scored 9.7, close to the top score. These are some fine scores!

The take-charge manager: Once you have Avast installed on all your company computers, you have complete control. From the online hub, you can tweak any antivirus setting and have the change pushed out to all those computers. You can also check status remotely, launch scans, effect remote reboots, and more. You’re the boss.

Scores in hands-on tests: With 8.6 of 10 possible points in my hands-on malware blocking test, Bitdefender barely makes it out of the bottom one-third. That’s no surprise; Bitdefender routinely scores lower than expected in this test. Perfect scores from the labs wipe away the stain of those low scores. A separate test rates how effectively an antivirus prevents malware downloads from dangerous URLs—Bitdefender scored 95% in that test. On a more positive note, when challenged with hundreds of real-world fraudulent (phishing) URLs, Bitdefender detected 100%.

Independent lab test scores: In addition to my hands-on tests, I carefully consider test results from independent labs worldwide. They don’t test every antivirus; they test only the ones they consider most important. The fact that four of the five labs featured Bitdefender in their latest tests means it’s important; the fact that it took a perfect score in all but one test means it’s effective. Bitdefender’s 9.6-point aggregate lab score is among the best.

Pricing and pricing tiers: As with many identity theft products, Bitdefender has different pricing tiers, each with more features. The basic tier, which includes only the most basic identity protection, costs $159.99 for a five-device Individual subscription or $199.99 for a 25-device Family subscription. Upgrading to the Plus tier raises those prices to $189.99 and $269.99 and activates full identity theft features and insurance for one or five individuals, depending on the plan you chose. For maximum identity theft protection, you must upgrade to Plus Extended, available at an Individual price of $249.99 per year or a Family subscription at $349.99 per year.

Core suite features: As for device-level protection, Bitdefender Ultimate is the same as Bitdefender Total. It covers all the expected suite features, including a firewall, spam filter, parental controls, password management, and system performance tuning. And unlike Bitdefender Total, this suite’s VPN has no bandwidth or server location limits.

Ransomware protection: At one time, Bitdefender’s File Safe feature protected against ransomware by blocking unauthorized programs from modifying protected folders. The developers have since dropped that component, relying instead on powerful behavioral detection. With all other antivirus layers turned off, Bitdefender successfully detected 12 of 12 real-world ransomware attacks, preventing any file damage except for one sample that encrypted two spreadsheets. Not to worry; Ransomware Remediation recovered those two files.

Identity protection features: At its least expensive level, this suite includes Bitdefender’s digital identity protection, which checks if your personal data is for sale on the dark web, exposes social media impersonators, and finds your profile on data broker sites. The Plus tier gets you full identity theft remediation, powered by TransUnion, which also partners with ESET and Malwarebytes. At the top Plus Extended tier, you get $2 million insurance rather than $1 million, tracking three credit bureaus rather than just one, and a system to monitor your accounts for anomalous transactions. And if you choose the Family license, you get identity protection for 5 individuals.

Additional features: Local device protection is hardly different between Bitdefender Ultimate and Bitdefender Total. Upgrading to Ultimate removes the VPN’s limits, but that’s about it. You still get the almost-overwhelming collection of security features. Among these are webcam protection, browser isolation for banking, a scan for vulnerable apps, a file shredder for secure deletion, anti-theft for laptops, and more.

The laid-back user: It’s true that getting identity protection configured takes some concentrated effort on your part, but once you get past that initial stage, you’re done. The most you might need to do is respond to privacy alerts. As for the standard security suite features, just turn on Bitdefender’s AutoPilot. It may have a task or two for you, but with those done, Bitdefender’s in charge, and you can chill.

The feature collector: Bitdefender has all the expected security suite features plus an impressive gaggle of security-related bonuses. On top of that, you get a wide range of features to detect incipient identity theft, prevent identity theft attempts, and (if necessary) recover from identity theft. Better to have all those features and not need them than to need them and not have them, right?

The identity defender: Antivirus protects your data against malicious software, and a VPN keeps it safe as it travels across the internet. But identity theft can happen anywhere, from stealing your password to stealing financial docs from your trash. You want to cover all the bases, so you need a suite like this, with everything from data breach detection to lost wallet assistance to white-glove remediation from a personal agent. And it’s not just for you—if you spring for the Family license, you get identity protection for up to five individuals.

Scores in hands-on tests: All the antivirus protection in the world won’t help if you willingly give away your security credentials to a phishing website. In a test using hundreds of real-world phishing pages, Norton correctly blocked access to 99%. Its browser protection also proved effective against malicious URLs that host malware. In that test, it also scored 99%, mostly by blocking URL access but in some cases by quarantining the malware download. As for my basic malware-blocking test, Norton detected 97% of the samples and scored 9.7 of 10 possible points, the same as Avast and AVG. Only a very few competitors have scored higher in that test.

Independent lab test scores: There’s no easy way to put identity theft remediation to the test, but antivirus protection is another story. I follow five labs that regularly report on the efficacy of important antivirus applications. Some antivirus apps don’t appear in any of the reports, but Norton shows up in all five. With perfect scores across all five labs, it earns an aggregate lab score of 10.0, the maximum possible.

Pricing and pricing tiers: What you pay for Norton 360 With LifeLock depends on the identity tier you choose (Select, Advanced, or Ultimate Plus) and the number of identities (individual, family, or family and kids). At the Select, Advanced, and Ultimate Plus tiers, you get protection for five, 10, and unlimited devices, and the prices are straightforward: $149.99, $249.99, and $349.99 per year, respectively. Expanding to cover two adults or two adults plus kids increases the price considerably, with the Ultimate Plus level maxing out at $819.99 per year for a family with kids.

Core suite features: Local device security in this suite is identical to Norton 360 Deluxe. Where the basic Norton 360 gets 50GB of hosted storage for backups, the three tiers of Norton With LifeLock get 100GB, 250GB, and 500GB, respectively. Other than that, suite protection is the same, with almost all the traditional expected features.

Ransomware protection: Some antivirus apps include a detection layer specifically designed to detect ransomware behaviors. Others boil that down to the one behavior that must not be allowed—encrypting important documents. Norton’s Data Protector monitors files in a list of protected folders and prevents unauthorized programs from modifying them. In testing, with all other protective layers disabled, it defeated all but one of a dozen real-world ransomware samples.

Identity protection features: LifeLock is the pioneer of identity protection services, and it’s a valuable addition to Norton’s device-level security suite protection. Depending on the subscription tier, it backs your recovery from identity theft with up to a $3 million guarantee, along with special funding for ransomware losses. In addition to credit and transaction monitoring, it can warn about home title fraud, alert you to anomalies in retirement accounts, prevent phone account takeover, and more. At the top tier, it’s not cheap, but it’s the most thorough identity protection you’ll find.

Additional features: As far as traditional security suite protection, there’s no difference between Norton 360 With LifeLock and plain Norton 360 Deluxe. You’ll find gems like webcam protection and an active Do Not Track option in both. And both feature a growing collection of scam-detection elements, from analysis of iffy texts to deepfake detection.

The old-school enthusiast: Norton was one of the first antivirus apps back in the day, and LifeLock offered identity theft protection long before most of its competitors existed. If relying on venerable, well-known brands makes you feel safe, you could hardly do better than this pairing.

The loyal customer: No software is perfect. There’s always the faint chance that some clever new malware attack might get past Norton. If that happens, the company guarantees a fix. Either tech experts will remotely connect to your computer and wipe out the infestation, or Norton will give your money back. That loyalty requires you to reciprocate by signing up for automatic renewal.

The identity defender: LifeLock has been protecting identities for 20 years. At its top-tier protection, it offers a collection of identity defense features that go beyond the competition. If you’re concerned about the possible ruinous effects of identity theft on your life, you won’t go wrong choosing the identity protection OG.

Scores in hands-on tests: Phishing websites are fraudulent sites that try to trick victims into giving away their login credentials. Presented with hundreds of real-world phishing frauds, ESET achieved 100% detection. In a similar test using newly discovered malware-hosting URLs, it managed 97% protection, blocking access to the URL in some cases and deleting the dangerous download in others. As for my simple malware-blocking test, which gives each antivirus several chances to detect and quarantine many dozens of samples, ESET scored 8.1 of 10 possible points, the lowest score in this group. An impressive collection of perfect scores from the independent labs counterbalances this low score.

Independent lab test scores: ESET’s website promises “All-in-one protection for your digital life,” and we can verify that claim by checking the lab scores. Of the five independent testing labs I follow, four included ESET in their latest test reports, and all but one awarded it their very highest scores. That gives ESET a near-perfect 9.8 for its aggregate lab score.

Pricing and pricing tiers: Some security suites come in fixed-size subscriptions, such as one-, three-, five-, and 10-packs. With ESET, you pay $179.99 per year for a five-license subscription (the minimum), plus $5 per year for each additional device, up to $204.99 for 10 devices. Being able to choose the precise number of licenses you need is convenient, but overall, ESET costs more than many competitors.

Core suite features: With antivirus, firewall, and a no-limits VPN, ESET presents a strong core of security suite features. It also includes spam filtering and parental control, two features that are common but not needed by every user. And if you don’t already have a password manager, well, ESET has one built right in.

Ransomware protection: Most antivirus apps wipe out my ransomware samples on sight. ESET only got about half of them on sight, but eliminated the other half when they tried to launch. With ordinary antivirus turned off for testing, leaving only ransomware-specific detection enabled, ESET didn’t do so well. It caught only half the real-world samples in the test, leaving the rest free to encrypt files and demand their ransom. Even the addition of LiveGuard, a feature reserved for the top-tier suite, didn’t help.

Identity protection features: Like Bitdefender and Malwarebytes, ESET partners with TransUnion to supply identity theft detection and remediation. It offers the expected features: dark web monitoring for your personal data, social media monitoring, wallet recovery assistance, credit score tracking, and more. If you do suffer identity theft, a trained agent will help you through your recovery, backed by a $1 million guarantee. ESET doesn’t offer to monitor your accounts for anomalous transactions and lacks a few other features, such as tracking spurious address change requests, court records, and the sex offender registry.

Additional features: ESET’s most unusual feature is its device control system, which offers fine-grained control over the use of external devices. You could, for example, ban all use of USB thumb drives, but make exceptions for certain drives or certain users. After you take advantage of ESET’s file encryption system, you can put the plaintext originals through the file shredder for maximum privacy. Its unusual anti-theft system logs into a powerless “phantom account” when you mark a device as missing. You can set it to warn you about unauthorized webcam use, or enable browser isolation to prevent interference with your financial transactions.

The feature collector: For minimalist computer security, you could just get an antivirus and stop there, but the point of a suite is to break out of minimalism. ESET goes way beyond the basics, with webcam protection, an isolated browser for banking, and an encryption system to protect your sensitive files. Its powerful, detailed device control system that goes beyond what any competitor offers. And you can remotely locate, lock, or wipe a missing laptop or Android device. If you want a suite that’s packed with features, well, here it is.

The score tracker: When you’re buying a car, you can take it out for a test drive, but there’s no similar way to test drive a security suite. Fortunately, labs around the world run tests and report on the efficacy of popular security apps. Four of the five labs I follow report on ESET, and all but one give it a perfect score. It also achieved perfection in my hands-on phishing-detection test. Admittedly, it stumbled in my hands-on malware-blocking test, but its many other top scores overshadow that one blip. If you’re looking for a high-scorer, ESET fits the bill.

The identity defender: All the suites gathered here provide powerful local protection for your devices. Several, including ESET, go beyond device protection to add full-scale identity theft detection and remediation. ESET partners with TransUnion, as do Bitdefender and Malwarebytes, but it trims back the feature collection a bit. That can actually be a boon if you find the full range of identity monitoring to be overwhelming. With ESET, you get the essentials of identity protection, like credit monitoring and personalized help with recovery.